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Lawrence Grassi fonds
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- Part Of
- Lawrence Grassi fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of papers and photographs produced and collected by Lawrence Grassi. Textual records consist of correspondence, 1918-1979, from family in Italy and organizations and individuals in Canada; personal papers, 1912-1975; publications and ephemera from organizations, including the Alpine C…
- Date Range
- [ca.1880]-1979
- Reference Code
- M45 / V240
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Lawrence Grassi fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 45
- V 240
- Sous-Fonds
- M 45
- V 240
- Accession Number
- 249, 282, 830, 1626, 1943, 2262, 2826, 3159, 3446, 3985
- Reference Code
- M45 / V240
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1880]-1979
- Physical Description
- ca.25 cm of textual records. -- ca.2300 photographs : prints, transparencies, negatives. -- 1 photograph album (180 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Lawrence Grassi, 1890-1980, was a miner and mountaineer at Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Grassi was born in Falmenta, Italy and emigrated to Canada in 1912, working first as a section man for the Canadian Pacific Railway and from 1916 to 1945 as a miner for Canmore Mines. Grassi distinguished himself in solo mountain climbing and as an unofficial guide to many other mountaineers. Grassi is best remembered for trail building activities. J. S. Woodsworth led support for legislation to change the name of Twin Lakes in White Man Pass to Grassi Lakes in recognition of this work. As assistant warden at Lake O'Hara, British Columbia, Grassi upgraded and built numerous trails for which he received many honours in later life.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of papers and photographs produced and collected by Lawrence Grassi.
- Textual records consist of correspondence, 1918-1979, from family in Italy and organizations and individuals in Canada; personal papers, 1912-1975; publications and ephemera from organizations, including the Alpine Club of Canada, Canadian Youth Hostels Association, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; newsclippings, articles and other material pertaining to Grassi and mountaineering.
- Photographs pertain mainly to mountain scenery of Alberta and British Columbia, particularly Banff National Park, Lake O'Hara and region, Jasper National Park, Mount Assiniboine and region, Grotto Mountain and Grassi Lakes, ca.1930-ca.1970. Also includes views of Lawrence Grassi, family and friends, ca.1880-ca.1970, and group of unidentified portraits, ca.1880- ca.1900. Transparencies are mainly unidentified colour mountain scenics. Most views are by Grassi; some are by Richard Rushworth and F. V. Longstaff.
- Name Access
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Mountaineering
- Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is primarily English. Some correspondence is in Italian
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- file description and index for photographs
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24925
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- J.R.
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Author
- J.R.
- Responsibility
- J.R. (author)
- Frederic Remington (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1890
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Mountaineers, Swiss
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Among the Selkirk glaciers : being the account of a rough survey in the Rocky Mountain regions of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3982
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4g
- 02.6 Se4g M'fiche
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Published Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- xv, 251p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Geology
- Mountaineering
- Notes
- Also on microfiche
- Accession Number
- 400
- 5142 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4g
- 02.6 Se4g M'fiche
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountain climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26175
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1897
- Publisher
- London : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Call Number
- 01 W69m
- Responsibility
- Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch
- Publisher
- London : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Published Date
- 1897
- Physical Description
- 358 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- St. Elias
- Alps
- Climbing
- Glaciers
- Contents
- I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01 W69m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14139
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1892
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green
- Call Number
- 01.2 D41m
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Responsibility
- by C. T. Dent, Illustrations by H.G. Willink et. al.
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green
- Published Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- xx, 439 p. illus., ports., diagrs.
- Series
- The Badminton library of sports and pastimes, ed. by his Grace the Duke of Beaufort K.G. assisted by A.E.T. Watson
- Subjects
- Women
- Mountaineering
- Whymper, Edward
- Notes
- By C. T. Dent with contributions by W. M. Conway, D. W. Freshfield, C. E. Mathews, C. Pilkington, Sir F. Pollock, H. G. Willink, and an introduction by Mr. Justice Wills
- This book was used by Walter Wilcox, Sam Allen, and other members of the Yale "Lake Louise" Club in 1893. It was printed in 1892 and considered very up-to-date.
- Includes discussion of 'Climbing outfits for ladies' p. 50-52
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 01.2 D41m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26179
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1895
- Author
- Mummery, A. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Call Number
- 01.2 M92m
- Author
- Mummery, A. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Published Date
- 1895
- Physical Description
- 360 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Alps
- Caucasus
- Mummery, A. F.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 M92m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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