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Ernst (Ernest) Feuz fonds

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Part Of: Ernst (Ernest) Feuz fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to climbing and guiding career of Swiss Guide Ernest Feuz in Glacier, O'Hara, Lake Louise, Bugaboos, and Bobby Burns. Photograph album [ca.1900]-1955, ca. 430 prints - album was originally compiled by J. Monroe Thorington with photographs added by Feuz from climbs with various client…

Date Range: 1908-1956

Reference Code: M131 / V71

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

Part Of: Ernst (Ernest) Feuz fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 131; V 71

Sous-Fonds: M 131; V 71

Accession Number: 3926, 7229 (unproc)

Reference Code: M131 / V71

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

Date Range: 1908-1956

Physical Description: 2 photograph albums, o.s. (ca.430 prints & 36 prints). -- 24 photographs: prints. -- 5 cm textual records.

History / Biographical: Ernest Feuz, born 1889 in Interlaken, Switzerland was the son of Edouard Feuz Sr., one of two Swiss guides brought to Glacier House, B.C. in 1899 by the CPR. In 1909, the second generation of Swiss guides including Ernest Feuz and his two brothers Walter and Edward Jr., along with Rudolf Aemmer and Christian Hasler Jr. began guiding for the CPR during the summer months and returned to Switzerland for the winter. In 1912, Ernest settled at the Swiss village of Edelweiss, near Golden, B.C., constructed by the CPR in 1911. Glacier House closed in 1925 and Ernest Feuz began guiding primarily out of Lake Louise, the Swiss Guides Headquarters. During the winter months, the Swiss guides did maintenance work at Lake Louise and were responsible for maintaining the buildings and snow removal. Ernest Feuz led numerous climbing parties and rescue operations throughout his career, retiring from the CPR guiding service in 1954.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to climbing and guiding career of Swiss Guide Ernest Feuz in Glacier, O'Hara, Lake Louise, Bugaboos, and Bobby Burns. Photograph album [ca.1900]-1955, ca. 430 prints - album was originally compiled by J. Monroe Thorington with photographs added by Feuz from climbs with various clients including Georgia Engelhard and W. J. Oliver. Donors have interfiled parts of a smaller album and many later prints. Second photograph album [ca.1910]-1954 has some later prints added by donors - up to 1976. Textual records consist of marriage and birth certificates of Ernest and Elise Feuz, 1912-1954; military service booklet of Ernest Feuz, 1908-1925; fuhrerbuch of E. Feuz, 1909-1927; notebook of Ernest Feuz (cash from clients, 1913-1921 and snow report, 1921-1924); business cards and Swiss Guides tariff for climbing, Chateau Lake Louise, n.d.

Name Access: Feuz, Ernest

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Creator: Feuz, Ernst

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

Biographical Source Notes: Frank W. Anderson, "Ernest Feuz, Mountaineer" in Sagas of the Canadian West, vol. 4, 1979; The Cairn, 25:1 (Winter/Spring 2001)

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Old Swiss Guides

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 19 b&w prints of Swiss Guides, usually posed either on their own or in a group, shots from a National Film Board documentary production, the Lyall Group mountain range, and a collection of Guide pins. Also includes documents: a copy of the Kicking Horse Chronicle and the 1992 Mount…

Date Range: 1901-1963

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / v / PA - 01 to PA - 19

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, O : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: v : Old Swiss Guides

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / O / v / PA - 01 to PA - 19

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1901-1963

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 19 b&w prints of Swiss Guides, usually posed either on their own or in a group, shots from a National Film Board documentary production, the Lyall Group mountain range, and a collection of Guide pins. Also includes documents: a copy of the Kicking Horse Chronicle and the 1992 Mountain Guides' Ball pamphlet.