Narrow Results By
Hans Gmoser fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions449
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of films, video recording, sound recordings, textual records and photographs produced and collected by Hans Gmoser. Film series (I.) includes: A.1. Presentation films by Hans Gmoser Productions, 1956-1967, 10 items. Feature-length adventure/annual films, mainly silent for live narrat…
- Date Range
- [ca.1950-ca.1995]
- Reference Code
- M224 / S49 / V68
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 224
- S 49
- V 68
- Sous-Fonds
- M 224
- S 49
- V 68
- Accession Number
- 5650, 5878, 6802, 7361 (unprocessed), 7877 (unproc), 8111 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M224 / S49 / V68
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1950-ca.1995]
- Physical Description
- 25 motion pictures: 41 film reels, also audio reels and magnetic track. -- 17 film reels, 7 film strips, 1 video recording. -- 25 sound recordings. -- 15.5 cm textual records. -- ca.640 photographs: negatives, copy negatives, prints. -- 2 photograph albums. -- 39 cartographic records: maps, some annotated.
- History / Biographical
- Hans Gmoser, 1932-2006 was born in Braunau, Austria in 1932. During his long career he worked as a mountain guide, mountaineer, ski instructor, skier, cinematographer, lecturer, and founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Canadian Mountain Holidays. Hans Gmoser was also an active cyclist and was based in Banff and Harvie Heights, Alberta.
- Gmoser gained early skiing and mountaineering experience in post-war Austria before emigrating to Canada with his friend Leo Grillmair in 1951. Lizzie Rummel gave him his first job in the mountains at Mount Assiniboine. By 1953 he was working as a mountain guide and founded Rocky Mountain Guides Ltd. (Canadian Mountain Holidays CMH) in 1957. That year he began filming promotional films containing climbing and skiing adventure sequences. He first used fixed-wing aircraft and later helicopters, starting in 1963, to transport clients for spring skiing and summer climbing. Gmoser toured throughout North America promoting his skiing and climbing films, attracting large audiences with his inspiring lectures.
- Gmoser built Bugaboo Lodge in 1968, the first of six lodges which also include Bobbie Burns, Galena, Gothics, Adamants and Cariboo lodges, to serve international heli-skiers and heli-hikers. Gmoser retired from Canadian Mountain Holidays in 1993. Hans Gmoser received honourary memberships in the Alpine Club of Canada and the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations. He was elected to the Honour Roll of Canadian Skiing and the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and received the Banff Mountain Film Festival Summit of Excellence Award. In 1987 Hans Gmoser was awarded the Order of Canada.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of films, video recording, sound recordings, textual records and photographs produced and collected by Hans Gmoser.
- Film series (I.) includes: A.1. Presentation films by Hans Gmoser Productions, 1956-1967, 10 items. Feature-length adventure/annual films, mainly silent for live narration with background music. Some with sound tracks. A.2. Edited versions of presentation films, 1959-1968, 5 motion pictures. B. Other films by Hans Gmoser, 1962-[1969], 8 motion pictures. C. Out-takes, fragment and miscellaneous films, 1960-ca.1970, 17 film reels; Skifarri - Head Hunter film, 1924-1950s, 7 negative strips. D. Collected films, ca.1960, 1972, 2 motion pictures.
- Other series are: II. Video recording, 1979; III. Sound recordings (not related to films) include 23 reel to reel tapes of classical and traditional folk songs, 1961 and 1979; IV. Textual records, ca.1955-ca.1995, in the form of film documentation, script to "Ski's over McKinley," certificates, Order of Canada correspondence and information, personal papers and correspondence, maps and other records; V. Photographs, 1950-1986. Photographs pertain to ski trips, climbing expeditions to Mt. Logan, Mt. Robson, Wapta Glacier, Columbia Icefields, Canoe Glacier, Rodgers pass trip, mountaineering clubs, Trudeau/Bugaboo trip, Assiniboine Lodge, portraits of Lizzie Rummel, Erling Strom, and Jim Davies. Albums consist of photographs taken during ski trips in Austria.
- Films depict a mixture of skiing and climbing including spring skiing, powder skiing, glacier skiing on Columbia Icefield, heli-skiing in the Rockies and Selkirks and ascents of Mount Logan, Yukon, and Mounts Blackburn and McKinley, Alaska, also rock and ice climbing. Feature length films consist of, or are accompanied by, all or some of the following elements: 16mm originals (A and B rolls); work prints, out takes, 16mm mag track (sound); 1/4" audio tape (background music to accompany narration, 7 items); teasers (TV film clips) and the following items included in the textual records: narration scripts, teaser text, descriptive flyers, press releases, annual pamphlets and ad solicitation for same, censor certificates, related correspondence, maps, oversize promotional posters for Gmoser's films "With Ski and Rope" 1957, and a handmade poster by Banff Ski Runners for "Adventure Bound" and related ephemera.
- Name Access
- Gmoser, Hans
- Subject Access
- Commerce and industry
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is primarily English
- Includes some material in German
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- video reference copies for some films in sub-series I.A.
- Creator
- Gmoser, Hans
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Biographical Source Notes
- accession record, Hans Gmoser; Chic Scott's bio/obit notes 2006.
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Jasper Trails Project - map publishers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56241
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence sent between Ben Gadd and various map publishing companies, and samples of previously published maps and travel guides. Correspondence pertains to the production of trail maps which were designed by the Friends of Jasper National Park and Parks Canada as part of the …
- Date Range
- 1994
- 1996-1997
- Reference Code
- M590 / III / D / 114
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Map
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / III / D / 114
- Date Range
- 1994
- 1996-1997
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence sent between Ben Gadd and various map publishing companies, and samples of previously published maps and travel guides. Correspondence pertains to the production of trail maps which were designed by the Friends of Jasper National Park and Parks Canada as part of the Jasper Trails Project.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Organization
- Trails
- Map
- Environment
- Geography
- Parks Canada
- Government
- Tourist information
- Publication
- Businesses
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Jasper
- Jasper National Park
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Government
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Operation Bow-Athabasca exhibit
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56253
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence, maps and other documents pertaining to the Operation Bow-Athabasca exhibit, which was displayed at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre in 2012. File includes a programme for the opening of the exhibition; geological maps and other research materials; a quote fo…
- Date Range
- 1973
- 2010-2012
- Reference Code
- M590 / III / D / 117
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Map
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / III : Professional records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / III / D / 117
- Date Range
- 1973
- 2010-2012
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records -- 4 maps
- Scope & Content
- File consists of correspondence, maps and other documents pertaining to the Operation Bow-Athabasca exhibit, which was displayed at the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre in 2012. File includes a programme for the opening of the exhibition; geological maps and other research materials; a quote for the production of display signs for the exhibit; Ben Gadd's personal notes pertaining to the exhibit; and other related materials.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Natural history
- Geology
- Environment
- Research
- Public events
- Community events
- Publication
- Museums
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canmore
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Travel guides and maps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56361
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of travel brochures and maps which were collected and used by Ben Gadd. Sub-series contains five sub-sub series: M590 / I / A / i : Travel guides and pocket maps M590 / I / A / ii : Topographical maps M590 / I / A / iii : Geological maps M590 / I / A / iv : Highway maps M590 / …
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-2010]
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Map
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / I / A : Travel guides and maps
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A
- GMD
- Map
- Textual record
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-2010]
- Physical Description
- ca. 274 maps -- ca. 61 travel guides, brochures
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of travel brochures and maps which were collected and used by Ben Gadd. Sub-series contains five sub-sub series: M590 / I / A / i : Travel guides and pocket maps M590 / I / A / ii : Topographical maps M590 / I / A / iii : Geological maps M590 / I / A / iv : Highway maps M590 / I / A / v : Index maps, other
- Notes
- Some materials in sub-series are annotated with notes by Ben Gadd
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Geography
- Geology
- Environment
- Map
- Tourism
- Tourist information
- Travel
- Trails
- Roads
- Transportation
- Natural history
- National parks and reserves
- Provincial parks and reserves
- Government
- Sports
- Recreation
- Hiking
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Columbia Icefields
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Montana
- Yellowstone National Park
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply - some materials are fragile
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some fragile/torn materials stored in mylar
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Government
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Tourism
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Topographical maps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56805
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-sub series consists of topographical maps depicting various regions in Canada and the United States, which were collected by Ben Gadd. Includes ca.13 maps of regions in the United States (including Eagletail National Park in Arizona, Colorado Springs, and Montana); and ca.213 maps of regions in…
- Date Range
- [ca.1960-2005]
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A / ii
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- GMD
- Map
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / I / A / ii : Travel guides and maps : Topographical maps
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A / ii
- GMD
- Map
- Date Range
- [ca.1960-2005]
- Physical Description
- ca.226 topographical maps
- Scope & Content
- Sub-sub series consists of topographical maps depicting various regions in Canada and the United States, which were collected by Ben Gadd. Includes ca.13 maps of regions in the United States (including Eagletail National Park in Arizona, Colorado Springs, and Montana); and ca.213 maps of regions in Northern Canada, Western Canada and the Canadian Rockies (predominantly Alberta and British Columbia, as well as the Yukon).
- Notes
- Some maps include annotations by Ben Gadd
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Yukon
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Exploration and travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Travel guides and pocket maps
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56806
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of ca.30 travel maps and guides collected by Ben Gadd, primarily pertaining to regions in the United States. Includes regions in Colorado, Arizona, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- Date Range
- [ca.1970-2005]
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A / i
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- GMD
- Map
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / I / A / i : Travel guides and pocket maps
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A / i
- GMD
- Map
- Date Range
- [ca.1970-2005]
- Physical Description
- ca.30 travel guides and maps
- Scope & Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of ca.30 travel maps and guides collected by Ben Gadd, primarily pertaining to regions in the United States. Includes regions in Colorado, Arizona, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Saskatchewan
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Arizona
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of ca.50 maps of various regions in Western Canada and Alaska which were collected by Ben Gadd. Maps are arranged according to associated highways which the mapped regions depict.
- Date Range
- [ca.1970-2005]
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A / iv
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- GMD
- Map
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 4.1 / Sub-sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / I / A / iv : Travel guides and maps : Highway maps
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / A / iv
- GMD
- Map
- Date Range
- [ca.1970-2005]
- Physical Description
- ca.50 maps -- 4 paper scans of maps
- Scope & Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of ca.50 maps of various regions in Western Canada and Alaska which were collected by Ben Gadd. Maps are arranged according to associated highways which the mapped regions depict.
- Notes
- Regions included in file: Highway 3 Highway 6 Highway 11 Highway 16 Highway 22 & 40 Highway 93 [To Jasper] Highway 93 [To Radium] Highway 97 [Pine Pass] Highway 97 [Alaska Highway]
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Alaska
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.