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Chic Scott fonds

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Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Evere…

Date Range: 1982-2021

Reference Code: M57 / S47 / V40

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Digital image; Motion picture; Video; Photograph; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M57 / S47 / V40

Sous-Fonds: M57; S47; V40

Accession Number: 6499; 6772; 7330; 8110; 8123; 2014.8295; 2014.8311; 2014.8374; 2015.8559; 2019.57; 2021.15 (unproc)

Reference Code: M57 / S47 / V40

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Digital image; Motion picture; Video; Photograph; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1982-2021

Physical Description: Sound recordings: 224 audio tape cassettes, 7 audio tape reels. -- 78 CD-ROM. with digital files -- Moving images: 148 videocassettes: 133 Hi8, 15 VHS. ; 149 DVDs -- 4.2 m textual records

History / Biographical: Charles (Chic) C. Scott, b.1945, is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas until the mid-1970s. He guided extensively in the European Alps for five seasons, ca.1970, and worked as a climber for "The Eiger Sanction," a Hollywood movie starring Clint Eastwood. Scott resumed climbing in 1988, after a period working at the University of Calgary. His publications include "Alpinism," editor, "Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies," "The History of the Calgary Mountain Club", "Summits and Icefields", "Pushing the Limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering", "Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains", and "Deep Powder and Steep Rock : the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser".

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Everest Expedition, and collected and personal materials. Items in fonds are arranged mostly by individual projects/areas of research.

Notes: Fonds consists of 15 series: Series I : Pushing the Limits Series II : Mountain Romantics Series III : Summits and Icefields Series IV : Powder Pioneers Series V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock Series VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies Series VII : Hans Gmoser Film Collection Series VIII : The Canadian Himalayan Foundation Series IX : The Book of Mortimer Series X : Tommy and Lawrence Series XI : The Yam Series XII :Calgary Mountain Club Series XIII : Young at Heart Series XIV : Chic Scott personal records Series XV : A LIFE IN THE WILD: The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin Access to interviews limited to VHS reference compilations.

Name Access: Scott, Charles (Chic); Scott, Chic

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure; Publication; Research; Personal and Professional Life; Mountaineering; Interview; Organizations; Biography

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy recordings; Finding aids and reference tools series and file description

Creator: Scott, Chic

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

Title Source: Title based on accession record and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Malcolm Geddes fonds

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …

Date Range: [1896-2013]

Reference Code: M39 / V756

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 39; V 756

Sous-Fonds: M 39; V 756

Accession Number: 5545, 6504, 7846, 2014.8306, 2015.8558

Reference Code: M39 / V756

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Responsibility: Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources

Date Range: [1896-2013]

Physical Description: 444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.

Notes: Fonds consists of three series:; Series I : Professional records I / A : Published materials I / B : Manuscripts and notes I / C : Professional correspondence; Series II : Financial records; Series III : Personal and family records III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions III / B : Genealogy and research III / C : Other personal and family records

Name Access: Geddes, Malcolm

Subject Access: Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure; Hiking; Family and personal life; Personal and Professional Life; Poetry; Property; Finances; Commerce and industry; Communications; Correspondence; Genealogy; History; Research; Publication; Travel; Mountains; Mountaineering; Biography; Obituary

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; British Columbia; Ontario; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: Geddes, Malcolm

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

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Content Details: Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558

Processing Status: Processed

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Alberta miners : a tribute

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1993

Author: Chrismas, Lawrence

Publisher: Calgary : Cambria

Call Number: 03.6 C46 oversize c.1; 03.6 C46 oversize c.2

Author: Chrismas, Lawrence

Responsibility: photography and text by Lawrence Chrismas; foreword by Thomas H. Patching; produced in collaboration with the Alberta Chamber of Resources

Publisher: Calgary : Cambria

Published Date: 1993

Physical Description: 224p. : ports., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Coal and coal mines; Photography; Portraits

Notes: Bibliography and index

ISBN: 0-9697023-0-2

Accession Number: 26000; copy 2 from unknown source (possibly Museum Shop?) in 2006/07

Call Number: 03.6 C46 oversize c.1; 03.6 C46 oversize c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Andy Russell's campfire stories

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: Russell, Andy

Call Number: 05 R91a

Author: Russell, Andy

Responsibility: Andy Russell; with illustrations by Don Brestler

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 317 p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Outfitters trail guides packers; Ranching; Waterton Glacier International Peace Park; Wildlife

ISBN: 0-7710-7882-X

Accession Number: 1-19-99 31,500

Call Number: 05 R91a

Collection: Archives Library

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At rest in the peaks : a guided walk through the old Banff Cemetery

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1994

Author: Deziel-Letnick, Helene

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Friends of Banff National Park

Call Number: 08.3 B22d c.1; 08.3 B22d c.2

Author: Deziel-Letnick, Helene

Responsibility: text: Helene Deziel-Letnick, E.J. Hart; design assistance: Kerstin Quintin

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Friends of Banff National Park

Published Date: 1994

Physical Description: 40p. : ill., ports., map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff (residents); Biography

Notes: Bibliography

ISBN: 0920608-42-6

Accession Number: 6794

Call Number: 08.3 B22d c.1; 08.3 B22d c.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Charles Doolittle Walcott, paleontologist

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: Yochelson, Ellis L

Publisher: Kent (Ohio) : Kent State University Press

Call Number: 03.2 W14yo v.1

Author: Yochelson, Ellis L

Publisher: Kent (Ohio) : Kent State University Press

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: xvi, 510, [24] p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Burgess Shale; Paleontology

Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index. 2nd volume of biography titled "Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles Doolittle Walcott"

ISBN: 0-87338-599-3

Accession Number: 4-14-999 31,500

Call Number: 03.2 W14yo v.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Coaldust grins : portraits of Canadian coal miners

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: Chrismas, Lawrence

Publisher: Calgary : Cambria

Call Number: 03.6 C46co oversize

Author: Chrismas, Lawrence

Responsibility: photography and text by Lawrence Chrismas

Publisher: Calgary : Cambria

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 312 : ill., ports, maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Canmore Mine; Coal and coal mines; Crowsnest Pass; Ethnic groups; Photography; Portraits

Notes: Index

ISBN: 0-9697023-1-0

Accession Number: 32000

Call Number: 03.6 C46co oversize

Collection: Archives Library

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Deep currents : Roderick and Ann Haig-Brown

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1997

Author: Haig-Brown, Valerie

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers

Call Number: 04 H12d

Author: Haig-Brown, Valerie

Responsibility: Valerie Haig-Brown ; foreword by Steve Raymond

Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers

Published Date: 1997

Physical Description: viii, 215 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Conservation; Fishing

ISBN: 1551431084

Accession Number: P2016-73,000-01

Call Number: 04 H12d

Collection: Archives Library

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The forgotten side of the border : British Columbia's Elk Valley and Crowsnest Pass

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: Norton, Wayne

Publisher: Kamloops : Plateau Press

Call Number: 08.3 N75f

Author: Norton, Wayne

Responsibility: edited by Wayne Norton and Naomi Miller

Publisher: Kamloops : Plateau Press

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: x, 238 p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Camps, Internment; Coal and coal mines; Crowsnest Pass; Ghosts; Hockey; Kootenay region

ISBN: 0-9698842-2-2

Accession Number: 2-8-2001 33,500

Call Number: 08.3 N75f

Collection: Archives Library

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Franklin and Harriett : the Crosby family story

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1980

Author: Huck, Virginia

Publisher: Minneapolis : The Crosby Company

Call Number: 02.6 W31h

Author: Huck, Virginia

Responsibility: by Virginia Huck; Terri Nye, Research Assistant

Publisher: Minneapolis : The Crosby Company

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: 247p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Outfitters, trail guides, packers

Notes: Includes descriptions of hunting trips with Bert Riggall to the Waterton and Crowsnest Pass areas of the Southern Alberta Rockies (pp.140-155)

Accession Number: 7201

Call Number: 02.6 W31h

Collection: Archives Library

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Handing down our history : Bow Valley Literacy Program 1998

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Call Number: 05.5 B67 Pam

Publisher: Banff : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 34 p. : ill., ports

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff (residents); Biography; Canmore; Ethnic groups; Volunteers

Notes: Exhibition catalogue. -- Essays written by residents of the Bow Valley

Accession Number: 7146

Call Number: 05.5 B67 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Harvest of the spirit : Illingworth Kerr retrospective

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1985

Author: catalogue essay and exhibition production, Maggie Callahan

Publisher: Edmonton : Edmonton Art Gallery

Call Number: 06.1 C13h

Author: catalogue essay and exhibition production, Maggie Callahan

Publisher: Edmonton : Edmonton Art Gallery

Published Date: 1985

Physical Description: 62 p. : ill., port. ; 22 x 26 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Art; Biography; Exhibition catalogue

Subjects: Painting

Abstract: Pertains to the work of Illingworth Kerr, a Canadian western landscape painter. The exhibition and catalogue was intended to celebrate the extensive art career, and 80th birthday of Illingworth Kerr. In an effort to showcase the variety of Kerr’s artistic expression, the exhibition organizer’s divided Kerr’s work into the following categories; landscapes, animal studies, portraits, townscapes, abstracts and automatic paintings. The exhibition organizer, Maggie Callahan, shares a comprehsneive anlalysis of Kerr’s life as an artist and his work over his impressive 60 year career.

Contents: Forword (pg. 2); Curators' notes (pg. 3); Acknowledgements (pg. 4); Essay -; Kerr's youth (pg. 6); Ontario College of Art (1924-27) (pg. 7); Back to the prairies (1927-36) (pg. 16); A decade of wandering (1936-46) (pg. 28); Alberta College of Arts (1947-67) (pg. 32); Kerr today (pg. 42); List of works (pg. 55); Selected bibliography (pg. 59); Chronology (pg. 60); Itinerary (pg. 62)

Notes: Exhibition held at the Edmonton Art Gallery, Mar. 2-Apr. 14, 1985 and other places.

ISBN: 088950041X

Accession Number: 2019.61

Call Number: 06.1 C13h

Collection: Archives Library

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History of Hinton

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1980

Author: Hart, Hazel R

Publisher: Edmonton : Friesen

Call Number: 08.3 H59h

Author: Hart, Hazel R

Publisher: Edmonton : Friesen

Published Date: 1980

Physical Description: viii, 352p. : ill., ports., maps., facsim

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Brewster family; Coal; Jasper; Moberly family

Notes: Bibliographical notes and index

ISBN: 0-88925-202-5

Accession Number: 13500

Call Number: 08.3 H59h

Collection: Archives Library

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Janet Mitchell, life and art

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1990

Author: Armstrong, Peggy

Publisher: Winnipeg : Hyperion Press

Call Number: 06.1 Ar5j

Author: Armstrong, Peggy

Responsibility: Peggy Armstrong

Publisher: Winnipeg : Hyperion Press

Published Date: 1990

Physical Description: 144 p. : ill. (some col.)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Biography; Women; Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

Notes: Out of 130 copies made available to the public, this book is # 71/130 Signed by Janet Mitchell in November 1990 "Each edition is accompanied by two original prints specially drawn and signed by Janet Mitchell."