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Jean Knox Petrie fonds

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds relate to mountaineering with the Alpine Club of Canada. The fond consists of three series: I. Textual records consist of 8 newsclippings from July 1938 pertaining to the first ascent of Mount Columbia by women: Lillian Gest, Kathleen Chapman, Christine Reid, Jean McDonald, and Jean Petrie as…

Date Range: 1938-1940

Reference Code: M237 / V281

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Map; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 237; V 281

Sous-Fonds: M 237; V 281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: M237 / V281

GMD: Photograph; Album; Map; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1938-1940

Physical Description: 1 cm textual records. -- 8 albums (257 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller). -- 4 photographs : b&w silver gelatin prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller.

History / Biographical: Dr. Jean Knox (McDonald) Petrie, born 1913, was an active member of the Alpine Club of Canada, Edmonton Section during the 1930s and 1940s, attending the Alpine Club of Canada summer camps from 1937-1940, 1942 and 1946 as well as making many weekend climbs in the Jasper area with Captain E. R. Gibson. In 1938 she was one of the four women to make a first ascent of Mount Columbia by women, as well as Mount Forbes in 1940. Married in 1960 to Robert Petrie (died 1966), Dr. Jean Petrie worked in Ottawa, Ontario (1940-1945) in munitions gauge testing for the National Research Council. Following the war, she worked as an astrophysicist for the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, British Columbia (1945-1966) and taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. (1966-1971).

Scope & Content: Fonds relate to mountaineering with the Alpine Club of Canada. The fond consists of three series: I. Textual records consist of 8 newsclippings from July 1938 pertaining to the first ascent of Mount Columbia by women: Lillian Gest, Kathleen Chapman, Christine Reid, Jean McDonald, and Jean Petrie as well as a photocopied "Guide to the Tonquin" signed by K. G. Chapman ca.1935. II. Photographic records include an unbound album of 44 pages: 111 prints divided by the donor into 3 sections: 1. To the Tonquin Valley, July 1938; 2. Alpine Club Camp, Columbia Icefields, July 12-31, 1938; 3. Alpine Club Camp Tonquin Valley, April 1939. The album also includes artwork and map. A second unbound photograph album of 28p: 170 prints are divided into 5 sections: 1. ACC camp in the Ice River Valley, July 1939; 2. ACC ski camp in Little Yoho Valley, March 23-31, 1940; 3. Our climb of Roche Miette, May 24, 1940; 4. Our summertime journey into the Little Yoho Valley, July 1940; 5. Our climb of Mts. Fitzwilliam & Bucephelas, September 3, 1940. III. Photographic Prints consist of 4 loose prints unrelated to other contents of the fond.

Notes: Unbound books are numbered in pencil by the creator, pages appear to be missing due to absent page numbers.

Name Access: Petrie, Jean K.; McDonald, Jean; Gale, Ethne; Taylor, Morris; Cooper, Art; Rault, Reg; Brewster, Norman; Cassils, Mary; Hind, Rob; Chapman, Kathleen; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Walker, Hazel; Carscallan, Alan; McLean, Hector

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Ski lodges and cabins; Ski touring; Skiing; Backcountry skiing; Banff Jasper Highway; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Glaciers; Huts; Mountaineering; Sunshine Lodge; Trail guides; Trail making; Trails; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; Canada; Banff National Park

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Creator: Petrie, Jean Knox

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

Biographical Source Notes: Accession record; Donor

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Bill Harrison interview

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Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Date Range: 1976

Reference Code: S1 / 122

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Interviews

Reference Code: S1 / 122

Responsibility: Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel

Date Range: 1976

Physical Description: 1 sound recording

Name Access: Boyce, Jim

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Bears, Grizzly; Brigden, Fred; Cabins and shelters; Feuz, Walter; Gardiner, Katie; Gest, Lillian; Gibbon, John Murray; Harris, Ley; Hasler, Christian; Jones, Ken; Kain, Conrad; MacCarthy, Albert H.; Nixon, Walter; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Phillips, Curly; Richter, Frank; Surveys; Thorington, James Monroe; Trapping; Vernon-Wood, Tex; Walcott, Charles Doolittle; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Finding Aid: Recording summary and reference cassette available

Title Source: Title based on contents of recording

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Bill Wright interview

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Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Date Range: 1970

Reference Code: S1 / 38

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Interviews

Reference Code: S1 / 38

Responsibility: Interviewer: Sue (Corless) Davies; Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart; Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel

Date Range: 1970

Physical Description: 1 sound recording

Name Access: Boyce, Jim

Subject Access: Bar C Ranch; Cabins and shelters; Cox, Bill; Greenham, Margaret; Hurcomb, Agnes; Lake Minnewanka; Mills, Ike; National parks and reserves - Wardens; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Ranchers and ranching; Ricks, Frank; Rungius, Carl; Skoki Lodge; Warden cabins; Wright, Andrew "Scotty"; Wright, Mary

Finding Aid: Recording summary and reference cassette available

Title Source: Title based on contents of recording

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Charlie Hunter interview

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Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Date Range: 1969

Reference Code: S1 / 24

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Interviews

Reference Code: S1 / 24

Responsibility: Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart; Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel

Date Range: 1969

Physical Description: 1 sound recording

Name Access: Boyce, Jim

Subject Access: Brown, Kootenai; Hinman, Carol; Mickle, Bert; Outfitters, trail guides and packers

Finding Aid: Recording summary and reference cassette available

Title Source: Title based on contents of recording

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Joe Woodworth interview

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Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Date Range: 1974

Reference Code: S1 / 93

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection

Description Level: 6 / Item

Series: I. Interviews

Reference Code: S1 / 93

Responsibility: Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart

Date Range: 1974

Physical Description: 1 sound recording

Name Access: Boyce, Jim

Subject Access: Anthracite; Bankhead; Beech, Bill; Buildings - Banff; Businesses - Banff; Canyon Tea Room; Coal and coal mines; Dairies; Graves, Jack; Harrison, George; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Rungius, Carl; Sanitarium Hotel; Simpson, Jimmy; Smith, Soapy; Unwin, Sid; Vernon-Wood, Tex; World War I

Finding Aid: Recording summary and reference cassette available

Title Source: Title based on contents of recording

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Portrait of Swiss Guides

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of five Swiss Guides posed in front of Lake Louise with their names typed in around them - the upper portion of the image shows a ridge of peaks that bear the Guides' names - on the back is a note about the naming of the peaks written by Sydney Vallance to Catharine Whyte

Date Range: 1977

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 83

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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 - 83

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1977

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

Scope & Content: Image of five Swiss Guides posed in front of Lake Louise with their names typed in around them - the upper portion of the image shows a ridge of peaks that bear the Guides' names - on the back is a note about the naming of the peaks written by Sydney Vallance to Catharine Whyte