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Ben Gadd fonds

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, …

Date Range: 1956-2018

Reference Code: M590 / V810 / S61

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Digital image; Drawing; Negative; Newspaper clipping; Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard; Published record; Textual record; Video; Transparency

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M590; V810

Sous-Fonds: M590; V810

Accession Number: 2021.20; 2024.01

Reference Code: M590 / V810 / S61

GMD: Digital image; Drawing; Negative; Newspaper clipping; Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard; Published record; Textual record; Video; Transparency

Date Range: 1956-2018

Physical Description: ca. 7.9 metres of textual records -- ca. 274 maps -- 29 VHS tapes -- ca.15 discs with digital files -- 21 cassettes -- photographs -- oversized materials -- USB stick with 15 sldeshows

History / Biographical: Ben Gadd (1946-) is a retired naturalist, guide, geologist, instructor, freelance writer and award-winning author based in the Canadian Rockies. Ben was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1946. He met his wife, Cia (Langdon) Gadd at Colorado College in 1965, and the couple married four weeks later. Ben and Cia had two sons, Will and Toby. Ben and his family relocated to Jasper in the late 1960s. Ben later attended the University of Lethbridge and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Earth Science in 1972. Between 1976 and 1980, Ben taught classes at Mount Royal College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology; he later taught additional classes at Grant MacEwan College and Lakeland College. From 1981, Ben also worked as a seasonal naturalist/guide for Parks Canada. Ben left Parks Canada in 1985 to start an independent naturalist guiding business with Cia based in Jasper and other parts of the Canadian Rockies, which the couple continued to operate for over two decades. Ben published his best-known work, "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies", through his publishing company Corax Press in 1986. The second edition of "Handbook of the Canadian Rockies" received multiple awards after its release in 1995. Ben's fiction book, "Raven's End" won the title of Best Canadian Rockies Book at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in 2001 and became a Canadian bestseller. Overall, Ben has authored or co-authored 11 books and received nearly one dozen awards for his achievements as a writer, researcher and guide. Ben continued to lead guided hikes and school programs until his retirement in 2016.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of materials pertaining to Ben Gadd's personal life and career as an environmental researcher, educator, interpretive guide, publisher, public speaker and author, ca.1956-2018. Fonds includes maps, research materials, publication notes/drafts, correspondence, contracts, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other related material. Materials donated in 2024 include one USB stick containing

Notes: Ben Gadd fonds arrangement: Series I : Personal records - Subseries A : Travel guides and maps - Subseries B : Education and early writings - Subseries C : Personal interest files - Subseries D : Other personal and collected Series II : Research and publication records - Subseries A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Subseries B : Other publications Series III : Professional records - Subseries A : Parks Canada Records - Subseries B : Interpretive guiding - Subseries C : Teaching records - Subseries D : Other contracts and projects Series IV : Legal and financial records - Subseries A : Legal records - Subseries B : Financial records

Name Access: Gadd, Ben; Gadd, Cia

Subject Access: Education; Research; Publication; Environment; Geology; Tourism; Family and personal life; Personal and Professional Life; Academics; Guiding; Guides; Businesses; Finances; Conservation; Wildlife; Natural history; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kootenay National Park; Lethbridge; United States of America; Colorado; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions apply

Language: English; French; Dutch

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Alpine odyssey : the mountaineering life of Lloyd "Kiwi" Gallagher

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

Published Date: 2007

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: G512 G35 Pam

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Responsibility: by R.W. Sandford

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2007

Physical Description: 28p. : ill

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

Series: Summit Series #9

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineers, Canadian

ISBN: 0920330568

Call Number: G512 G35 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Alpine odyssey : the mountaineering life of Lloyd "Kiwi" Gallagher

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

Published Date: 2007

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 01.4 Sa5g Pam; 01.4 Sa5g Pam Copy 2

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Responsibility: by R.W. Sandford

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2007

Physical Description: 28p. : ill

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineers, Canadian

ISBN: 0920330568

Accession Number: 40500 08-01-09; Copy 2 from ACCN 2017.8637

Call Number: 01.4 Sa5g Pam; 01.4 Sa5g Pam Copy 2

Collection: Archives Library

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Among the great hills : three generations of Wheelers and their contribution to the mapping of the mountains

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

Published Date: 2006

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 01.4 Sa5w Pam

Author: Sandford, Robert W

Responsibility: R.W. Sandford

Publisher: Canmore Alberta : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 32 p. : ill., ports

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

Series: Summit Series #8

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada; Biography; Geological Survey of Canada; Mountaineers, Canadian; Surveyors

ISBN: 0-920330-54-1

Accession Number: 7806; 40500 08-01-09

Call Number: 01.4 Sa5w Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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An Awkward Juxtaposition

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.11

Description: A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.

1 image

Artist: Unknown

Title: An Awkward Juxtaposition

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.8 x 20.2 cm

Description: A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.

Subject: figure, male; cartoon

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.11

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An orogenous life: memoir and reader

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Gadd, Ben

Publisher: Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press

Call Number: 02.6 G11a

1 website

Author: Gadd, Ben

Responsibility: Ben Gadd

Publisher: Canmore, AB, Canada : Corax Press

Published Date: 2017

Physical Description: 655 pages

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

Subjects: Naturalists; Rocky Mountains; Rocky Mountains Canada; Biography; Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to the experiences of Ben Gadd, an experienced Rocky Mountain naturalist, guide and author. His book combines his personal experiences with the stories and essays of 36 others in order to create a touching, yet compelling story. The book includes a comprehensive selection of photographs, many of which are personal to the author and his family. Being that the author was and continues to be greatly involved with the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the book makes mention of multiple locations in and around the area of Banff such as, Mt. Assiniboine, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Bankhead, Brewster transportation and tours, and Johnston Canyon. The book follows the style of a biography and contains many personal stories and photos from the author and associated family.

Contents: Introduction; Benny; Ben; Cia and Ben; Willy, Cia and Ben; Toby and Willy, Cia and Ben; Index; Other books by Ben Gadd

Notes: Some of the specific references to areas in, and area the Canadian Rocky Mountains are as follows, Mt. Assiniboine (297), Mt. Robson (373), Banff Mountain Film Festival (12, 395, 608), Bankhead (332) and Brewster transportation and tours (463, 469).