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Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
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- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…
- Date Range
- 1885-1944
- Reference Code
- M546 / V771
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 546
- V 771
- Sous-Fonds
- M546 / V771
- Accession Number
- 2016.8598
- 2014.8312
- 8144
- 8160
- Reference Code
- M546 / V771
- Date Range
- 1885-1944
- Physical Description
- 62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums
- History / Biographical
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took. Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.
- Name Access
- Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Survey
- Dominion of Canada Land Surveyor
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Government
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The Selkirk Range
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1905
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
- Call Number
- F1089 S4 W45 - located in regular stacks
- F1089 S4 W45 copy 2 - Duplicate located in regular stacks
- F1089 S4 W45 copy 3 - Duplicate located in regular stacks
- F1089 S4 W45 copy 4 - Duplicate located in Copy 2 box
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
- Published Date
- 1905
- Notes
- Copy 2 signed by A. O. Wheeler - "Presented to the Alpine Club of Canada by Arthur O. Wheeler"
- Copy 3 signed by A. O. Wheeler - "Miss Kate McLennan (?) with the Compliments of Arthur O. Wheeler"
- Accession Number
- Copy 1 - AC1630
- Copy 2 - C-7-34
- Copy 3 - AC599
- Copy 4 - AC530
- Call Number
- F1089 S4 W45 - located in regular stacks
- F1089 S4 W45 copy 2 - Duplicate located in regular stacks
- F1089 S4 W45 copy 3 - Duplicate located in regular stacks
- F1089 S4 W45 copy 4 - Duplicate located in Copy 2 box
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Selkirk Range , British Columbia
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1905
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Call Number
- uncatalogued
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Responsibility
- by A. O. Wheeler, F.R.G.S
- Published Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- xvii, 459p. : ill.
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- uncatalogued
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Selkirk Range : volume II
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1905
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
- Call Number
- F1089 S4 W45 Volume II
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
- Published Date
- 1905
- Notes
- This volume contains the maps, diagrams and plates that accompany Volume 1
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- F1089 S4 W45 Volume II
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Selkirk range
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1905
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4wr
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior
- Published Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- xvii, 459p. : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Kootenay region
- Surveys
- Notes
- Index. -- 2 Volumes. Includes 14 folding maps & profiles in separate volume with inner slipcase. A topographer and mountaineer, Wheeler conducted various government surveys in the Rockies, the Selkirks, Alaska and the Yukon, and served as one of the commissioners on the Alberta-British Columbia boundary from 1913 to 1925. Contents: Part I is an account of a topographical survey of a portion of the Selkirks adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway line, while parts II-IV provide a review of the previous travel and exploration, surveys, and mountaineering in the region. There is a separate chapter on women mountaineers
- Accession Number
- 224
- 1039
- 1541 deaccessioned
- 2301
- 60500 purchase for Gateway to the Rockies exhibition deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 02.6 Se4wr
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Plan showing the location and extent of the Nakimu Caves ...
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1905
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- [Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior]
- Call Number
- C16-2.2
- Author
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Publisher
- [Ottawa : Dept. of the Interior]
- Published Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col
- Scale
- 1 inch = 2000 feet
- Subjects
- Nakimu Caves
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Notes
- from surveys by A.O. Wheeler, Dept. of the Interior
- Accession Number
- 24,500
- Call Number
- C16-2.2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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