Alps (mountain system)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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Alpine Club photographs: members, climbers, guides and mountains, 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs featuring Wherry with fellow Alpine Club members and guides (in formal, posed groups and climbing) and selected named peaks.
Dates:
1890s
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Open access.
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Beneath the Summit, Aiguille de Blaitiere - climber with guide, 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/8
Scope and Contents
May show Wherry or, possibly, Francis Aston-Binns (d.1898), with guide (possibly Xaver Imseng) and climbing equipment.
Dates:
1890s
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Open access.
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Beneath the summit, [Mont Blanc] Du Tacul, 1893 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/7
Scope and Contents
This image is possibly of Francis Aston-Binns with a guide (the higher of the two).
Dates:
1893 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Open access.
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Dents du Bouquetins, 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/12
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the peak only.
Dates:
1890s
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Open access.
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Ecrins from the Glacier Blanc [France], 1894
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/5
Scope and Contents
Mounted photograph with handwritten annotation.
Dates:
1894
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Open access.
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L'Eveque, Grivola and Paradiso from Collon, 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/4
Scope and Contents
Photograph of the peak and surroundings only.
Dates:
1890s
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Open access.
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Travel Notes, 1937 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 362/5
Scope and Contents
Letters and notes describing travels in Uganda, along the Nile, India, the Alps, an account of military service in North Africa during the Second World War, Lichtenstein, and climbing Mounts Muhavura and Sabyinyo (circa 150 sheets).
Dates:
1937 - 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).