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Subject Mountaineering

1. Add MS 89647

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89647
Title:
Anonymous travel journal, 'Visit to Switzerland'
Scope & Content:
The journal, in a single hand, by an unidentified woman recounts in great detail an extensive walking trip in Switzerland in Jun-Jul 1876, during the golden age of 19th century Alpine mountaineering, just five years after Edward Whymper had made the first ascent of the Matterhorn. The author des...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 89692

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89692
Title:
Typescript journal of a mountaineering holiday in Switzerland
Scope & Content:
Record of a two month mountaineering holiday of Lady Hermione Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, her sister, Victoria, Nelly Wyndham, and a Miss Sutcliffe between Aug-Sep 1893. The writing appears to have been shared among the group as each member of the party is mentioned at different points and the ton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 volume

3. Cup.410.g.225(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Cup.410.g.225(5)
Title:
On the Unter Grindelwald Glacier. Photographer: Edwards, Ernest
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Mounted on p. 5; arched corners. View of a climbing party, comprising eight men and two women, posed on the Lower Grindelwald Glacier.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 item

4. Godwin Photo 45/1(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 45/1(18)
Title:
Scotland near Durness. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Two people climb a steep and rocky mountain; the person closest to the summit looks down to the viewer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1968
Extent:
1 item

5. Godwin Photo 45/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 45/1(19)
Title:
[View of Suilven taken near Lochinver.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Taken from a grass plateau looking towards the impressive mountain in the distance; the peak is slightly obscured by clouds.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1978
Extent:
1 item

6. Maps 2.e.28(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 2.e.28(6)
Title:
Tyrol. Der Ortler, vom Taboretta-Gletscher aus gesehen. Photographer: Johannes, B.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the Taboretta Glacier looking towards the summit of the Ortles peak, with a group of climbers posed on the snowfield in the middleground of the photograph.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Maps 184.r.1(12i)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 184.r.1(12i)
Title:
Chamonix (Le Mauvais Pas au chapeau). Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view looking down onto the Chamonix Valley, with the upper reaches of the Mer de Glace Glacier in the foreground. On the left a group of climbers can be seen negotiating the narrow roped path (the 'Mauvais Pas') along the side of the glacier.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Maps 184.r.1(23b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 184.r.1(23b)
Title:
Grindelwald, Lower Glacier. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view on the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, with a group of three climbers posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1869
Extent:
1 item

9. Maps 184.r.1(35a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 184.r.1(35a)
Title:
Mont Blanc (Station des Grands Mulets). Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view showing a group of climbers posed at the summit of one of the lower peaks of Mont Blanc.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1869
Extent:
1 item

10. Maps 184.r.1(35b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 184.r.1(35b)
Title:
Mont Blanc (Mer de Glace). Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view showing a group of roped climbers on the Mer de Glace glacier.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1869
Extent:
1 item