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A. W. Drinnan photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7237
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album and loose accompanying prints pertain to alpine club camps and activities.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1917-1928]
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 192P / 01-10
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
21 images
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- III. Personal papers and photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V14
- Accession Number
- 5200
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 192P / 01-10
- Responsibility
- Album was assembled by A.W. Drinnan; includes many views by H. Pollard.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1917-1928]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (ca.180 prints). -- 9 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- Album and loose accompanying prints pertain to alpine club camps and activities.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Drinnan, A. W.
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Administration
- Advertising
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Alpine Club House
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Club
- Competition
- Discovery and exploration
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Guide
- Guides
- Hiking
- Huts
- Mountain
- Mountain guides
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Photography
- Scenery
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on album
- Processing Status
- Processed
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A.L. Harkness photograph album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7229
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains miscellaneous views.
- Date Range
- 1917
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 055P / 30
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- III. Personal papers and photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V14
- Accession Number
- 5200
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 055P / 30
- Date Range
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (27 prints)
- Scope & Content
- Album contains miscellaneous views.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Harkness, A.L.
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Administration
- Advertising
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Alpine Club House
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Club
- Competition
- Discovery and exploration
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Guide
- Guides
- Hiking
- Huts
- Mountain
- Mountain guides
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Photography
- Scenery
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on preliminary inventory
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Behind the pin
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- Responsibility
- story and photos by Andrew Wexler
- Physical Description
- p.41-47 : ill
- Subjects
- Mountain guides
- Notes
- In Gripped, vol.10, no. 3 (June / July 2008). Article pertains to the history of the ACMG (Association of Canadian Mountain Guides)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bugaboo dreams : a story of skiers, helicopters and mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13824
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- 01.4 B87d c.1
- 01.4 B87d c.2
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 293 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Canadian Mountain Holidays
- Kain, Conrad
- Gmoser, Hans
- Mountain guides
- Renner, Sepp
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Wiegele, Mike
- Notes
- Pertains to Hans Gmoser and development of helicopter skiing and mountain adventure with mountaineers Leo Grillmair, Sepp Renner, Rudi Gertsch and Mike Wiegele
- Accession Number
- 50500 2009-09-02
- P2015-03-31
- Call Number
- 01.4 B87d c.1
- 01.4 B87d c.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Bugaboo dreams : a story of skiers, helicopters and mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14816
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2008
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- GV854 D66
- Author
- Donahue, Topher
- Publisher
- Vancouver : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 293 p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Canadian Mountain Holidays
- Kain, Conrad
- Gmoser, Hans
- Mountain guides
- Renner, Sepp
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Wiegele, Mike
- Notes
- Pertains to Hans Gmoser and development of helicopter skiing and mountain adventure with mountaineers Leo Grillmair, Sepp Renner, Rudi Gertsch and Mike Wiegele
- ISBN
- 9781897522110
- Call Number
- GV854 D66
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The CAA's oral history project
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12284
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Everts, Christine
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Everts, Christine
- Physical Description
- p.55-59 : ill
- Subjects
- Mountain guides
- Wardens
- Notes
- In Avalanche News, vol.67 (Winter 2003). -- Project documents the origins and history of the Canadian avalanche industry with interviews of avalanche pioneers: Tim Auger, Herb Bleuer, Geoff Freer, Hans Gmoser, Toni Klettl, Ron Perla, Willi Pfisterer, Gord Ritchie, Brad Geisler, Peter Schaerer, Jim Sime, Norm Wilson. Report will be published in installments in Avalanche News
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Canadian Alps : the history of mountaineering in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3371
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1990
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Banff : Altitude
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sa5
- Author
- Sandford, Robert W
- Publisher
- Banff : Altitude
- Published Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 296p. : ill., ports., maps
- Subjects
- Mountain guides
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 0-919381-55-3
- Accession Number
- 23000
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sa5
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber's guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19847
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1930
- Author
- Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Edition
- second edition
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Responsibility
- Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- [Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- [244] pages
- Subjects
- American Alpine Club
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Guide
- Mountain guides
- Canada
- Mountaineering
- Abstract
- Pertains to a comprehensive climbing guide based on the mountains in the Canadian Rockies. The book was likely to be considered an invaluable resource for mountaineers based on the complexity and detail of the information provided. In detail, the guide offers insight into the approximate locations, elevation gains, climbing distances/time, and additional relevant information pertaining to climbing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
- Contents
- Part one: international boundary to Kicking Horse pass
- Part two: Kicking Horse pass to Yellowhead pass
- Part three: Yellowhead pass to Jasper pass
- Accession Number
- 2019.48
- Call Number
- 01.4 P18a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Club photographs
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Includes photographs of ACC property at Mount Assiniboine (accompanied by 2 maps - AC 018P); clubhouse view; move of library to Vancouver Public Library; Board meeting; closing party at the old clubhouse (AC 421P / 09-37); office staff.
- Date Range
- 1953-1983
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 018P / 1-7
- V14 / AC 041P / 1
- V14 / AC 345P / 1-3
- V14 / AC 363P / 1
- V14 / AC 421P / 09-37
- V14 / AC 421P / 52-53
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
5 images
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- I.A.2.i. Administration: photography and photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V14
- Accession Number
- 5200
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 018P / 1-7
- V14 / AC 041P / 1
- V14 / AC 345P / 1-3
- V14 / AC 363P / 1
- V14 / AC 421P / 09-37
- V14 / AC 421P / 52-53
- Date Range
- 1953-1983
- Physical Description
- ca.44 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- Includes photographs of ACC property at Mount Assiniboine (accompanied by 2 maps - AC 018P); clubhouse view; move of library to Vancouver Public Library; Board meeting; closing party at the old clubhouse (AC 421P / 09-37); office staff.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Administration
- Advertising
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Alpine Club House
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Club
- Competition
- Discovery and exploration
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Guide
- Guides
- Hiking
- Huts
- Mountain
- Mountain guides
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Photography
- Scenery
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on material
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Conrad Kain : letters from a wandering mountain guide, 1906-1933
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14535
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Kain, Conrad
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Call Number
- 01 K12c
- 01 K12c c.2
- 01 K12c c.3
- Author
- Kain, Conrad
- Responsibility
- edited with an introduction by Zac Robinson ; translated by Maria and John Koch
- Publisher
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 468 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Kain, Conrad
- Malek, Amelie
- Mountaineering
- Mountain guides
- Pistor, Dr. Erich
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Notes
- Partial contents: Foreword : Conrad Kain, guide and mountaineer / Chic Scott; Epilogue: The Kain-Malek correspondence: provenance, 1934-2005 / Don Bourdon
- ISBN
- 9781772120042
- Accession Number
- 2015-8404
- P2015.06.30
- P2015-06-30
- Call Number
- 01 K12c
- 01 K12c c.2
- 01 K12c c.3
- Collection
- Archives Library
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