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Leading the way : it's the ultimate question for many women, yet not all spend their working hours hanging off mountains and helicopter slings - how does motherhood fit in the picture for a mountain guide?

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19821
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
May 2019
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Call Number
P
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Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Crowfoot Media
Published Date
May 2019
Physical Description
p.76-81
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Mountain guides
Women
Abstract
Pertains to how more Assocation of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG) and International Federation of Mountain Guides Association (IFMGA) members who are women are also mothers - with a focus specifically on the experiences of Lilla Molnar, Lisa Paulson, Erica Roles, and Alison Andrews.
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.04, May 2019
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
Websites
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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
Author
Palmer, Howard and J. Monroe Thorington
Responsibility
Howard Palmer and J. Monroe Thorington
Edition
second edition
Publisher
[Philadelphia] American Alpine Club
Published Date
1930
Physical Description
[244] pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
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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Summit tales : early adventures in the Canadian Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12697
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Pole, Graeme
Publisher
Canmore : Altitude Publishing
Call Number
01.4 P75s
Author
Pole, Graeme
Publisher
Canmore : Altitude Publishing
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
112p. ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alpine Club of Canada
Brown, Mount
Expedition, ACC-Smithsonian
Expedition, Ostheimer
Hooker, Mount
Mountain guides
Outfitters, trail guides, packers
Photography
Notes
Topics include: phototopography, mountaineers (Gertrude Benham, A.P. Coleman, J. Norman Collie, Charles Fay, W.O. Field, Jean Habel, George Kinney, James Outram, Hugh Stutfield, Charles Thompson, J. Monroe Thorington, Arthur Oliver Wheeler, Edward Whymper, and Walter Wilcox)
ISBN
1 55153 937 3
Accession Number
7584 (2 copies - 1 in reference room)
7899
Call Number
01.4 P75s
Collection
Archives Library
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Western experiences

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12719
Medium
Library - Periodical
Author
Taylor, Frederick D
Call Number
P
Author
Taylor, Frederick D
Physical Description
p.4-13 : ill
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Mountain guides
Mount Norquay ski area
Oliver, W.J
Ski touring
Skoki
Swiss guides village Edelweiss B C
Whyte, Peter
Notes
In Canadian Ski Annual, 1933. Article includes a lengthy description about ski equipment and various Banff area ski personalities
Accession Number
37500
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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Switzerland in Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12745
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Author
Ballantyne, Derek
Call Number
06 Ar2r Pam
Author
Ballantyne, Derek
Physical Description
p.23-24 : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mountain guides
Tourism
Notes
In the Archivist, vol.14, no.5, September-October 1987
Call Number
06 Ar2r Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Colani in Canada in film da Ruedi Bruderer; 2 svizzeri in Canada [DVD video]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12899
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2001
Publisher
Switzerland : Televisiun Rumantscha
Call Number
01.4 C67c DVD
Publisher
Switzerland : Televisiun Rumantscha
Published Date
2001
Physical Description
1 digital video disc : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Canadian Mountain Holidays
Colani, Jon Rudolf Bezzola
Engler, Bruno
Ethnic groups
Klucker, Christian
Mountain guides
Swiss Guides' Village
Whymper, Edward
Notes
In Romansh and English with French subtitles. -- Features interviews with Edward J. Hart in the Whyte Museum Heritage Gallery, Robert W. Sandford, Syd Feuz and Jean Vaugham-Feuz
Accession Number
7621
Call Number
01.4 C67c DVD
Collection
Archives Library
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The golden years of Canadian mountaineering: asserted ethics, form, and style, 1886-1925

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12933
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Author
Robinson, Zac
Call Number
01.4 R56g Pam
Author
Robinson, Zac
Physical Description
p.1-19
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta, Mount
Alpine Club (Great Britain)
Alpine Club of Canada
American Alpine Club
Logan, Mount
Mountain guides
Mountaineers, British
Mountaineers, Japanese
Tourism
Notes
Scholarly article reprint from Sport History Review, 2004, 35, 1-19
Accession Number
7627
Call Number
01.4 R56g Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Conrad Kain compendium

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13629
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
March 2005
Publisher
Wilmer, British Columbia : Mark Kingsbury Foundation
Call Number
01 K12p
Responsibility
prepared by Brian Patton for the Mark Kingsbury Foundation
Publisher
Wilmer, British Columbia : Mark Kingsbury Foundation
Published Date
March 2005
Physical Description
1 vol : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alpine Club of Canada
Biography
Mountain guides
Notes
Includes separate appendix titled Commerating Conrad : a report on initiatives to celebrate the life of Conrad Kain
Archival research report. Table of contents: Chrononology; Commemeration; Tributes; Memories; Letters; Sources; Journals; Photographs
Accession Number
7760
Call Number
01 K12p
Collection
Archives Library
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Route finding : 40 years of Canada's Mountain Guiding Association

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13648
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
01.4 M36r Pam
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
32p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Summit series #5
Subjects
Mountain guides
ISBN
09203330479
Accession Number
40500 08-01-09
Call Number
01.4 M36r Pam
Collection
Archives Library
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Where the clouds can go

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13728
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1954
Author
Kain, Conrad
Publisher
Boston : Charles T. Branford
Edition
2 ed
Call Number
01 K12 1954
Author
Kain, Conrad
Responsibility
edited with additional chapters by J. Monroe Thorington
Edition
2 ed
Publisher
Boston : Charles T. Branford
Published Date
1954
Physical Description
xix, 456p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountain guides
Notes
With dustjacket
Accession Number
50,500 09-11-30
Call Number
01 K12 1954
Collection
Archives Library
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