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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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Chic Scott fonds

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Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Evere…

Date Range: 1982-2021

Reference Code: M57 / S47 / V40

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Digital image; Motion picture; Video; Photograph; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M57 / S47 / V40

Sous-Fonds: M57; S47; V40

Accession Number: 6499; 6772; 7330; 8110; 8123; 2014.8295; 2014.8311; 2014.8374; 2015.8559; 2019.57; 2021.15 (unproc)

Reference Code: M57 / S47 / V40

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Digital image; Motion picture; Video; Photograph; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1982-2021

Physical Description: Sound recordings: 224 audio tape cassettes, 7 audio tape reels. -- 78 CD-ROM. with digital files -- Moving images: 148 videocassettes: 133 Hi8, 15 VHS. ; 149 DVDs -- 4.2 m textual records

History / Biographical: Charles (Chic) C. Scott, b.1945, is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas until the mid-1970s. He guided extensively in the European Alps for five seasons, ca.1970, and worked as a climber for "The Eiger Sanction," a Hollywood movie starring Clint Eastwood. Scott resumed climbing in 1988, after a period working at the University of Calgary. His publications include "Alpinism," editor, "Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies," "The History of the Calgary Mountain Club", "Summits and Icefields", "Pushing the Limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering", "Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains", and "Deep Powder and Steep Rock : the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser".

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Everest Expedition, and collected and personal materials. Items in fonds are arranged mostly by individual projects/areas of research.

Notes: Fonds consists of 15 series: Series I : Pushing the Limits Series II : Mountain Romantics Series III : Summits and Icefields Series IV : Powder Pioneers Series V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock Series VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies Series VII : Hans Gmoser Film Collection Series VIII : The Canadian Himalayan Foundation Series IX : The Book of Mortimer Series X : Tommy and Lawrence Series XI : The Yam Series XII :Calgary Mountain Club Series XIII : Young at Heart Series XIV : Chic Scott personal records Series XV : A LIFE IN THE WILD: The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin Access to interviews limited to VHS reference compilations.

Name Access: Scott, Charles (Chic); Scott, Chic

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure; Publication; Research; Personal and Professional Life; Mountaineering; Interview; Organizations; Biography

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy recordings; Finding aids and reference tools series and file description

Creator: Scott, Chic

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

Title Source: Title based on accession record and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Lorenzo Grassi in ' Merica. Un umile eroe falmentino in Canada

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Costa, Elio and Gabriele Scardellato

Publisher: Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale

Call Number: 01 Co81l

Author: Costa, Elio and Gabriele Scardellato

Responsibility: Elio Costa and Gabriele Scardellato

Publisher: Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale

Published Date: 2018

Physical Description: 167 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Biography; Mountaineering; History; Canada; Italy; Rocky Mountains

Abstract: Italian edition of "Lawrence Grassi : from Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains"

Contents: Nota Introduttiva; Prefazione; Premessa; Gli Inizi : Falmenta, La Val Cannobina, E L'Emigrazione; Caro Figlio Scrivimi : Quelli Lasciati Alle Spalle E Vita Nel North Shore; Lawrence Grassi Sulle Montagne; Il Tracciatore di Sentieri; Epilogo : Simbolo e Leggenda Delle Montagne Rocciose Canadesi; Alcune Lettere da Falmenta; Ringraziamenti

ISBN: 978-88-97795-35-3

Accession Number: 2019.22

Call Number: 01 Co81l

Collection: Archives Library

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A century of antics, epics, & escapades : the Varsity Outdoor Club, 1917-2017

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

Published Date: 2017

Author: Varsity Outdoor Club

Publisher: Vancouver : Varsity Outdoor Club, University of British Columbia

Edition: centennial edition

Call Number: 01.4 C51a

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Author: Varsity Outdoor Club

Edition: centennial edition

Publisher: Vancouver : Varsity Outdoor Club, University of British Columbia

Published Date: 2017

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

Subjects: Hiking; Squamish, British Columbia; British Columbia; Mountaineering; Mountain Equipment Co-op

Abstract: Pertains to the history and achievements of the Varsity Outdoor Club over the last 100 years in celebration of the organizations centennial anniversary. Divided by decade, the book offers the reader a comprehensive analysis of the achievements during each time period. From mountaineering to rock climbing, hiking and sailing, the centennial edition of the Varsity Outdoor Club offers the reader a personal experience in understanding mountain life.

Contents: Foreward; A history older than ours; Table of contenets; Timeline; 1917 - 1939; 1940's; 1950's; 1960's; Buildering by Ard Ardvin; 1970's; Conservation and advocacy in VOC; 1980's; Women in the VOC; 1990's; Huts; Nerdiness in the VOC; 2000's; VOC portrait: Roland Burton; VOC marriage proposals; 2010's; Beyond 2017; Acknowledgements; A note on sources; Appendix: executive lists

ISBN: 9781775043003

Accession Number: 2019.56

Call Number: 01.4 C51a

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: The attached URL pertains to the Varsity Outdoor Clubs official website

Websites

https://www.ubc-voc.com/

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Fisher Peak chronicles : real stories from a tall mountain -- the legacy of Mount Fisher

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

Published Date: 2014

Author: Powell, Keith G.

Publisher: Cranbrook, British Columbia : Wild Horse Creek Press

Call Number: 01.4 P87f

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Author: Powell, Keith G.

Responsibility: Keith G. Powell

Publisher: Cranbrook, British Columbia : Wild Horse Creek Press

Published Date: 2014

Physical Description: 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Canadian Rockies; History-Canada

Abstract: One of the most photographed landmarks in the Kootenay region, Mount Fisher holds the fascination of locals and visitors with its majestic vista and relatively easy access. It is our own little Mt. Everest, and scaling it has become a rite-of-passage for many outdoor enthusiasts from near and far. Fisher Peak Chronicles captures the heritage, culture and legacy of Mount Fisher through a series of real adventure stories from contributors and historical sources.

Contents: Introduction: Fisher Peak is everyone's own little Mount Everest (pg. 7); Chapter 1 - Living in the shadow of Fisher Peak - the missing chapter - 1883 (pg. 12); Chapter 2 - Early Explorations: David Thompson - 1807 (pg. 18); Chapter 3: Young John W. Sullivan Spies Mount Fisher from a distance - 1859 (pg. 22); Chapter 4: More Wild Horse discoveries -1865 (pg. 26); Chapter 5: The mountaineering Account of T.G. Longstaff in the Rockies - 1911 (pg. 30); Chapter 6: No man has reached the summit - 1899 (pg. 40); Chapter 7: Aurthur Nicol and George Lum credited with first ascent of Mount Fisher - 1910 (pg. 44); Chapter 8: Scaling Mount Fisher becomes a popular pastime - 1930's (pg. 48); Chapter 9: Fisher Peak scaled by amateur climbers - 1934 (pg. 54); Chapter 10: Fisher Peak again tamed by climbers - 1934 (pg. 60); Chapter 11: Fisher Peak visited by more parties - 1936 (pg. 66); Chapter 12: The Ryckmans - a pioneer family of the East Kootenay (pg. 70); Chapter 13: Mother's Day on the mountain -1967 (pg. 76); Chapter 14: Mount Fisher log book entries 1981 - 1983 (pg. 84); Chapter 15: Hiking Trails of the East Kootenay - Mount Fisher by Ian Bennett - 1982 (pg. 118); Chapter 16: More Mount Fisher adventures and log book entries -1994 and 1999 (pg. 122); Chapter 17: How I survived my solo climb and a broken leg - 2000 (pg. 140); Chapter 18: Mount Fisher, a pinnacle in a Hall of Fame hockey career - 2000 (pg. 148); Chapter 19: A mother's anguish - 2001 (pg. 154); Chapter 20: I still pine for my CBC coffee mug - 2002 (pg. 162); Chapter 21: Fond memories of Nak Nakahara and Mount Fisher - 2008 (pg. 166); Chapter 22: Fisher Peak - the first peak in our next stage of life - 2009 (pg. 170); Chapter 23: Some final thoughts on climbing Mount Fisher - 2012 (pg. 174); Chapter 24: Remember the risks of climbing Mount Fisher - 2012 (pg. 178); Chapter 25: Trial by vertigo by Dan Mills - 2013 (pg. 184); Chapter 26: Question and answers with Bruce WIlliams - 2013 (pg. 188); Chapter 27: Chasing the light on Fisher Peak - by Janice Strong 2013 (pg. 192); Chapter 28: Meet Danny Kerr, a true man of the mountains - 2013 (pg. 196); Chapter 29: Bob O'Brien - legend of Mount Fisher - 2011 (pg. 200); Chapter 30: Elvin Townsend - a man on the move - 2013 (pg. 206); Epilogue (pg. 210); Bibliography (pg. 214); Special Thank you (pg. 215); Mount Fisher photos (pg. 216-223); Personal climbing record (pg. 224-228)

Notes: The front inside cover has been annotated by the author. Annotation reads, "Keith G. Powell"

ISBN: 9780981214634

Accession Number: 2019.62

Call Number: 01.4 P87f

Collection: Archives Library

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http://wildhorsecreekpress.com/

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Albert Smith : the spectacle of Mont Blanc and other adventures for sale

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

Published Date: 2018

Author: Audisio, Aldo and Veronica Lisino

Publisher: Torino, Italy : Museon Nazionale Della Montagna

Call Number: 01.2 A2a

Author: Audisio, Aldo and Veronica Lisino

Responsibility: Aldo Audision and Veronica Lisino

Publisher: Torino, Italy : Museon Nazionale Della Montagna

Published Date: 2018

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mont Blanc

Abstract: Pertains to the story of Albert Smith, a climber and mountaineer. Passionate about the Alpine Mountains, Smith pursued extravagant adventures only to return to Britain and share his experience with large crowds. He ignited a love of mountaineering, curiosity and adventure in those who heard of his extravagant climbs and visits to Mount Blanc. It is through books as such, that readers are better able to conceptualize mountaineering and adventuring on an international scale. The book offers readers a chance to learn about mountaineering in Britain, thus allowing them to relate it to the experience of mountaineers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Additionally, the book helps express the vastness of mountaineering and the ways in which it influenced daily life, internationally.