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Aneroid Barometer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.30.1006%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1900 – 1905
- Material
- metal; glass; paper; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1006 a,b
- Description
- Two aneroid barometer-altimeters (a & b) labeled: “Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y. MADE IN ENGLAND. Improved Surveying Aneroid Compensated” Black oxidized finish on the case. Altitude graduation up to 12,000 feet. Leather carrying cases contain comparative pressure test sheet dated 1903 and issued by Keuf…
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- Title
- Aneroid Barometer
- Date
- 1900 – 1905
- Material
- metal; glass; paper; skin
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Two aneroid barometer-altimeters (a & b) labeled: “Keuffel & Esser Co. N.Y. MADE IN ENGLAND. Improved Surveying Aneroid Compensated” Black oxidized finish on the case. Altitude graduation up to 12,000 feet. Leather carrying cases contain comparative pressure test sheet dated 1903 and issued by Keuffel & Esser.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- surveying
- science
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.1006 a,b
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal; cork; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1034 a-e
- Description
- Five bundles of fishing rods. Rods are collapsible. Four of the five have fabric carrying cases. (a) is two rods tied together. (d) has a net with handle to attach to fishing pole.
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- Title
- Fishing Rod
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal; cork; fibre
- Dimensions
- 117.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- Five bundles of fishing rods. Rods are collapsible. Four of the five have fabric carrying cases. (a) is two rods tied together. (d) has a net with handle to attach to fishing pole.
- Subject
- Vaux family
- sports
- fishing
- hiking
- camping
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.18.1034 a-e
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Ice : beauty, danger, history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12723
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2004
- Author
- Couture, Pauline
- Publisher
- Toronto : McArthur & Company
- Call Number
- 03.4 C83i
- Author
- Couture, Pauline
- Publisher
- Toronto : McArthur & Company
- Published Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 336p. : ill
- Subjects
- Glaciers
- McCarthy, Daniel
- Vaux family
- Call Number
- 03.4 C83i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Little ice ages : ancient and modern
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12595
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Grove, Jean M
- Publisher
- London : Routledge
- Edition
- 2ed
- Call Number
- 03.4 G91l
- Author
- Grove, Jean M
- Edition
- 2ed
- Publisher
- London : Routledge
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 2v. : ill., maps
- Notes
- Rev. edition of: The little ice age, 1988
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 0415099848X (two-volume set)
- Accession Number
- 7535
- Call Number
- 03.4 G91l
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A man for all seasons
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14693
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2001
- Author
- Vaux, Henry
- Call Number
- 08 V46m Pam
- Author
- Vaux, Henry
- Responsibility
- reviewed by Henry J. Vaux Jr.
- Published Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 3 pages
- Notes
- A review of the book entitled A man for all seasons : Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles Doolittle Walcott by Ellis L. Yochelson 2001 The Kent University Press
- The review's book is the second biographical volume of the final 20 years of the life of Charles Doolittle Walcott
- Henry Vaux Jr.'s great aunt was the third wife of Charles Doolittle Walcott
- Call Number
- 08 V46m Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mary Schaffer : an adventurous woman's exploits in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11837
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Foran, Jill
- Publisher
- Canmore : Altitude Publishing
- Call Number
- 02.6 Sch1f c.1
- 02.6 Sch1f c.2
- Author
- Foran, Jill
- Publisher
- Canmore : Altitude Publishing
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 121 p. : ill., map
- Series
- Amazing stories
- Subjects
- Biography
- Vaux family
- ISBN
- 1551539993
- Accession Number
- 7460
- Call Number
- 02.6 Sch1f c.1
- 02.6 Sch1f c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Surveyor Compass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.44.1012
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- metal; glass; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1012
- Description
- Prismatic azimuth compass with dark green oxidized brass case. Leather carrying case.
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- Title
- Surveyor Compass
- Date
- 1900 – 1910
- Material
- metal; glass; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Prismatic azimuth compass with dark green oxidized brass case. Leather carrying case.
- Subject
- photography
- Vaux family
- surveying
- science
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 104.44.1012
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This wild spirit : women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sk3t
- Copy 2 Reference Room Browser's Shelf
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Responsibility
- edited by Colleen Skidmore
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 295p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Mountain cairns : a series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Subjects
- Adams, Mollie
- Glacier House
- Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell
- Henshaw, Julia W.
- Poetry
- Schaffer, Mary
- Swift, Suzette Chalifoux
- Sharples family
- Tourism
- Vaux family
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Young, Julia
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- Partial contents: Includes excerpts from writings by Victorian and Edwardian era women describing their travel to the Canadian Rockies, including Lady Agnes Macdonald, Mrs. Arthur Spragge, The Countess of Aberdeen, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, Sara Jeanette Duncan (Mrs. Everard Cotes), Mrs. George Cran, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward
- Includes poetry by Rhoda W. Edwards, Moira O'Neill, Lynda R. Woods, and Elizabeth Ferguson
- Includes Jasper's first lady [act two] / Elsie Park Gowan; Hunter of Peace [prologue and act one, scene one] / Sharon Stearns
- ISBN
- 13:978-0-88864-466-4
- Accession Number
- 7638 (2 copies)
- Call Number
- 08.3 Sk3t
- Copy 2 Reference Room Browser's Shelf
- Collection
- Archives Library
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This wild spirit : women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14789
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Call Number
- G512 S55
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Responsibility
- edited by Colleen Skidmore
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 295p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Mountain cairns : a series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Subjects
- Adams, Mollie
- Glacier House
- Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell
- Henshaw, Julia W.
- Poetry
- Schaffer, Mary
- Swift, Suzette Chalifoux
- Sharples family
- Tourism
- Vaux family
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Young, Julia
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- Partial contents: Includes excerpts from writings by Victorian and Edwardian era women describing their travel to the Canadian Rockies, including Lady Agnes Macdonald, Mrs. Arthur Spragge, The Countess of Aberdeen, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, Sara Jeanette Duncan (Mrs. Everard Cotes), Mrs. George Cran, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward
- Includes poetry by Rhoda W. Edwards, Moira O'Neill, Lynda R. Woods, and Elizabeth Ferguson
- Includes Jasper's first lady [act two] / Elsie Park Gowan; Hunter of Peace [prologue and act one, scene one] / Sharon Stearns
- ISBN
- 13:978-0-88864-466-4
- Accession Number
- AC612
- Call Number
- G512 S55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad : the photographs of William H. Rau
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13399
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2002
- Author
- Rau, William Herman
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
- Call Number
- 06.4 R19t
- Author
- Rau, William Herman
- Responsibility
- edited by John C. Van Horne with Eileen E. Drelick
- essays by Kenneth Finkel, Mary Panzer, John r. Stilgoe
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
- Published Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 260p. : ill
- Subjects
- Photographers
- Railways
- Vaux family
- Notes
- Index
- Call Number
- 06.4 R19t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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