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Mount Logan Expedition records - prints from the mountain [2/4]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to prints depicting high alpine scenes, various camps, members of the Epedition team, and what is most likely the descent from Mt. Logan.

Date Range: 1923-1926

Reference Code: V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 31 - 65

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Print

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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: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 31 - 65

GMD: Photograph print; Print

Date Range: 1923-1926

Physical Description: 125 prints : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: File pertains to prints depicting high alpine scenes, various camps, members of the Epedition team, and what is most likely the descent from Mt. Logan.

Notes: Dimension remarks for whole series (808 / 01 to 125)

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

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

Geographic Access: Yukon; Alaska; Canada; United States of America

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). V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 01 to 30 V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 66 to 95 V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 96 to 125

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Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Logan Expedition records - prints from the mountain [3/4]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to prints depicting high alpine scenes, various camps, members of the Epedition team, and what is most likely the descent from Mt. Logan.

Date Range: 1923-1926

Reference Code: V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 66 - 95

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Print

30 images

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: V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 66 - 95

GMD: Photograph print; Print

Date Range: 1923-1926

Physical Description: 125 prints : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: File pertains to prints depicting high alpine scenes, various camps, members of the Epedition team, and what is most likely the descent from Mt. Logan.

Notes: Dimension remarks for whole series (808 / 01 to 125)

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

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

Geographic Access: Yukon; Alaska; Canada; United States of America

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). V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 01 to 30 V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 31 to 65 V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 96 to 125

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Mount Logan Expedition records - prints from the mountain [4/4]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to prints depicting high alpine scenes, various camps, members of the Epedition team, and what is most likely the descent from Mt. Logan.

Date Range: 1923-1926

Reference Code: V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 96 - 125

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph print; Print

30 images

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: V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 96 - 125

GMD: Photograph print; Print

Date Range: 1923-1926

Physical Description: 125 prints : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope & Content: File pertains to prints depicting high alpine scenes, various camps, members of the Epedition team, and what is most likely the descent from Mt. Logan.

Notes: Dimension remarks for whole series (808 / 01 to 125)

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

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

Geographic Access: Yukon; Alaska; Canada; United States of America

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). V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 01 to 30 V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 31 to 65 V14 / AC 0P / 808 / 66 to 95

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Other Financial Records

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of the Other Financial Records of the Alpine Club of Canada between approximately 1935 to 1998. Other Financials include receipts for supplies, invoices for payments, correspondence about Club expenses and finances, correspondences about publication fees and costs, and other fin…

Date Range: ca. 1935-1939; 1941; 1943-1947; 1951; 1953-1954; ca. 1961; 1965-1996; 1998

Reference Code: M200 / II / D

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / II: Financial Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / II / D: Other Financial Records

Accession Number: accn. 5343; accn. 6376; accn. 5634; accn. 6375; accn. 5633; accn. 2017.8658; accn. 2023.06; accn. 5460 [ac 439]; accn. 8002

Reference Code: M200 / II / D

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Date Range: ca. 1935-1939; 1941; 1943-1947; 1951; 1953-1954; ca. 1961; 1965-1996; 1998

Physical Description: 56 cm of textual records 100 files

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of the Other Financial Records of the Alpine Club of Canada between approximately 1935 to 1998. Other Financials include receipts for supplies, invoices for payments, correspondence about Club expenses and finances, correspondences about publication fees and costs, and other finances. Other Financials also include camp budgets and expenses, hut fees and costs, communication bills, transportation costs, etc.

Notes: See file-level entries for inventories of other financials for the club.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Administration; Alberta; Alpine Club of Canada; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Cabins and shelters; Cabins; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Clubhouse; Construction; Correspondence; Education; Environment; Environment and Nature; Equipment; Finances; Huts; Libraries; Library; Membership; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Organizations; Publication; Record keeping; Records; Sports; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Nepal; United States of America; Alberta; British Columbia; Ontario; Banff National Park; Banff, Alberta; Canmore, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, AB; Jasper, AB; Hinton; Lake Louise, AB; Vancouver, BC; Scarborough, ON; Toronto

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English; French

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Daytimers

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1926 & 1927 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 33 : June 11-12 page with piece of paper entries regard office work and club house. July 21-22 page marked with piece of paper entries regard office work and ACC. July 31-August 1 page marked with piece of paper en…

Date Range: 1926-1927

Reference Code: M546 / 33 to 34

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 33 to 34

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1926-1927

Physical Description: 4.3 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 7.5 x 12 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1926 & 1927 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 33 : June 11-12 page with piece of paper entries regard office work and club house. July 21-22 page marked with piece of paper entries regard office work and ACC. July 31-August 1 page marked with piece of paper entries regard camps. August 14-15 page marked with piece of paper entries regard Assiniboine camp and ascent. January 24 work on article for Logan report. March continued work on Logan report and C. N. P. A. report throughout May. Travels on Vancouver Island in May. Daily notations of weather, day to day activities, office work, correspondence, watching hockey games and other leisure. M546 / 34 : July 29-30 with piece of paper entries regarding travel around Banff, Jasper and Field. Daily notations of day to day activities, office work, correspondence, leisure. Continued work on C. N. P. A. Extensive documentation of chores. August travel around Freshfield River and House River. Hole in paper near spine on page August 11-12.

Name Access: Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Anniversary; Backpacking; Birthday; Camps; Climbing; Correspondence; Discovery and exploration; Family and personal life; Finances; Hiking; Hockey; Holidays; Leisure; Mountains; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Mount Logan; Photography; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; Work

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Rocky Mountains; Selkirks; Assiniboine; Athabasca Falls; Sunwapta Falls; Saskatchewan River Crossing; Calgary; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Hector Slide; Vancouver Island; Sidney; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Spokane; Washington; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Wheeler, Arthur O.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Daytimers

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1944 & 1945 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 51 : Includes throughout January and February involved in writing a biography. Notation of payment for A. O.’s activities. Mid-March writing ACC anniversary address. Documentation of personal hygiene, daily corresp…

Date Range: 1944-1945

Reference Code: M546 / 51 to 52

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 51 to 52

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1944-1945

Physical Description: 3.6 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 10.6 x 17.6 or smaller cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1944 & 1945 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 51 : Includes throughout January and February involved in writing a biography. Notation of payment for A. O.’s activities. Mid-March writing ACC anniversary address. Documentation of personal hygiene, daily correspondence, weather, temperature, financial transactions. M546 / 52 : Includes depicting a canoe trip undertaken by A. O. and Hector Wheeler from August 15 to September 7. Topics include: Begins with August 15 regarding camp near Grand Rapids. Regarding weather, leisure, fishing, letter writing, records of received and sent telegraphs. Travel to Rideau Lake, interactions with Clare. Also includes an Inland Revenue of Canada form regarding tolls paid and list of packages loose at front page; appears to have fallen out of the diary.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned M546 / 51 : Front page of diary loose. M546 / 52 : Book is badly damaged along the spine - refrain from handling.

Name Access: Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; Wheeler, Hector

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Biography; Camps; Canoes and canoeing; Climbing; Correspondence; Family and personal life; Finances; Leisure; Mountains; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Work

Geographic Access: Rocky Mountains; Calgary; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Grand Rapids; Michigan; United States of America

Language: English

Conservation: M546 / 52 : Acid-free flat string bound around the book to keep the pieces together ; store spine up to prevent further damage - relocate to flat box if possible.

Creator: Wheeler, A. O.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Trip Diaries

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …

Date Range: 1948-1957

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes

Sous-Fonds: M67

Sub-Series: i. Diaries

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1948-1957

Physical Description: 7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter. M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers. M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers. M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954. M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs. M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest. Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Ernest; Hinman, Caroline; Moore, Phil; Smith, Soapy (Herbert Alonzo)

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Community; Environment and Nature; European travel; Family and personal life; First Nations; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Membership; Mountaineering; Mountains; Outfitting; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Off the Beaten Track; Pack trips; Parks Canada; Record keeping; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and leisure; Stoney Nakoda; Tourism; Trails; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Pipestone Pass; Saskatchewan River; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Jasper; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Kootenay National Park; Yoho National Park; Vancouver; Alberta; British Columbia; Pennsylvania; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Slides Notebooks

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "S…

Date Range: 1939-1981

Reference Code: M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record; Textual record

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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: M67

Sub-Series: i.a. textual material, notebooks

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4

GMD: Private record; Textual record

Date Range: 1939-1981

Physical Description: 4.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.6 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to four black leather notebook with the titles wirtten in red paint on the front cover. 51 - 1 : "SL I" (Slides Book I) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1939 and 1949. 51 - 2 : "SL II" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1949 and 1955. 51 - 3 : "SL III" (Slides Book II) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1955 and 191965. 51 - 4 : "SL IV" (Slides Book IV) Includes hand-written lists and details of 35 mm slides [colour positive film] taken and compiled by Lillian Gest from trips taken between 1966 and 1981. Also includes folder of loose material from the notebooks.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Waterton; Waterton National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier National Park; Montana; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Washington; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Summer & Autumn 1947 Canadian Rockies Trip [1/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 103 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…

Date Range: 1947

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 111 to 116

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

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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.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 111 to 116

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R79-1 to R124-15. -- 1943-1947 V225 / NS - 4

Date Range: 1947

Physical Description: 103 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 103 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, wildlife, the opening dedication of the A.O. Wheeler Hut, and the drive back home. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook. Titles: Ansco film Reel 111 July 1-1947 1. China - merion 2. [China - merion] 3. [China - merion] 4. [China - merion] 5. [China - merion] 6. Cherry tree 7. Eva in cherry tree 8. Same 9. BH. G under cherry tree 10. [BH. G] looks at cherries 11. [BH. G] picking cherries 12. [BH. G] and cherries 13. BH. G and Eva 14. Eva eating cherries 17. Iron Deer in shade 18. [Iron Deer] house in b.g. 19. Tulip poplar 20. BHG. under fringe tree 21. BHG. [under] twin pine 22. [BHG.] and her basket 23. [BHG.] close up Canadian Rockies 1947 Reel 112 Aug 4-47 1. Buck on edge of bank - Underexp. 2. [Buck] and BHG on back porch not bad 3. 2 bucks [and BHG on back porch] 0 of 7 7. Tree, Mt Cascade, buck in willows 8. Buck in shadow - morning 12. --- 14. 2 bucks morning down [illegible] 15. 2 bucks below Jand[?] pit poor 16. 2 bucks near pit poor 25. Fly spotted oulies[?] by Hatchery 26. BH. G in Suring Light Stuck 27. [BH. G in Suring] Best 28. [BH. G in Suring] 29. Ah hahina and rose bough 30. Ah hahina fr. road below 31. Ah hahina fr. road below better 32. Ah ha hina from road in front 33. Whiteman House - Cascade 34. Our driveway St. Julien Rd. and Meadow 35. Norquay fr. Ahhahina 36. Telegraph Pole Lane to town Reel 113 Aug 4-1947 2. St. Julien Rd. and Mt. Brewster 4. [Banff Springs Hotel fr. Tunnell] 7. Flowers on Tunnell - Bow R. below 8. Precipice on Tunnell fr. trail 9. Deer on bank Cascade in b.g 10. Rundle slopes of Astley 12. Eric and Meus[illegible] - slopes of Astley 13. Party on slopes of Astley - Eugene Eric Jean Vallances 16. [Party] 4 figures not posed 17. [Party] 5 figures [not posed] 20. Peter and Jean 21. Party on shoulder of Mt. Astley 23. Fawns on lawn 28. Fawn by roadside 32. Fawn - doe and fawn back of tree 33. Fawn on lawn deep shadow 35. Fawn in grass - tree trunks in b.g 38. Doe and 2 fawns overexp. 39. 2 fawns 2 children Side and doe in b.g. Reel 114 Aug 1947 1. BH.G. in reclining chair 3. [Fawn in Harmon's garden] 4. [Fawn] nearer 5. Doe eating Mrs. H's flowers 6. Fawn moving - doe in b.g. poor 7. Deer at Harmon's gate 8. Fawn in woods 9. Little Bear and girl 10. Little bear and boy 11. [Little bear] on road 17. [Beaver] and one under water Reel 115 Aug 22. 47 1. Moose moving in woods - not mounted 2. Moose in stream 3. [Moose] running 6. [Moose] fair 9. BHG. at stream at Picnic Place 10. BHG and Sig [at Picnic Place] 12. Sawback Pinnacle 13. [Sawback Pinnacle] 16. P.O and Cars - Mt. Cascade 17. Mt. Astley 18A. Hermit Range 18B. Hermit Range 20. Line going up snow on Abbot Reel 116 Aug 31 - 1947 1. Mt Cheops 3. On [Glacier Creek] 2 climbers 4. Ascent on snow. gl. crest. 5. Crowd ascending snow 6. Lunch glacier Crest. 8. Avalanche and Eagle fr. gl. Crest. 9. Lunch on gl. Crest. 10. Mt. Burney 11. Castor and Pollux 12. Descent fr. gl. Crest. 13. Snow descent fr. Perley Rock 13A. Sir Donald 14. Party on Perley Rock 15. On Perley Rock 16. Mr. Dowler and Polly 17. Mr. [Dowler] and his saw 18. Packing to High Camp 19. [Packing to High Camp] 20. [Packing to High Camp] 21. [blank] 22. [blank] 23. Camp fr. Aval. Lookout 26. B.C. trail 27. Sunday Service McRuer up 28. [Sunday Service McRuer] 29. [Sunder Service] hymns 30. Washing dishes 32. Richardson and Horst 33. Edward and the Wheelers 34. Bob and Jim 35. Bob and Jim close up 36. Wheeler Hut

Notes: Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Harmon, Byron; Harmon, Aileen; Hinman, Caroline; Sampson, Herbert E.

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Banff Springs Hotel; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Prince of Wales Hotel; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wheeler Hut; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Seebe; Kananaskis; Waterton; Waterton National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada; Great Falls; Montana; Yellowstone National Park; United States of America