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1939 Western US and Canadian Rockies Trip [1/2]
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 3 to 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Photograph
- Transparency
182 images
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 - 3 to 13
- Parallel Title
- R3 to R13, 1939 Box 1. -- 1939PHYS 172 transparencies : colour. V225 / NS - 1
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 172 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric Brooks, Phyllis Munday, John Wheeler, the Kingmans, Walter and Paula Bloch-Hiller, Sig[?], B.H.G., Andrew Kramer, Ernest [Feuz], and Rudolph [Aemmer?]. Titles: Reel 3 1939? 8 - Horses on road near [illegible] 9 - Road near St. Mary's w. clouds 16 - [Rodeo bucking] 17 - [Rodeo bucking] 18 - Rodeo people on fence 19 - [Rodeo] fence and chutes 20 - [Rodeo fence and chutes] 21 - [Rodeo fence and chutes] Reel 4 2 - Calf-roping 3 - Two med. Lake fr. Mt. Henry 7 - Meadow of flowers 8 - Shooting star [flower] 9 - Rabbit 10 - Fishermen by bridge 11 - Lower Two Med. Lake 12 - Pompeely's [?] Pillar? 15 - [Beargrass] (best) 16 - Queen cup 17 - [Queen cup] 19 - BH.G. - Trick Falls trail Reel 5 1939? 1 - Trick Falls best 2 - [Trick Falls] more to left 3 - BH.G. arm on stump 4 - BH.G. on bridge - Trick Falls trail 5 - Old tree above Two Med. 7 - Two med Lake fr. Astor Creek shoulder 8 - Mary [?] glacier Lake from our balcony - South [?] 9 - Looking across lake [from our balcony] west 10 - Lake Josephine and wharf w. boats 11 - Same without Mt. [illegible] 12 - Trail to Grinnell Gl. 13 - Grinnell Lake 14 - Grinnell Lake 15 - Ptarmigan Lake - Polly and Kay 16 - [Ptarmigan Lake] fr. trail to tunnel 17 - At [Ptarmigan Lake] tunnel - Polly, Kay, L.G. [Lillian Gest] 18 - [At Ptarmigan Lake tunnel] CCC and Polly Reel 6 1. A[?] Pass and Lake Helen 2. Crossley Lake and tents 3. [Crossley Lake] no tents 4. Towards Indian Pass 6. Towards Ahew[?] Pass - Lake 7. Lake Elizabeth (?) Kay and Polly 8. Polly wading 9. [Polly wading] 10. [Polly wading] 11. Kay [wading] 12. [Kay wading] 13. [Kay wading] w. foot up 14. [Kay wading] near shore 15. Lake Helen - reflections - down valley 16. Mt. and snow bank Ahew[?] Pass 17. At hell on Swift current pass - P. and K. 18. Polly on trail to marry[?] from pass Reel 7 1939 1. People under eating fly 2. Ms. Munday and Kingmans 3. Boys pealing potatoes 4. N. Tower w. clouds 5. Aletta[?] at tent 6. Laundry at lady's quarters 7. Sauna 8. Sox and boots near tent 9. Tent and stream 10. Survey station peak - "Black and white" 11. Party leaving camp 12. Same - Ennis party before leaving 13. Head of valley fr. rocky flats 15. Hanbury fr. rocky flats 16. Chancellor in clouds 17. N. Tower and clouds 18. Mt. Hanbury[?] 19. N. Tower 20. Mt. Hanbury[?] fr. nearer camp Reel 8 1939 Camp ACC 1. Goodsir N. Tower at sunset 2. Party on alplands[?] en route to Vaux 3. Chancellor from [alplands[?] en route to Vaux] 4. N. Tower and G. from same 5. Party on rocks - Roger getting out rope 6. Chancellor - twin peaks appear 7. Up the route to High Camp 9. Party standing on Vaux Glacier 10. High Camp - Roger in distance 12. Party on glacier 13. [Party on glacier] closer - diff background 14. [Party on glacier] on ice axes 15. Lunch on top 16. Chancellor fr. Vaux 17. Church Service 18. [Church Service] sun out 19. N. Tower at sunset 20. N. Tower [at sunset] Reel 9 1. Aylards [?] and Miss Gullion 2. Mr. Laird and Miss Burns 3. Eric Brooks 4. Grahams and party 5. [Grahams and party] 6. [Grahams and party] 7. Peckham, Helen Yellmer [?] and John Wheeler 8. Packers and horse 9. Mrs. Forbes, Peckham, Kingman 10. Woodie Kingman 11. Walter Bloch-Hillen and Miss Gullion 12. Woodie Kingman - close up 13. Andrew Kiamer 14. Packer and horse 15. Group watching packing 16. ? , Ernest, Rudolph 17. Ernest and clincher on trail by tent 18. Major Tweedy - hand out 19. [Major Tweedy] close-up of same 20. Paula Bloch-Hillen Reel 10 1. Head of Ice RIver valley 2. Party on trail to zinc Creek camp 3. Mt Chancellor 4. [Mt Chancellor] with cloud 5. [Mt Chancellor] and Kay on trail 6. S. Tower Goodsir fr. zinc Creek 7. N. [Tower Goodsir fr. sinc Creek] 8. Chancellor fr. zinc Creek trail w. Polly 9. Tent and figure - Zinc Creek camp 10. S. Tower fr. Zinc Col. 11. Chancellor [fr. Zinc Col.] 12. Zinc Mt. 13. Goodsirs from Martius Ridge 14. Rex's rope on [Martius Ridge] 15. Same and Martius Peak 16. View probably towards wash[illegible] 17. Andrew on summit 18. Goodsirs again 19. Rex;s rope 20. Eric on horseback Reel 11 1. Hans Fuhrer 2. Taking down tent 4. Eating fly supports 5. Pile of duffle 6. Tweedy and one of men taking down fly 7. Rangers cabin and guides 8. Kay on bridge over Lodalite Creek 9. Car on road, Yoho in distance 10. Same further to right - less of car 11. Mt. Hector from road 12. Polly and Katie 13. Mt Chephron and road 14. Road working up Mistaya bel. Patterson[?] 15. Mt Weed from lower Mistaya valley 16. Polly Kay Phyl - up Mistaya valley to Chephron 18. Waterfowl lake and up Mistaya valley 19. Same - but more to left 20. Mt. [illegible] ? Reel 12 1. Peyto Lookout - view to north 2. Katie w. movie camera; Peyto lookout 3. Up Peyto glacier to Mt. Rhonda (?) 4. Banff and Mt. Cascade 5. Gopher and lunch box gimmell[?] gl. 7. Jim Whilt 8. Jim and party at lunch place - gimmell gl. 9. Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake 10. [Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake] 11. Sherbourne Lake and view up valley 12. Flowers along road to many[?] 13. Annette, Sam and rig 14. [Annette, Sam and rig] 15. Chief Mt. and road 16. Brown eyed Susan 17. Close up [Brown eyed Susan] 19. Mother at Price of Wales Reel 13 1. Prince of Wales Hotel 2. Waterton Lake, Mt. Cleveland in dist. 4. [Waterton Lake] village fr. Prince of Wales 5. [Waterton Lake village fr. Prince of Wales] 6. Fawn by tree 7. Fawn in bush 8. Chief Mt. and tiny lake 9. Appekunny Falls 10. [Appekunny Falls] lower part 11. Falls aobve Appenkunny 12. Flower decked falls ab. Appenkunny 13. Flowers by falls 14. Same - nearer 15. Fireweed by stream 16. Meadow of flowers by stream 17. Monkey flowers 19. Coffee pot, fire, cup and rucksask
- Notes
- Titles on box lid: Glacier before camp; Camp; Camp - trip back; Glacier after camp. Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Prescott, Polly
- Prescott, Kay
- Brooks, Eric
- Munday, Phyllis
- Wheeler, John Oliver
- Kingman, Henry S.
- Bloch-Hiller, Walter
- Bloch-Hiller, Paula
- Kramer, Andrew
- Feuz, Walter
- 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
- Alberta
- Canada
- Washington
- United States of America
- Language
- NA
- Conservation
- Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders.
- Related Material
- M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1 to 4
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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1939 Western US and Canadian Rockies Trip [2/2]
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 173 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in carboard sleeves. Pertain to Waterton Lakes National Park region; Grandview Ranch; Frank Slide; Grand Coulee Dam; Mason City; Mount Rainer; Crater Lake; Mount Hood; fish hatchery; Columbia River area; [Bonneville?] Dam and salmon ladde…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 14 to 22
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Photograph
- Transparency
163 images
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 - 14 to 22
- Parallel Title
- R13 to R22, 1939 Box II. -- 1939 V225 / NS - 2
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 173 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 173 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in carboard sleeves. Pertain to Waterton Lakes National Park region; Grandview Ranch; Frank Slide; Grand Coulee Dam; Mason City; Mount Rainer; Crater Lake; Mount Hood; fish hatchery; Columbia River area; [Bonneville?] Dam and salmon ladders; friends and associates, including B.H.G., Charlie Hunter and Caroline [Hinman?]. -- See notebook SL I for more information (M67/51).
- Notes
- Titles on box lid: Glacier Park; After camp; Auto trip; Auto trip. Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Titles: Reel 14 1. Appekunny Lake and goldenrod 2. Boots, glasses, ice ax 3. Many gl. Hotel from Mt. Altyn 4. [Many gl. Hotel from Mt. Altyn] 5. Charley's - house and chicken houses 6. The pigs - five little ones and mother 7. Charley's house - front view 8. Barn - grandview Ranch 9. Charley's house - front view 11. Wheat fields and Charley on horseback 12. Farm houses and cow 13. Charley riding in 14. Caroline weeding garden 15. St. Mary's Lake fron Sun Chalet 16. BH.G. and "Sig" - porch at Sun Chalet 17. Going-to-the-Sun Mt. 18. Hills point and cottage fr. Sun Chalet 19. Chipmunk at Caroline's feet 20. [Chipmunk at Caroline's feet] Reel 15 1. Logan Pass Highway w. of summit 2. Same - further view to left 3. Porch and flower boxes, Mac P. Hotel 4. St. Mary's lake 6. Same view fr. nearer edge of road 7. Cracker[?] Lake first view 8. [Cracker[?] Lake] fr. near end 9. Cracker Lake fr. side of Red Rock 10. Cracker Lake reflections 11. Caroline at lunch place - Cracker Lake 12. My foot 13. Cracker mine mines 14. Caroline is swimming 15. Red Rock fr. across lake 16. Down the stream fr. lake 18. Auto Road and Chief Mt. 19. Cameron Falls Reel 16 1. Down valley to [blank] Lake 2. Charley and fire in bushes 3. Upper lakes and fishermen in dist. 4. Charley on upper trail 5. Waterton and lake from trail thru trees 6. Same without mt. 7. From Spray glacier 8. Party on Spray glacier 9. Party at lunch place - Spray gl. 10. Deer on lawn 12. Deer and tourists 13. Launch at wharf - Mac D. Lake 14. Mac D. Hotel - BH.G. on balcony 15. Close-up of deer 16. Town of Frank and rockslide 17. Train at site of Frank 18. Road through boulders of slide 19. Grand Coulee Dam - first view Same as 1714 Reel 17 1. Dam at night 2. Dam fr. below - Mason City side (E) 3. Dam fr. bridge below 4. Part of Coulee Dam and dam from bridge 5. Part of east side and dam [from bridge] 6. Gov't village and children on lawn 7. Dam fr. below [?] east side fr. [illegible] 8. Dam fr. below same as 7 - [illegible] 9. Dam [fr. below] sae as 7, less foreground 10. Dam fr. above taken at w. side viewpoint 11. Same from avobe the dam, on west side 12. Same - shows full dam and east side above dam 13. From w. side viewpoint - shows east side 14. Dam and villages from hill (same as first view) 15. Villages fr. hills on west side 16. From west side looking up Col. R. 17. Road down hill into grand Coulee 18. Coulee Dam villages fr. hill 19. Road into Grand Coulee Reel 18 1. Lakes at foot of Dry Falls 2. Looking down Lower Coulee - lake[?] 3. Road - looking down lake in Lower Coulee 4. Looking up same lake of Lower Coulee 5. Mt. Rainier fr. our camp site 6. Outlying peaks - Mt Adams ? 7. [Outlying peaks] further to right 8. Slopes of Rainier - Gibralter[?] Rock 9. C.H. on glacier 10. L.S. [on glacier] 11. Mt Rainier with cloud 12. Clouds in valley - Mt. Hood ? 13. Outliers[?] and clouds in valley - further to left 14. Similar Mt. better than 12 15. Mt. Rainier fr. road around to west 16. C.H. on stone seat - fr. same place 17. Surf on rocks 18. Surf on rocks below Furistone[?] 19. [Surf on rocks below Furistone[?]] 20. Furistone[?] Cottage - C.H. Reel 19 1. Rocks and surf at Sporting rocks 2. View further to right 3. [View further to right] again 4. Seal rocks 5. Bay above seal rock and parth to cave 6. Seal cave (best) 7. Seal cave 8. Double exposure - cave 9. Chipmunks at oregon caves w. children 11. Crater Lake from Summit Memorial 12. Crater lake and Wizard Is. [from Summit Memorial] 13. Same further to left [from Summit Memorial] 14. Lake, and still further to the left [from Summit Memorial] 15. Lake fr. terrace below hotel 16. Caroline on trail by tree 17. Lodge fr. across valley on trail up Mt. 18. Lake and Wizard Island thru trees 19. Trail up Mt. 20. Trail and lodge beyond Reel 20 1. Crater Lake and phantom ship 2. Crater Lake and Wizard Is. thru trees 3. [Crater Lake and Wizard Is.] no trees 4. Caroline on seat 5. L.S. [on seat] 6. View over pummice (?) flats 7. Rim trail and lake 8. Bears at feeding grounds 9. Same nearer 10. Lake through trees - from trail detours to lake 11. [Lake through trees] C.H. on trail [detours to lake] 12. Lake [through trees] dark 13. Shore of Crater Lake - boats 15. Trees and figure walking around crate[?] 16. C.H. on crater [illegible] of Is. - trees and lake 17. Dead trees against sky 18. Trail in deep woods on Wizard Is. 19. Lake and shore of Wizard Island 20. C.H. in boat Reel 21 1. Crater Lake through dark trees 3. Road around lake, and bluff beyond 4. Lake and reflection - morning we left 5. Wheat fields and Mt. Jefferson in dist. 6. Mt. Hood and Mount Winter 7. CH. at parapet of TImberline Lodge Mt Jeff. in dist. 8. Mt. Hood from Timberline Lodge 9. Timberline Lodge 10. Mt. Hood fr. Cloud Cap Inn 11. Distant view from same towards Adams and Rainier 12. Bonneville Dam - spillways 13. Part of dam - looking straight down 14. Bonneville Dam from above 15. [Bonneville Dam from] below 16. Power plant - building in process 17. Salmon ladders 18. Salmon 19. Salmon (better) 20. Lock - highest lift in world ? Reel 22 1. View above lock - Bonneville Dam 2. Gov't town and baby Salmon waterway 5. Pool in fish hatchery and fish 6. Sturgeon in pool 9. Horsetail falls - dark 10. Down Columbia R. fr. Vista Point 11. Up [Columbia R. fr. Vista Point] 12. Falls where we lunched 13. Upper part Col. R. Highway 14. Down river at same point 15. Falls in river 16. Forest fire [illegible] at St. Mary's 17. [Forest fire [illegible] at St. Mary's] 18. Cape Myrtle at Merion 19. Merion - B.H. G. and cape Myrtle 20. Merion - B.H. G. that oh don't look
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Prescott, Polly
- Prescott, Kay
- Brooks, Eric
- Munday, Phyllis
- Wheeler, John Oliver
- Kingman, Henry S.
- Bloch-Hiller, Walter
- Bloch-Hiller, Paula
- Kramer, Andrew
- Feuz, Walter
- 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
- Washington
- Oregon
- United States of America
- Language
- NA
- Conservation
- Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders. R22 18-20 missing - locate if possible.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds
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- Part Of
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of club records. Textual records include by-laws, 1979; minutes, 1949-1984; presidents' records, 1974-1983; financial records, membership records and dues receipts; newsletters, 1978-1994; clippings and articles, after 1946; Lake O'Hara region south area map elements and published ve…
- Date Range
- [1925, 1949-1994]
- Reference Code
- M50 / V191
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 50
- V 191
- Sous-Fonds
- M 50
- V 191
- Accession Number
- 5200, 6035, 6701
- Reference Code
- M50 / V191
- Date Range
- [1925, 1949-1994]
- Physical Description
- ca. 34 cm of textual records. -- 630 photographs : transparencies, prints
- History / Biographical
- The Lake O'Hara Trails Club was established 1948, dissolved in 1962 and reactivated in 1969 to create, improve and maintain a system of trails in the Lake O'Hara region of Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Later work involved providing information on the region to visitors, publishing maps and historical works, and continuing the efforts of founders, George K. K. Link and A. Carson Simpson.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of club records.
- Textual records include by-laws, 1979; minutes, 1949-1984; presidents' records, 1974-1983; financial records, membership records and dues receipts; newsletters, 1978-1994; clippings and articles, after 1946; Lake O'Hara region south area map elements and published versions; and correspondence between Dr. George K. K. Link, members and others, 1960-1978.
- Photographs consist mainly of Lake O'Hara Trails Club slide library pertaining to landscape, flora and fauna of the region, also portraits of Dr. Link; ca.1950-1981; 625 items. Photographers / contributors to slide library include Lillian Gest, D. M. Hehir, Frank and Ruth Henderson, Jane Hopkinson, John Hutchinson, Richard Turnbull and others. Prints pertain to ascent of Mount Lefroy, 1925, 5 items.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Lillian Gest fonds
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds documents Lillian Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Pertains to mountain travel, particularly pack trips, camps, mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landsca…
- Date Range
- 1894-1984
- Reference Code
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 67
- S 36
- V 225
- Sous-Fonds
- M 67
- S 36
- V 225
- Accession Number
- 431, 699, 737, 1096, 1105, 1274, 1516, 1886, 2120, 2144, 2411, 2613, 2781, 2959, 3436, 5142, 7732
- Reference Code
- M67 / S36 / V225
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1894-1984
- Physical Description
- 1.1 m of textual records. -- ca.7400 photographs : transparencies, prints, negatives, published photographs. -- 12 photograph albums (4208 prints). -- 47 motion pictures. -- 7 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes
- History / Biographical
- Lillian Gest, 1897-1986, of Merion, Pennsylvania visited the Canadian Rockies almost every summer for sixty years, beginning in 1921. She was an active participant in "Off the Beaten Track" trips organized by Caroline Hinman between 1923 and 1933, in which young people camped, hiked, hunted and went horseback riding throughout the region between Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson. During the 1930s, Gest attended hikes of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and developed mountaineering skills at Alpine Club of Canada annual camps. Christian Hasler Jr. often served as her guide. Gest also belonged to the American Alpine Club, the Philadelphia Trails Club and the Lake O'Hara Trails Club. She spent considerable time in the Lake O'Hara region and wrote "History of Lake O'Hara" (1961), "History of Moraine Lake" (1970), and "History of Mount Assiniboine" (1979).
- Scope & Content
- Fonds documents Lillian Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Pertains to mountain travel, particularly pack trips, camps, mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landscape; scenic views; family and friends.
- Textual records include: I. Personal papers, 1925-1982, 36 cm., including A. Diaries and trip notes, B. Correspondence, C. Other; II. Activities, 1913- 1984, 50 cm., including: A. Writing (book projects, articles, memoirs and other writing), B. Nature study, C. Photography, D. Travel; III. Clubs and organizations, 1932-1984, n.d., 22.5 cm., including: A. American Alpine Club, B. Alpine Club of Canada C. Other (Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, Lake O'Hara Trails Club, Philadelphia Trails Club); IV. Other, 1894-1968, n.d., 1.5 cm., including: A. Caroline Hinman papers, B. Miscellaneous papers.
- Photographs include: I. Transparencies, 1939-1981, 7153 items; II. Photograph albums, 1919-1958, 12 v. (4208 prints); III. Motion pictures, 1928-1942, 47 reels; IV. Prints and negatives, [ca.1912]-1980, 194 items; V. Published photographs, [ca.1930-ca.1980], n.d., 17 items. Images are well identified.
- Accompanied by sound recordings of portions of diaries.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- microfilm copies of albums
- motion picture summaries and index (for 45 films)
- reference video copies for some films
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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