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... et la Montagne conquit l'Homme : histoire du developpement de l'alpinisme

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2316
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1931
Author
Schwartz, Myrtil
Publisher
Paris : Fischbacher
Call Number
G510 S383
Author
Schwartz, Myrtil
Publisher
Paris : Fischbacher
Published Date
1931
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
G510 S383
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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30 hikes in Alaska

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1272
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1967
Author
Hauser, William E
Publisher
Anchorage : Mountaineering Club of Alaska
Call Number
F912 K4 H3 Pam
Author
Hauser, William E
Publisher
Anchorage : Mountaineering Club of Alaska
Published Date
1967
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Hiking
Call Number
F912 K4 H3 Pam
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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100 hikes in western Washington

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1689
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1966
Author
Marshall, Louise B
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers
Edition
1st ed
Call Number
F895 M3
Author
Marshall, Louise B
Responsibility
photos by Bob and Ira Spring
Edition
1st ed
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers
Published Date
1966
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
F895 M3
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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708 - (winter scene) (1961); 709 - (moon over lake) (1962); 710 - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1961 – 1967
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.10.01
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
708 - (winter scene) (1961); 709 - (moon over lake) (1962); 710 - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1
Date
1961 – 1967
Medium
watercolour on paper
Subject
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.10.01
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1968 supplement to A climber's guide (1965) to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue792
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Author
Culbert, Dick
Publisher
Vancouver?: Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
F1089 C7 C8 Supp 1968
Author
Culbert, Dick
Publisher
Vancouver?: Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
1969
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebooks
Call Number
F1089 C7 C8 Supp 1968
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Above Geiranger Fjord, Norway

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.261
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Above Geiranger Fjord, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.2 x 34.7 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
camp
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.261
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.517
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Above Lake O'Hara
Date
1935 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.517
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.11
Description
Colour: black on white. Nine caribou wander across a rocky ridge in the foreground. One male caribou stands prominently left of center facing right. Mountain ranges diminish in the distance behind.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Above Timberline
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 36.0 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Nine caribou wander across a rocky ridge in the foreground. One male caribou stands prominently left of center facing right. Mountain ranges diminish in the distance behind.
Subject
landscape, mountain
animal, caribou
Credit
Gift of James (Mrs.) Brewster, Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.11
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.32
Description
A herd of caribou (9 distinct) are moving to the right through centre of picture; the nearest is a bull; the foreground is rocky; mountain ranges in background. Written in pencil (by the artist) Above Timberline.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Above Timberline
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 36.0 cm
Description
A herd of caribou (9 distinct) are moving to the right through centre of picture; the nearest is a bull; the foreground is rocky; mountain ranges in background. Written in pencil (by the artist) Above Timberline.
Subject
landscape, mountain
animal, caribou
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.32
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.26
Description
A herd of caribou stand on a rocky knoll, dominant animal is centre left, others to the right and farther away, mountains in background in the distance, top is cloudy sky
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Above Timberline
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 36.5 cm
Description
A herd of caribou stand on a rocky knoll, dominant animal is centre left, others to the right and farther away, mountains in background in the distance, top is cloudy sky
Subject
animal, caribou
landscape
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.26
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1967
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
GyH.03.02
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Abstract Sketch
Date
1967
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 8.3 cm
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
GyH.03.02
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Account of Tibet : the travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia...1712-1727 Edited by Filippo de Filippi

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1937
Author
Desideri, Ippolito
Publisher
London : Routledge
Edition
Rev. ed
Call Number
DS785 D4
Author
Desideri, Ippolito
Edition
Rev. ed
Publisher
London : Routledge
Published Date
1937
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DS785 D4
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across the Olympic Mountains : the Press Expedition, 1889-90

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2917
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1967
Author
Wood, Robert L
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers
Call Number
F897 O5 W6 1967
Author
Wood, Robert L
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers
Published Date
1967
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
F897 O5 W6 1967
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventures in geyser land

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue614
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1935
Author
Carpenter, Frank D
Publisher
Caldwell (ID): Caxton
Call Number
F722 C37
Author
Carpenter, Frank D
Publisher
Caldwell (ID): Caxton
Published Date
1935
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
From: The wonders of geyser land, ed. of 1875
Call Number
F722 C37
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Adventures of an Alpine guide

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1479
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1932
Author
Klucker, Christian
Publisher
London : Murray
Edition
Tr. from the third German ed
Call Number
DQ824 K58
Author
Klucker, Christian
Responsibility
edited ... by H.E.G. Tyndale
Edition
Tr. from the third German ed
Publisher
London : Murray
Published Date
1932
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
DQ824 K58
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Afghan Quest : the story of their Abinger Afghanistan Expedition, 1960

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue885
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1961
Author
Dunsheath, Joyce
Publisher
London : George G. Harrop
Call Number
DS374 D8
Author
Dunsheath, Joyce
Publisher
London : George G. Harrop
Published Date
1961
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Hindu Kush Mountains
Call Number
DS374 D8
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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After Everest : the experiences of a mountaineer and medical missionary

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2474
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1936
Author
Somervell, Theodore Howard
Publisher
London : Hodder & Stoughton
Call Number
DS486 E8 S64
Author
Somervell, Theodore Howard
Publisher
London : Hodder & Stoughton
Published Date
1936
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
DS486 E8 S64
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.289
Description
To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Aged Larch
Date
1935 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing from the tree's trunk. In the middleground are groups of younger (smaller) yellow trees, with tall dark green evergreens behind them. Beyond the trees is a flat area coloured tan-green.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.289
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Aiguilles de Chamonix

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1401
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1961
Author
Isselin, Henri
Publisher
France : Arthaud
Call Number
DC611 A556 I86
Author
Isselin, Henri
Publisher
France : Arthaud
Published Date
1961
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
DC611 A556 I86
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Airborne to the mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1778
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1961
Author
Mills, James
Publisher
New York : Barnes
Call Number
F912 M23 M5
Author
Mills, James
Publisher
New York : Barnes
Published Date
1961
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Call Number
F912 M23 M5
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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