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- Vaux family fonds 2787
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- Vaux family (Philadelphia USA) 2730
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Pierre Esprit Radisson : re-drawn from a rare old Paris print - [portrait]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38611
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- 1785
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 622
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 622
- Date Range
- 1785
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Creator
- [?]
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- Date
- 1811
- Material
- metal; glass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.08.1006 a,b
- Description
- Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the S…
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- Title
- Musket Ball
- Date
- 1811
- Material
- metal; glass; wood
- Description
- Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the Survey Party.Note In frame Musket was originally spelled Muske1 and then a bar put through to make it look like a t.
- Credit
- Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- 104.08.1006 a,b
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DeWitt Clinton and Train 1831
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38803
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- 1831
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 814
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 9. Transportation
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 814
- Date Range
- 1831
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Railways
- Transportation
- Creator
- Chas. [Charles] Beseler
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York Factory : courtesy H.B.Co.[Hudson's Bay Company] - [illustration]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions38556
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- 1853
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 567
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 6. Fur trade
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 567
- Date Range
- 1853
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Discovery and Exploration
- Industry
- Geographic Access
- Manitoba
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Ocean to ocean : Sandford Fleming's expedition through Canada in 1872
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1162
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1873
- Author
- Grant, George Monro
- Publisher
- London : Low, Marston [et al.]
- Call Number
- F1015 F54
- Author
- Grant, George Monro
- Publisher
- London : Low, Marston [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1873
- Subjects
- Exploration
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Travel
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- F1015 F54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1876
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1082
- Description
- Section of tree mounted on rustic plaque, "J L" "JU 5 1876 AD". Bark forms frame around scar baring wood of the tree and bearing the deeply carved letters, plaque behind is single, thick plank of wood, beveled along the edges in a wide (3.7) band. Band textured with a pattern of fingertip depressio…
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- Title
- Tree Blaze
- Date
- 1876
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 31.7 cm
- Description
- Section of tree mounted on rustic plaque, "J L" "JU 5 1876 AD". Bark forms frame around scar baring wood of the tree and bearing the deeply carved letters, plaque behind is single, thick plank of wood, beveled along the edges in a wide (3.7) band. Band textured with a pattern of fingertip depressions, tree blaze cut off square at top and bottom, but curves back into plaque at sides. Back of plaque reveals it is actually two planks skillfully joined, with 3 small knotholes, and 2 holes drilled through at opposite,diagonal corners holding deeply set screws which attach the blaze. At centre top is small, metal mounting plate with upside-down keyhole, and hole drilled through wood behind (for hanging plaque) front of plaque and bark of blaze have been shellacked, penciled mounting plate, "T".
- Subject
- exploration
- Jean L'Heureux
- Credit
- Gift of Bruce Bell Smith, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1082
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Above the snow line : mountaineering sketches between 1870 and 1880
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26173
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 D43a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Travel journal, Canada and United States
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55621
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound journal containing an extensive account of a 4-month trip to Canada and the United States by [J?]. L. Douglass, August to December 1886.
- Date Range
- 1886
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 2
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1886
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 18 x 22 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound journal containing an extensive account of a 4-month trip to Canada and the United States by [J?]. L. Douglass, August to December 1886.
- Notes
- Volume accompanied by paper with shipping label dated 1956.
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Tourism
- Exploration
- Leisure
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- United States
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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10771 dup, Mary Vaux, reproduction of negative
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions35367
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Edge of ice VII-16-1887
- Date Range
- 1887
- Reference Code
- V653 / NG - 956
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M107 / V653
- Series
- I. Photography
- Sub-Series
- T. Travel 1894-1912
- Reference Code
- V653 / NG - 956
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1887
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : glass
- Scope & Content
- Edge of ice VII-16-1887
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Creator
- Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)
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Private 2543m, first picture Illecillewaet Glacier, reproduced negative 1909, 10369 trip, Mary Vaux 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions35368
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Selkirk Mountains
- Date Range
- 1887
- Reference Code
- V653 / NG - 957
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
1 image
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M107 / V653
- Series
- I. Photography
- Sub-Series
- T. Travel 1894-1912
- Reference Code
- V653 / NG - 957
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1887
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : glass
- Scope & Content
- Selkirk Mountains
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Vaux family (Philadelphia USA)
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