topic:"Switzerland" found 24 records - Research Collections

Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880

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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

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

Subjects: Exploration; Mountaineering; Alpine Club (Great Britain); Expeditions; Switzerland

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 D43a

Collection: Archives Library

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The alpine flora

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

Published Date: 1911

Author: Correvon, Henry

Publisher: London : Methuen

Call Number: 04.1 C81a

Author: Correvon, Henry

Responsibility: Henry Correvon and Philippe Robert; Translated by E.W. Clayforth

Publisher: London : Methuen

Published Date: 1911

Physical Description: 436 pages, illustrations (coloured, numbered plates)

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

Subjects: Flora; Switzerland

Accession Number: 492

Call Number: 04.1 C81a

Collection: Archives Library

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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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The Alps

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

Published Date: 1904

Author: Martin-Conway, W.

Publisher: London: Adam and Charles Black

Call Number: 02.2 M36a

Author: Martin-Conway, W.

Responsibility: Painted by A. D. McCormick

Publisher: London: Adam and Charles Black

Published Date: 1904

Physical Description: 294 pages

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

Subjects: Exploration; Switzerland; Art; Travel

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 02.2 M36a

Collection: Archives Library

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The day the rope broke : the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn - and its strange and tragic aftermath

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

Published Date: 1965

Author: Clark, Ronald W

Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc

Call Number: 01.2 C54d

Author: Clark, Ronald W

Responsibility: by Ronald W. Clark

Publisher: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc

Published Date: 1965

Physical Description: 221 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

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

Subjects: Matterhorn; Mountaineering; Switzerland

Notes: Includes bibliographical references

Accession Number: 2015.8533

Call Number: 01.2 C54d

Collection: Archives Library

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The Eiger sanction

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Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Published Date: 2015

Publisher: [Solna] : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic

Call Number: 06.3 Ei4 DVD

1 website

Responsibility: Clint Eastwood (actor, director); Warren Murphy (screenplay); George Kennedy (actor); Vonetta McGee (actor)

Publisher: [Solna] : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (129min.) : sound, color

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Subjects: Films; Film making; Scott, Charles (Chic); Switzerland

Abstract: "Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this international intrigue action thriller that takes place on the Swiss Alps. Hemlock,m a retired professional assassin (Eastwood) who has turned toward a calmer pursuit of art collection, is suddely forced out of retirement to hunt a deadly double agent who murdered a close friend. The hunt takes Eastwood on a breathtaking journey up the Swiss Alps with a team of mountain climbers - one of whom is the man he seeks, though his identity is as yet unknown. This top-notch action film, based on the novel by Trevanian, features some of the most exciting mountain climbing sequences ever filmed" (from back of DVD)

Notes: Chic Scott is one of the climbers

Accession Number: P2019-31

Call Number: 06.3 Ei4 DVD

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The Eiger Sanction on IMDb

Websites

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072926/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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The glaciers of the Alps

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

Published Date: 1860

Author: Tyndall, John

Publisher: London : John Murray

Call Number: 03.4 T98g

Author: Tyndall, John

Publisher: London : John Murray

Published Date: 1860

Physical Description: 444 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Europe; Alps; Mountaineering; Glaciers; glaciology; Science; Nature

Abstract: A narrative of excusions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers, and an expostition of the physical principles to which they are related. -- From interior title page