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Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada Album

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to various ACC camp trips from 1906 to 1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Moraine Lake, and Banff town areas, and includes b…

Date Range: 1906-1913

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 13

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: IV.B. Other material: photographic

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 13

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1906-1913

Physical Description: 1 album (325 photographs : b&w and col. ; 28.6 x 18.5 cm)

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to various ACC camp trips from 1906 to 1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Moraine Lake, and Banff town areas, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are numbered and annotated. A black leather album, it has "PHOTOGRAPHS" embossed in gold in the top left corner of the front cover.

Notes: Page 90 not scanned - blank page; the pages between 23-34 and between 52-64 have been rebound out of order prior to accessioning.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Backpacking; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Camps; Cathedral Mountain; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Club; Clubhouse; Consolation Valley; Environment and Nature; Glaciers; Hiking; Hotels; Lake O'hara; Landscapes; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Period costume; Photography; Portrait; Rogers Pass; Scenery; scenic; Sherbrooke Lake; Trails; Transportation; Women; Yoho Valley

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Yoho National Park; Glacier National Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Finding Aid: Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Community events, friends

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to travel photos, family and group portraits, and other events involving friends of the Luxton family. Includes images of unidentified individuals in Egypt, standing by a large glacier in the Rockies, visiting Stanford University, and feeding birds in Paris[?…

Date Range: [ca.1900-1960]

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 205 to 231

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / D : Collected material

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / D / PA - 205 to 231

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca.1900-1960]

Physical Description: 27 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 13.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to travel photos, family and group portraits, and other events involving friends of the Luxton family. Includes images of unidentified individuals in Egypt, standing by a large glacier in the Rockies, visiting Stanford University, and feeding birds in Paris[?]; group portraits of unidentified children; a pack train fording the Pipestone River; and related views.

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism; Children; Public events; Community life; Horses; Hiking; Recreation; Portrait; Christmas; Landscapes; Glaciers

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Pipestone River; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Egypt; Europe; United States of America; California

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Douglas Glacier

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman posed on a boulder in front of Douglas Glacier

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 721

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 721

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman posed on a boulder in front of Douglas Glacier

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Mount Logan; Portrait; Women

Geographic Access: Washington; United States of America

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Ice Cave Views

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of views inside an ice cave, attributed to the Mount Rainer area of Washington state.

Date Range: [ca. 1907]

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 374 to 380

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

7 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 374 to 380

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1907]

Physical Description: 7 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of views inside an ice cave, attributed to the Mount Rainer area of Washington state.

Notes: Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 374 Men in snow cave, Mt. Rainier, Washington?; 375 Group of people in snow cave Mount Rainier Washington; 376 Men in front of serac, Mt. Rainier, Washington?; 377 Men in snow cave, Mt. Rainier, Washington?; 378, 379 Glacier on Mt. Rainier, Washington?; 380 Snow cave, Mt. Rainier, Washington?

Name Access: Barnes, Elliott

Subject Access: Activities; Exploration; Glaciers; Winter

Geographic Access: Mount Rainier; Washington; United States of America

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Mary Schaffer negatives

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: File consits of 80 6.5 x 8.5 inch negatives; images are of botanical specimens, plants, landscapes and portraits of people.

Date Range: 1902 - 1903

Reference Code: V653 / I / Z /

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative; Photograph

123 images

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M107/V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Sub-Series: Z. Mary Schaffer Negatives

Accession Number: 7202

Reference Code: V653 / I / Z /

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Date Range: 1902 - 1903

Physical Description: 81 photographs : negatives; film, 6.5x8.5"

Scope & Content: File consits of 80 6.5 x 8.5 inch negatives; images are of botanical specimens, plants, landscapes and portraits of people.

Notes: Images are captioned by accompanying envelopes.; NA-57 to NA-61 are potentially copies of Vaux negatives (indicated on accompanying envelope).; Many negatives have been hand retouched.