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Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

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Part Of: Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…

Date Range: 1965-1967

Reference Code: M585 / V805

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Organization record; Photograph print; Textual record

Part Of: Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M585 / V805

Sous-Fonds: M585

Accession Number: 2021.19

Reference Code: M585 / V805

GMD: Organization record; Photograph print; Textual record

Date Range: 1965-1967

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy. In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988. Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies. He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Wright, Gerald; Blanchard, W.E. (Smoke); Johnson, Roy; Mock, R.G. (Tex); Sharp, Dave; Swift, Bob

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Centennial; Climbing; Club; Discovery and exploration; Glaciers; Hiking; Map; Medicine; Membership; Mount St. Elias; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Photography; Records; Record keeping; Scenery; Sports and recreation; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Yukon; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Staples removed from letters and equipment lists

Biographical Source Notes: Memorial card

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Jean Knox Petrie fonds

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds relate to mountaineering with the Alpine Club of Canada. The fond consists of three series: I. Textual records consist of 8 newsclippings from July 1938 pertaining to the first ascent of Mount Columbia by women: Lillian Gest, Kathleen Chapman, Christine Reid, Jean McDonald, and Jean Petrie as…

Date Range: 1938-1940

Reference Code: M237 / V281

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Map; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 237; V 281

Sous-Fonds: M 237; V 281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: M237 / V281

GMD: Photograph; Album; Map; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1938-1940

Physical Description: 1 cm textual records. -- 8 albums (257 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller). -- 4 photographs : b&w silver gelatin prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller.

History / Biographical: Dr. Jean Knox (McDonald) Petrie, born 1913, was an active member of the Alpine Club of Canada, Edmonton Section during the 1930s and 1940s, attending the Alpine Club of Canada summer camps from 1937-1940, 1942 and 1946 as well as making many weekend climbs in the Jasper area with Captain E. R. Gibson. In 1938 she was one of the four women to make a first ascent of Mount Columbia by women, as well as Mount Forbes in 1940. Married in 1960 to Robert Petrie (died 1966), Dr. Jean Petrie worked in Ottawa, Ontario (1940-1945) in munitions gauge testing for the National Research Council. Following the war, she worked as an astrophysicist for the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, British Columbia (1945-1966) and taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. (1966-1971).

Scope & Content: Fonds relate to mountaineering with the Alpine Club of Canada. The fond consists of three series: I. Textual records consist of 8 newsclippings from July 1938 pertaining to the first ascent of Mount Columbia by women: Lillian Gest, Kathleen Chapman, Christine Reid, Jean McDonald, and Jean Petrie as well as a photocopied "Guide to the Tonquin" signed by K. G. Chapman ca.1935. II. Photographic records include an unbound album of 44 pages: 111 prints divided by the donor into 3 sections: 1. To the Tonquin Valley, July 1938; 2. Alpine Club Camp, Columbia Icefields, July 12-31, 1938; 3. Alpine Club Camp Tonquin Valley, April 1939. The album also includes artwork and map. A second unbound photograph album of 28p: 170 prints are divided into 5 sections: 1. ACC camp in the Ice River Valley, July 1939; 2. ACC ski camp in Little Yoho Valley, March 23-31, 1940; 3. Our climb of Roche Miette, May 24, 1940; 4. Our summertime journey into the Little Yoho Valley, July 1940; 5. Our climb of Mts. Fitzwilliam & Bucephelas, September 3, 1940. III. Photographic Prints consist of 4 loose prints unrelated to other contents of the fond.

Notes: Unbound books are numbered in pencil by the creator, pages appear to be missing due to absent page numbers.

Name Access: Petrie, Jean K.; McDonald, Jean; Gale, Ethne; Taylor, Morris; Cooper, Art; Rault, Reg; Brewster, Norman; Cassils, Mary; Hind, Rob; Chapman, Kathleen; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Walker, Hazel; Carscallan, Alan; McLean, Hector

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Ski lodges and cabins; Ski touring; Skiing; Backcountry skiing; Banff Jasper Highway; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Glaciers; Huts; Mountaineering; Sunshine Lodge; Trail guides; Trail making; Trails; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; Canada; Banff National Park

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Creator: Petrie, Jean Knox

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Accession record; Donor

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Mike and Sylvia Simpson fonds

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Part Of: Mike and Sylvia Simpson fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three framed oversized photograph prints: one print in a black frame depicting Murray Toft near Barbette Glacier [ca.1980-1990]; one print in a silver frame depicting a high-altitude tent used during the Everest '82 Expedition; and one print in a dark grey frame depicting two unid…

Date Range: [ca.1980-1995]

Reference Code: V813

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Part Of: Mike and Sylvia Simpson fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V814

Sous-Fonds: V814

Accession Number: 2022.34

Reference Code: V813

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Framed print

Date Range: [ca.1980-1995]

Physical Description: 3 oversized framed photographs : b&w and col. ; 56 x 75 cm or smaller -- 1 annotated card

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three framed oversized photograph prints: one print in a black frame depicting Murray Toft near Barbette Glacier [ca.1980-1990]; one print in a silver frame depicting a high-altitude tent used during the Everest '82 Expedition; and one print in a dark grey frame depicting two unidentified climbers near Pigeon Spire, possibly taken by Glen Boles, which is accompanied by a greeting card [ca.1995] annotated with details related to the photograph.

Name Access: Toft, Murray

Subject Access: Climbing; Sports; Winter; Winter sports; Summit; Glaciers; Hiking

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Barbette Glacier; Pigeon Spire

Language: English

Category: Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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[1934-1937 Photograph Album]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937. The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell.…

Date Range: 1934-1937

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 10

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1934-1937

Physical Description: 1 album (414 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 19 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937. The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell. Also includes a few photographs of mountains around the Banff town area. The 1935 trip was part of the ACC Annual Camp in the Mt. Assiniboine and East Kootenay areas. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Club activities and greeting cards from Club members. The photographs associated with the Yoho Icefields from Bow Lake trip are most likely from the summer of 1936 based on greeting cards labelled as such, but very few of the photographs themselves are annotated. The remainder of the album is dedicated to the 1937 trips to Mt. Trident, Mt. Bryce, the Columbia Icefield area, Bryce and Zion, Utah, the Boulder Dam, Arizona, and Colorado. Also includes Christmas cards from 1937 from various friends and Club members. Inserts pertain to the overview/advertisements for the summer 1937 and 1938 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices ; a small photograph with a written note on the back, a letter addressed to Lillian Gest from the Springfield Television Broadcasting Corp, and a handwritten list of details pertaining to the summer 1934 trip orgainized by Caroline Hinman.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned. Inserts 4 and 5 are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.

Name Access: Engelhard, Georgia; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Feuz, Ernest; Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Buildings; Castles; Camps; Climbing; Exploration; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Huts; Horses; Horse packing; Moose; Mountains; Mountaineering; Mountain Goat; Off the Beaten Track; Portrait; Scenery; Travel

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Mount Assiniboine; Lake O'Hara; East Kootenay; Utah; Arizona; Colorado; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada; United States of America

Access Restrictions: Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.

Language: English

Conservation: Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string. Locate original copies of inserts 4 & 5 and return them to PD - 10 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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ACC Camp

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the July 1938 ACC Camp at the Columbia Icefield,

Date Range: 1938

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 2

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1938

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the July 1938 ACC Camp at the Columbia Icefield,

Name Access: Chapman, Kathleen; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Hind, Rob; Walker, Hazel

Subject Access: Mountaineers; Banff Jasper Highway; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Glaciers

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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ACC Camp in the Ice River Valley

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the July 1939 ACC Camp at the Ice River Valley

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 4

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the July 1939 ACC Camp at the Ice River Valley

Notes: Albums with black pages were likely originally bound together as a single album, however gaps in page numbers imply that pages are missing from the complete work.

Name Access: Chapman, Kathleen; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Hind, Rob; Walker, Hazel

Subject Access: Mountaineers; Banff Jasper Highway; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Glaciers

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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ACC Ski Camp in Little Yoho Valley

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the March 23-31, 1940 ski trip in the Little Yoho Valley, BC.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 5

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the March 23-31, 1940 ski trip in the Little Yoho Valley, BC.

Name Access: Chapman, Kathleen; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Hind, Rob; Walker, Hazel

Subject Access: Backcountry skiing; Banff Jasper Highway; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Glaciers; Skiing; Winter

Geographic Access: Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Alpine Club Ski Camp in the Tonquin Valley

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the April 1939 ACC Ski Camp to the Tonquin Valley, Jasper.

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the April 1939 ACC Ski Camp to the Tonquin Valley, Jasper.

Name Access: Chapman, Kathleen; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Hind, Rob; Walker, Hazel

Subject Access: Mountaineers; Banff Jasper Highway; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Glaciers

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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BC Scenic Views

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 52 b&w prints of various scenic views around British Columbia. Includes views overlooking towns, skiing, beaches, A-frame cabins, highways, rivers, portraits, and the inner harbour & Empress Hotel in Victoria.

Date Range: [ca. 1959-1965]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / v / PA - 01 to PA - 52

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : BC Scenic Views

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / v / PA - 01 to PA - 52

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1959-1965]

Physical Description: 52 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 52 b&w prints of various scenic views around British Columbia. Includes views overlooking towns, skiing, beaches, A-frame cabins, highways, rivers, portraits, and the inner harbour & Empress Hotel in Victoria.

Subject Access: Activities; Architecture; Backcountry skiing; Boats; Buildings; Empress Hotel; Environment and Nature; Family and personal life; Glaciers; Landscape; Mountains; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; Rivers; Roads; Scenery; Ship; Ski areas; Skiing; Sports and leisure; Totem pole; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Victoria; British Columbia

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Bugaboos B.C.

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 b&w prints of possibly multiple trips to the Bugaboos, British Columbia - at least one trip was taken as part of the High Altitude mountaineering/photography course offered by the Banff Centre in the mid-1970s.

Date Range: [ca. 1972-1975]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 68

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

14 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, B : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: vi : Bugaboos B.C.

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / B / vi / PA - 01 to PA - 68

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1972-1975]

Physical Description: 68 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 b&w prints of possibly multiple trips to the Bugaboos, British Columbia - at least one trip was taken as part of the High Altitude mountaineering/photography course offered by the Banff Centre in the mid-1970s.