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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
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Malcolm Geddes fonds
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Alpine Scenes and Work Near Home
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1890
- Author
- J.R.
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Author
- J.R.
- Responsibility
- J.R. (author)
- Frederic Remington (illustrator)
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Published Date
- 1890
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers, British
- Mountaineers, Swiss
- Sir Donald, Mount
- Glacier House
- Travel
- Tourism
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels
- Abstract
- Pertains to Glacier House and the ascent of Sir Donald by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer from Switzerland and Harry Cooper from England with illustration on page 725
- Notes
- In Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIV No. 1760, September 13, 1890, pp. 723 - 725
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 02.6 R11a PAM O.S
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A life in the wild : the story of mountain explorer John Baldwin
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alberta : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Edition
- Summit Series 2019
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sc3a
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- Author
- Scott, Chic
- Responsibility
- Chic Scott
- Edition
- Summit Series 2019
- Publisher
- Canmore, Alberta : The Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 43 pages : illustrations
- Subjects
- Skiing
- Mountaineering
- Travel
- Biography
- Abstract
- Known affectionately to his friends as the King of the Coast Range, John Baldwin has spent his life in a quest to experience the west coast wilderness. Since his teenage years he has explored the rugged Coast Mountain Range, climbing 700 peaks, many of them first ascents, and making perhaps one hundred multi-week, long-distance forays across the icefields and along the ridges of what is one of the last true wilderness areas on earth. Shunning the easy path, John has forged his own way through some of the toughest geography on the planet. He is a mountaineer and explorer of the first order (from Alpine Club of Canada)
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One - an idyllic childhood
- Chapter Two - the Varsity Outdoor Club
- Chapter Three - a world of snow and ice
- Chapter Four - adventures with John Clark
- Chapter Five - the mountains of the coast
- Chapter Six - soul of wilderness
- Chapter Seven - a life dedicated to mountains
- ISBN
- 9780920330777
- Accession Number
- 2021.08
- Call Number
- 01.4 Sc3a
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Available to order via Alpine Club of Canada
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Rising : becoming the first Canadian woman to summit Everest : a memoir
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Wood, Sharon
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre
- Edition
- 1st
- Call Number
- 01.1 W85r
1 website
- Author
- Wood, Sharon
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- xi, 228 pages : colour illustrations
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Biography
- Women
- Everest, Mount
- Abstract
- In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an outlier in a predominantly male bastion of high altitude alpine climbing. Against the backdrop of the stunning Himalayan mountains in the days before Everest became as commercialized as it is today, Wood explores the camaraderie and rivalry, the relatable challenges of falling in and out of love, and how she kept her drive to persevere. Subsequently, she recounts how she struggled with unexpected acclaim and expectations following her ascent of Everest, but ultimately found fulfilment and her place in the world. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection and humility. It is a tale that still feels poignantly relevant—a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations or self-imposed barriers. (from Douglas & McIntyre website)
- Contents
- Preface -- Part 1. 1. The promise -- 2. Neighbours -- 3. Friends, nomads and spirits -- 4. Rescue -- 5. Weight -- 6. The power of story -- 7. Redemption -- 8. One hundred trips -- 9. Proving grounds -- 10. Mentors and muses -- 11. Shit, grin and yin -- 12. Ya gotta want it -- 13. Small plans -- 14. The meeting -- 15. Glory or death -- 16. Commitment -- 17. Summit day -- Part 2. 18. Into the dark -- 19. Coming down -- 20. Lost -- 21. On stage, off stage -- 22. Reunion.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature (non-fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781771622257
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 01.1 W85r
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website
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No map could show them
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Mort, Helen
- Publisher
- London : Chatto & Windus
- Call Number
- 05.1 M84n
- Author
- Mort, Helen
- Publisher
- London : Chatto & Windus
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 70 pages ; 22 cm
- Abstract
- A Poetry Book Society Recommendation 2016. 'When we climb alone en cordee feminine, we are magicians of the Alps - we make the routes we follow disappear'. The poems of Helen Mort's second collection offer an unforgettable perspective on the heights we scale and the distances we run, the routes we follow and the paths we make for ourselves. Here are odes to the women who dared to break new ground - from Miss Jemima Morrell, a young Victorian woman from Yorkshire who hiked the Swiss Peaks in her skirts and petticoats, to the modern British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, who died descending from the summit of K2. Distinctive and courageous, these are poems of passion and precipices, of edges and extremes. No Map Could Show Them confirms Helen Mort's position as one of the finest young poets at work today.
- Contents
- An Easy Day for a Lady ; How to Dress ; Miss Jemima's Swiss Journal ; Ode to Bob ; Height ; The Fear ; Scale ; Beryl the Peril ; My Diet ; Difficult ; The Old Dungeon Ghyll ; Hill ; Black Rocks ; Descent ; Prayer ; Kiss ; Solo ; Nordwand ; Home ; At Night ; Above Cromford ; Route ; Dear Alison ; Engineer ; Lethal Roy ; Bloodhound ; Skirt ; Rachel in Attercliffe ; King's Cross ; Ink ; What Will Happen ; Ablation ; Hathersage ; Kalymnos ; Loutro ; Alport Castles ; Eagle Owl ; Royal Mile ; Kinder Scout ; Murmuration ; Big Lil ; Lil's dream ; What the papers said ; Lil's answer ; Lil's last word ; Tom Hulatt's Mile ; Heinrich Harrer's Motorbike ; How Much Can You Carry? ; Everest ; Oxygen ; Beck Weathers ; Sherpa ; Lene Gamelgaard ; First ; Rope
- ISBN
- 9781784740641
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 05.1 M84n
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- Archives Library
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Mountain climbing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26175
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1897
- Publisher
- London : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Call Number
- 01 W69m
- Responsibility
- Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch
- Publisher
- London : Charles Scribner's Sons
- Published Date
- 1897
- Physical Description
- 358 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- St. Elias
- Alps
- Climbing
- Glaciers
- Contents
- I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01 W69m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1895
- Author
- Mummery, A. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Call Number
- 01.2 M92m
- Author
- Mummery, A. F.
- Publisher
- London : T. Fisher Unwin
- Published Date
- 1895
- Physical Description
- 360 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Alps
- Caucasus
- Mummery, A. F.
- Accession Number
- 2023.47
- Call Number
- 01.2 M92m
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Display photographs
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Display photographs consists of photographs selected and numbered by the ACC for display in clubhouses, huts and other locations. Photographic subjects include mountain peaks, landscapes and scenery, both regional and international; mountaineering and alpine recreation; camps and expeditions; flor…
- Date Range
- 1890-1958
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 00P / 001-444
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
16 images
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- I.A.1 Administration: series I, predom. dates 1906-1949
- Sous-Fonds
- V14
- Sub-Series
- j.ii. Photography : Display photographs
- Accession Number
- 5200
- Reference Code
- V14 / AC 00P / 001-444
- Date Range
- 1890-1958
- Physical Description
- ca.400 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- Display photographs consists of photographs selected and numbered by the ACC for display in clubhouses, huts and other locations. Photographic subjects include mountain peaks, landscapes and scenery, both regional and international; mountaineering and alpine recreation; camps and expeditions; flora and fauna; clubhouse views; and portraits of mountaineers, alpine club members, executive officers and prominent personalities. Also includes a group photograph of the 1906 founding meeting of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg (ACOOP/77)
- Included are ca.180 photographs which were submitted to the ACC though various photographic competitions (AC 00P / 11, 21, 29, 30, 32, 36, 41, 55 - 57, 63, 76, 109, 111, 202, 223, 230, 240, 244, 284 - 443).
- Notes
- LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHERS :
- George Ashley Abraham AC00P/107,209;
- Ansel Adams AC00P/119,120,254;
- M. Alford AC00P/45-54,59-60;
- L. S. Amery AC00P/229,333-337;
- Associated Screen News AC00P/206;
- Jack Atkinson AC00P/417,434;
- M. P. Bridgland AC00P/292,294;
- Clair Brown AC00P/44;
- H. E. Bulyea AC00P/41,284,291;
- Lucy Byrd AC00P/431,432;
- Carleton Studio AC00P/89;
- J. Norman Collie AC00P/151;
- B. Conrad AC00P/42;
- Florence Parker Davoll AC00P/368-370,390,391,401,408;
- Winnie Dennison AC00P/423;
- Mrs. H. B. Dixon AC00P/227;
- Mary (Winstone) Enoch AC00P/412,427;
- Mary Fallis AC00P/418;
- Bob Francis AC00P/106;
- Nelly Fraser AC00P/439;
- Tom Fyles AC00P/321,322,346-348;
- J. M. Garrison AC00P/201;
- Gay-Coutlett AC00P/33;
- E. Gee AC00P/351;
- Herman Genschorek AC00P/63,410,411,413-416;
- Lillian Gest AC00P/338-345;
- E. R. (Rex) Gibson AC00P/429;
- A. Gully AC00P/238,239;
- Roy Gunn AC00P/443;
- H. S. Hall Jr. AC00P/295;
- Byron Harmon AC00P/131;
- Jimmie Hendrie AC00P/433;
- Julia W. Henshaw AC00P/26,27;
- Charles F. Hogeboom Jr. AC00P/293;
- Roy Howard AC00P/437;
- Mary L. Jobe AC00P/129;
- H. F. Lambart AC00P/218;
- Miss Lymburn AC00P/313;
- F. A. MacFadden AC00P/310-312;
- Leonard H. Marvin AC00P/110,116;
- A. A. McCoubrey AC00P/11,285-289,330,331;
- D. J. M. McGeary AC00P/57;
- ?. Mills AC00P/240;
- C. H. Mitchell AC00P/249;
- Stanley H. Mitchell AC00P/84,235;
- Don Munday AC00P/14,352,425;
- Phyl Munday AC00P/28,332,350,389,392-395,398,402,403,406,424,426,440-442;
- George Noble AC00P/236;
- Notman & Son AC00P/86;
- Edward C. Porter AC00P/266,267,268,269;
- Polly Prescott AC00P/421;
- Pringle and Booth AC00P/246;
- R.B.R. AC00P/419;
- Marguerita Schnellbachen AC00P/65;
- W. E. Stone AC00P/30,290;
- G. Morris Taylor AC00P/233;
- J. Monroe Thorington AC00P/301-303;
- Vandyk, London AC00P/222;
- M. Von Zuben AC00P/76;
- W. A. Wakefield AC00P/305;
- Charles Walcott AC00P/270-274;
- A. G. Wehrli AC00P/444;
- T. O. A. West AC00P/297,304,316;
- Jack Whellams AC00P/409;
- A. T. Wiebrecht AC00P/223,353-366,373-379,382-387,397,400;
- Walter Wilcox AC00P/20,130,136,154,255-257;
- A. O. Wheeler AC00P/207,208,212,213;
- LIST OF SUBJECTS :
- Philip Stanley Abbot AC00P/245;
- L. S. Amery AC00P/206,222;
- F. C. Bell AC00P/87;
- Cora Johnstone Best AC00P/104;
- John F. Brett AC00P/96;
- A. P. Coleman AC00P/82;
- J. H. Cuntz AC00P/116;
- Edward VII AC00P/203;
- Charles E. Fay AC00P/69;
- Sandford Fleming AC00P/250;
- W. W. Foster AC00P/76,89;
- Rex Gibson AC00P/75,90;
- H. A. V. Green AC00P/92;
- C. Hasler AC00P/134;
- James Hector AC00P/93;
- J. W. A. Hickson AC00P/86;
- John Hunter AC00P/264;
- Judas Hunter AC00P/238;
- Enos Hunter AC00P/239;
- Stanley L. Jones AC00P/242;
- Lino Lacedelli AC00P/268;
- Ben Lomond AC00P/411;
- C. H. Mitchell AC00P/79;
- John Muir AC00P/66;
- A. H. MacCarthy AC00P/70,76;
- Leonard H. Marvin;
- S. H. Mitchell AC00P/84,235;
- T. B. Moffat AC00P/83;
- Don Munday AC00P/74;
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- Elfreda Pigou AC00P/418;
- H. E. Sampson AC00P/97;
- Benjamin Frank Seaver AC00P/110,115?,116,243;
- A. S. Sibbald AC00P/95;
- W. E. Stone AC00P/73;
- W. R. Tweedy AC00P/81;
- Sidney R. Vallance AC00P/91;
- Frank N. Waterman AC00P/237;
- C. G. Wates AC00P/94;
- A. O. Wheeler AC00P/206;
- E. O. Wheeler AC00P/71,85;
- Hector Wheeler AC00P/247;
- Edward Whymper AC00P/93,251;
- Walter Wilcox AC00P/264;
- Tom Wilson AC00P/236,264;
- T. Fraser, L.O. Armstrong, Tom Martin, W. H. Bedford, Alex Gordon; Jean Parker, Stanley Wills, Stanley Mitchell, L. Q. Coleman; J. W. Kelly, W. J. Taylor, A. O. Wheeler, Elizabeth Parker, E. A. Haggan, J. C. Herdman, A. P. Coleman, Dean Paget, William Brewster ACOOP/77
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Administration
- Advertising
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Alpine Club House
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Club
- Competition
- Discovery and exploration
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Guide
- Guides
- Hiking
- Huts
- Mountain
- Mountain guides
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Photography
- Scenery
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Competition photographs are related to other competition photographs in the ACC fonds.
- Title Source
- Title based on original use of the material
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- Processed
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Lorenzo Grassi in ' Merica. Un umile eroe falmentino in Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19777
- 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
- Responsibility
- Elio Costa and Gabriele Scardellato
- Publisher
- Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 167 pages : illustrations
- 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
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- Archives Library
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A century of antics, epics, & escapades : the Varsity Outdoor Club, 1917-2017
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19856
- 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
- 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
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- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- The attached URL pertains to the Varsity Outdoor Clubs official website
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Fisher Peak chronicles : real stories from a tall mountain -- the legacy of Mount Fisher
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19889
- 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
- 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
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- Archives Library
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- The URL is linked to the website for which the abstract has been taken from
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Albert Smith : the spectacle of Mont Blanc and other adventures for sale
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19910
- 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
- Responsibility
- Aldo Audision and Veronica Lisino
- Publisher
- Torino, Italy : Museon Nazionale Della Montagna
- Published Date
- 2018
- 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.
- Notes
- The book is written in French, Italian and English
- ISBN
- 9788873760702
- Accession Number
- 2019.65
- Call Number
- 01.2 A2a
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Welcome to climbing camp : camaraderie, conversation and conservation are key at the Alpine Club of Canada's annual General Mountaineering Camp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19937
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Anthony, Leslie
- Publisher
- Canadian Geographic
- Call Number
- P
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- Author
- Anthony, Leslie
- Responsibility
- Leslie Anthony
- Publisher
- Canadian Geographic
- Published Date
- 2019
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Mountaineering
- Clubs
- Camps
- Camps, Alpine Club of Canada
- British Columbia
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Alpine Club of Canada's annual General Mountaineering Camp
- Notes
- In Canadian Geographic, July - August 2019, p. 60 - 70
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Link to online article
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Ecology & wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13921
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Sandford, Robert William
- Publisher
- Edmonton : AU Press
- Call Number
- 13.115 Sa5e c.1
- 13.115 Sa5e c.2
- Author
- Sandford, Robert William
- Responsibility
- Robert Wiliam Sandford
- Publisher
- Edmonton : AU Press
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 352 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports
- Subjects
- First Nations - (SEE ALSO Indians)
- Geology
- Mountaineering
- Arts
- Tourism
- Bears
- Environmental conservation
- Notes
- A copy is missing as of Aug 14/2017 (kh)
- ISBN
- 9781897425572
- Accession Number
- 60,000 2010-12-17
- Call Number
- 13.115 Sa5e c.1
- 13.115 Sa5e c.2
- Location
- Reading Room
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Raising Kain : "the adventurous life of Conrad Kain, Canada's greatest mountaineer" : a historical novel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14012
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Powell, Keith G.
- Publisher
- Cranbrook, B.C. : Wild Horse Creek Press
- Call Number
- 05.2 P87r c.1
- 05.2 P87r c.2
- Author
- Powell, Keith G.
- Responsibility
- Keith G. Powell
- Publisher
- Cranbrook, B.C. : Wild Horse Creek Press
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 238 p. : ill.
- Notes
- Copy 2 is signed by the author
- ISBN
- 9780981214627
- Accession Number
- 70,500
- 13-01-15
- Call Number
- 05.2 P87r c.1
- 05.2 P87r c.2
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Above the bush : A century of climbing on Vancouver Island 1912-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14015
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Elms, Lindsay
- Publisher
- Comox, B.C. : Misthorn Press
- Call Number
- 01.4 El6a
- Author
- Elms, Lindsay
- Responsibility
- Lindsay Elms
- Publisher
- Comox, B.C. : Misthorn Press
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- ii, 165 p. : ill., maps, ports.
- Notes
- Centennial book for Vancouver Island section of ACC
- ISBN
- 978-0-9680159-1-9
- Accession Number
- 8172
- Call Number
- 01.4 El6a
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Mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14139
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1892
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green
- Call Number
- 01.2 D41m
- Author
- Dent, Clinton Thomas
- Responsibility
- by C. T. Dent, Illustrations by H.G. Willink et. al.
- Publisher
- London, Longmans, Green
- Published Date
- 1892
- Physical Description
- xx, 439 p. illus., ports., diagrs.
- Series
- The Badminton library of sports and pastimes, ed. by his Grace the Duke of Beaufort K.G. assisted by A.E.T. Watson
- Subjects
- Women
- Mountaineering
- Whymper, Edward
- Notes
- By C. T. Dent with contributions by W. M. Conway, D. W. Freshfield, C. E. Mathews, C. Pilkington, Sir F. Pollock, H. G. Willink, and an introduction by Mr. Justice Wills
- This book was used by Walter Wilcox, Sam Allen, and other members of the Yale "Lake Louise" Club in 1893. It was printed in 1892 and considered very up-to-date.
- Includes discussion of 'Climbing outfits for ladies' p. 50-52
- Accession Number
- 7979
- Call Number
- 01.2 D41m
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Hans Gmoser film collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14417
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Banff, Alberta, Canada : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies ; Canmore, Alberta : Sky Light Pictures
- Call Number
- 01.5 H3 DVD
- 01.5 H3 DVD c.2
- Responsibility
- producer, script writer Hans Gmoser ; executive producers Marge Saul, Chic Scott ; producer, editor, director Will Schmidt; Hans Gmoser original scripts narrated by Michael Hintringer
- Publisher
- Banff, Alberta, Canada : Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies ; Canmore, Alberta : Sky Light Pictures
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 10 digital video discs : sound, colour ; 12 cm + 1 booklet
- Subjects
- Film making
- Films
- Gmoser, Hans
- Helicopter Skiing
- McKinley, Mount
- Mountaineering
- Robson, Mount
- Wiegele, Mike
- Abstract
- During the 1950s and 60s the late Hans Gmoser produced ten feature length films of ski touring, rock climbing and mountaineering adventures—capturing the alpine magic of the era. Hans Gmoser was one of the greatest mountain filmmakers in North America. Hans Gmoser donated his films to the Whyte Museum Archives in the 1990s. Hans Gmoser passed away in 2006, and in 2009 the Hans Gmoser Film Project was initiated when Chic Scott and Marg Saul, a Calgary Mountaineer, decided to pull the films from the Archives of the Whyte Museum and revive them. This project came with a number of significant challenges. Firstly, the films had to be digitized and then have music and narration added to them. One of the greatest concerns was to make sure these new editions were inline with the original films. Will Schmidt of Sky Light Productions was hired. Hans had originally given live narrations with the films during the original screenings, so his nephew Michael Hintringer, was used to narrate, using Hans' original scripts. Thanks to the tireless work of Chic Scott, Marg Saul, Will Schmidt and multiple donors the Hans Gmoser Film Preservation Project was completed in 2014. The set not only contains the ten films but also new interviews by Chic Scott with some of the stars of the films.
- Notes
- Disc 1 (75 min.): With skis and rope (1957-1958) ; contains interviews with Renate Belczyk and Leo Grillmair
- Disc 2 (82 min.): Vegabonds of the mountains (1959-1960) ; contains interviews with Renate Belczyk, Karl Ricker, Philippe Deledalle, and Leo Grillmair
- Disc 3 (62 min.): Of skiers and mountains (1961-1962) ;contains interviews with Jim Davies, Philippe Delesalle, and Jim McConkey
- Disc 4 (56 min.): Deep powder and steep rock (1961-1962) ; contains interviews with Franz Dopf, Scott Henderson, and Jim McConkey
- Disc 5 (58 min.): To the forbidden snowfields ; contains interviews with Jim Davies, Jim McConkey, and Mike Wiegele
- Disc 6 (88 min.): Skis over McKinley (1963-1964) ; contains interviews with Linda Crutchfield and Gunti Prinz
- Disc 7 (75 min.): Adventure bound (1964-1965) ; contains interviews with Linda Crutchfield, Lilo Fuhrer, Leo Grillmair, and Scott Henderson
- Disc 8 (82 min.): Roving skiers (1965-1966) ;contains interviews with Jim Davies, Margaret Gmoser, Leo Grillmair, Scott Henderson, and Jim McConkey
- Disc 9 (73 min.): High road to skiing (1966-1967) ;contains interviews with Jim Davies, Lloyd Gallagher, Margaret Gmoser, and Scott Henderson
- Disc 10 (67 min.): Rendezvous in the Selkirks (1967-1968) ;contains interviews with Linda Crutchfield, Lloyd Gallagher, Scott Henderson, and Jim McConkey
- Summary: Hans Gmoser was one of the greatest mountain filmmakers in North America. During the 1950s and 60s he produced 10 feature length films of ski touring, rock climbing and mountaineering adventures, capturing the alpine magic of the era. Now, after 50 years, it is once again possible to view these historic films, complete with classical music soundtrack and narration.
- ISBN
- 9780920608593
- Call Number
- 01.5 H3 DVD
- 01.5 H3 DVD c.2
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- Archives Library
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