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Hans Gmoser fonds
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- 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
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Precipce Theatre album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57085
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Ground Round Radio Play, Stikeen, Great Cattle Drive, Stumped, Cowabunga, Clown of the Continent, Trash Pageant, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, and Christmas Conc…
- Date Range
- 1988 - 1997
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / A
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / II / : Albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / A
- Date Range
- 1988 - 1997
- Physical Description
- 1 album (40 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Ground Round Radio Play, Stikeen, Great Cattle Drive, Stumped, Cowabunga, Clown of the Continent, Trash Pageant, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, and Christmas Concerts photo credits: Ernie Kroeger, Cheryl Bellows, Doug Smith, Greg Sherwell
- Notes
- Album cover and binding was badly damaged and not retained.
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Carlson, Chris
- Parker, Barb
- Weibe, Kathleen
- Wilson, Anne
- Shevchenko, Laura
- Sudenman, Eric
- Sohlberg, Tomas
- Marlyn, Mike
- Suzuki, David
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Precipce Theatre album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57122
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Watershed of Tears, Cowabunga, TRash Pageant, Clown of the Continent, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, Through a Tire Swing, Splash and Ripple, David and Li…
- Date Range
- 1988 - 2005
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / B
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / II / : Albums
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / II / B
- Date Range
- 1988 - 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 album (40 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 18 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album, photos are of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Watershed of Tears, Cowabunga, TRash Pageant, Clown of the Continent, Green Streets, Nature Bats Last, Through a Tire Swing, Splash and Ripple, David and Lisa, and Indigestion.
- Notes
- Album cover and binding was badly damaged and not retained.
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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potentially offensive content.
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Precipce Theatre Negatives
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- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of negatives from photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Clown of the Continent, and Stikine,
- Date Range
- 1982 - 1990
- Reference Code
- V813 / III
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / III : Negatives
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / III
- Date Range
- 1982 - 1990
- Physical Description
- ca. 120 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 3 x 5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of negatives from photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: Stumped, Clown of the Continent, and Stikine,
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- 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.
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Precipce Theatre Photographs
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- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: CHristmas concert and Nature Bats Last Photo Credit: Ernie Kroeger
- Date Range
- ca. 1989 - 2008
- Reference Code
- V813 / I
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Precipice Theatre Society fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M580 / V813
- Series
- V813 / I : Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V813
- Accession Number
- 2020.13
- Reference Code
- V813 / I
- Date Range
- ca. 1989 - 2008
- Physical Description
- 28 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs taken of the various plays created and preformed by the Precipice Theatre. Plays include: CHristmas concert and Nature Bats Last Photo Credit: Ernie Kroeger
- Name Access
- Funk, Colin
- Brill, Connie
- Mahoney, Shawna
- Mulloy, Paddy
- Frango, Brigitte
- Mahoney, Simon
- Yuka
- Kroger, Ernie
- Scoular, Peter
- Whittingham, Ed
- Subject Access
- Theatre
- Environment and Nature
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff, Alberta
- Peace River, Alberta
- Athabasca
- Smith, Alberta
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Arts
- 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.
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