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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

Category: Environment; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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Canadian savage folk : the native tribes of Canada

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

Published Date: 1896

Author: Maclean, John

Publisher: Toronto : William Briggs

Call Number: 07.2 M22c

Author: Maclean, John

Publisher: Toronto : William Briggs

Published Date: 1896

Physical Description: 641p. : ill., port

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

Subjects: Folklore; Kootenay Indians; Stoney Indians

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 07.2 M22c

Collection: Archives Library

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Explorations in the far north : being a report of an expedition under the auspices of the University of Iowa during the years 1892, 1893, 1894

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Published Date: 1898

Author: Russell, Frank

Call Number: 02.5 R91

Author: Russell, Frank

Published Date: 1898

Physical Description: vii, 290p. : ill., map., port

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

Subjects: Stoney Indians

Notes: Index

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 02.5 R91

Collection: Archives Library

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First Indian Day at Banff proved most interesting

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

Published Date: 1927

Publisher: Edmonton : Edmonton Journal?

Call Number: 07.2 F52 Pam

Publisher: Edmonton : Edmonton Journal?

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: 3 pages

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

Subjects: Banff Indian Days; Stoney Indians; Tourism

Notes: Photocopy of an article from the Edmonton Journal on July 29, 1927 about Banff's first Indian Days; Retrieved from the folklore library and the University of Alberta

Call Number: 07.2 F52 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Game trails in British Columbia

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

Published Date: 1925

Author: Williams, A. Bryan

Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner

Call Number: 04.2 W67

Author: Williams, A. Bryan

Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner

Published Date: 1925

Physical Description: xiv, 359p. : ill

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

Subjects: Hunting; Stoney Indians

Accession Number: 488; 492 deaccessioned

Call Number: 04.2 W67

Collection: Archives Library

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McDougall of Alberta...

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

Published Date: 1927

Author: Maclean, John

Publisher: Toronto : Ryerson Press

Call Number: 07.2 M14mc

Author: Maclean, John

Publisher: Toronto : Ryerson Press

Published Date: 1927

Physical Description: xii, 282p. : ill., port

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

Subjects: Morley; Stoney Indians

Accession Number: 400

Call Number: 07.2 M14mc

Collection: Archives Library

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Mount Geikie ascent, 1924

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of Good Roads magazine and 14 newspaper clippings from 1924 pertaining to the first ascent of Mount Geikie in 1924. First ascent was completed by members of the Alpine Club of Canada: Malcolm Geddes, Val Flynn and Cyril Wates.

Date Range: 1924

Reference Code: M39 / III / A / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M39; V756

Series: M39 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: M39

Sub-Series: M39 / III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions

Accession Number: 2015.8558

Reference Code: M39 / III / A / 1

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1924

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (1 volume : 20 x 27 cm -- 14 newspaper clippings)

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of Good Roads magazine and 14 newspaper clippings from 1924 pertaining to the first ascent of Mount Geikie in 1924. First ascent was completed by members of the Alpine Club of Canada: Malcolm Geddes, Val Flynn and Cyril Wates.

Notes: Some items are annotated; newspaper clippings were originally stored between last two pages of magazine in file

Name Access: Geddes, Malcolm; Flynn, Val; Wates, Cyril

Subject Access: Summit; Mountains; Mountaineering; Exploration; Travel

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Mount Geikie

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Logan Expedition publication appearances

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to newspaper clippings and magazine publications that feature the Mt. Logan expedition.

Date Range: 1923-1926

Reference Code: M200 / AC 0M / 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Published record; Textual record

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: I.A.1.e.i. Administration: expeditions - Mount Logan Expedition

Sous-Fonds: M200

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: M200 / AC 0M / 17

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Published record; Textual record

Date Range: 1923-1926

Physical Description: ca.35 cm of textual records : includes oversize oversize. -- ca.580 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies

Scope & Content: File pertains to newspaper clippings and magazine publications that feature the Mt. Logan expedition.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Advertising; Alpine Club of Canada; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Club; Competition; Discovery and exploration; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Guide; Guides; Hiking; Huts; Mountain; Mountain guides; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Mount Logan; Mount Logan Expedition; National parks and reserves; Newspaper; Organizations; Photography; Publication; Scenery; Sports and recreation; Summit

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

Access Restrictions: Access to negatives is by appointment only

Language: English

Finding Aid: A detailed list is available for a portion of the material.

Related Material: Material is closely related to expedition material in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs (H. F. Lambart papers and photographs; W. W. Foster photographs). Related oversize display prints can be found in Series I.A.1.j. (AC 00P / 137-147 and AC 00P / 275-280).

Title Source: Title based on material

Content Details: Physically, the file is divided into 2 folders, 17a & 17b

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Logan Expedition records - published accounts

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains primarily to published accounts of the Mt Logan Expedition, also includes some correspondence mostly consisting of telegrams.

Date Range: 1923-1926

Reference Code: M200 / AC 0M / 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Organization record; Published record; Textual record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: I.A.1.e.i. Administration: expeditions - Mount Logan Expedition

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: M200 / AC 0M / 17

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Organization record; Published record; Textual record

Date Range: 1923-1926

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records ; 23.3 x 28.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File pertains primarily to published accounts of the Mt Logan Expedition, also includes some correspondence mostly consisting of telegrams.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Advertising; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Club; Competition; Discovery and exploration; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Guide; Guides; Hiking; Magazines; Mountain; Mountain guides; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Mount Logan; Mount Logan Expedition; National parks and reserves; Newspaper clippings; Organizations; Scenery; Sports and recreation; Summit

Geographic Access: Canada

Access Restrictions: Access to negatives is by appointment only

Language: English

Finding Aid: A detailed list is available for a portion of the material.

Related Material: Material is closely related to expedition material in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs (H. F. Lambart papers and photographs; W. W. Foster photographs). Related oversize display prints can be found in Series I.A.1.j. (AC 00P / 137-147 and AC 00P / 275-280).

Title Source: Title based on material

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Robson ascent, 1924

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 newspaper clippings pertaining to the third ascent of Mount Robson by Malcolm Geddes and other members of the Alpine Club of Canada on July 25, 1924.

Date Range: 1924

Reference Code: M39 / III / A / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M39; V756

Series: V756 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: V756

Sub-Series: V756 / III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions

Accession Number: 2015.8558

Reference Code: M39 / III / A / 2

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1924

Physical Description: 0.2 cm of textual records (7 newspaper clippings)

Scope & Content: File consists of 7 newspaper clippings pertaining to the third ascent of Mount Robson by Malcolm Geddes and other members of the Alpine Club of Canada on July 25, 1924.

Name Access: Geddes, Malcolm; Kain, Conrad; Moffat, Thomas B.; Pollard, Harry

Subject Access: Hiking; Climbing; Mountains; Mountaineering; Alpine Club of Canada; Exploration; Recreation; Publication

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Mount Robson

Language: English

Related Material: Photograph prints pertaining to same ascent are stored in file V756/III/A/PA-25 to 27

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mountain climbing

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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

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

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

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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.

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

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