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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
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed / Unprocessed
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Cornelius Krieghoff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20694
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1973
Author
de Jouvancourt, Hugues
Publisher
Toronto : Musson Books
Call Number
ND249 K7 J6
Author
de Jouvancourt, Hugues
Responsibility
Hugues de Jouvancourt
Publisher
Toronto : Musson Books
Published Date
1973
Physical Description
144p. : facsims (some col.), ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Artists - Canada - Biography - 19th century
Painters - Canada - Biography - 19th century
Krieghoff, Cornelius, 1815-1872
Call Number
ND249 K7 J6
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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A fool in paradise : an artist's early life

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20711
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1990
Author
McCarthy, Doris, 1910 -
Publisher
Toronto : Macfarlane Walter & Ross
Call Number
ND249 M23 A2 1990
Author
McCarthy, Doris, 1910 -
Responsibility
Doris McCarthy
Publisher
Toronto : Macfarlane Walter & Ross
Published Date
1990
Physical Description
257p. : ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
McCarthy, Doris, 1910-
Women painters - Canada - Biography
Landscape painters - Canada - Biography
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Call Number
ND249 M23 A2 1990
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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The good wine : an artist comes of age

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20710
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1991
Author
McCarthy, Doris, 1910 -
Publisher
Toronto : Macfarlane Walter & Ross
Call Number
ND249 M23 A2 1991
Author
McCarthy, Doris, 1910 -
Responsibility
Doris McCarthy
Publisher
Toronto : Macfarlane Walter & Ross
Published Date
1991
Physical Description
264p. : ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
McCarthy, Doris, 1910-
Women painters - Canada - Biography
Landscape painters - Canada - Biography
Notes
Sequel to : A fool in paradise
Call Number
ND249 M23 A2 1991
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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Pioneer families of Southern Alberta

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19929
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1993
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Edition
1st ed
Call Number
08.2 So8p
  1 website  
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Responsibility
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Edition
1st ed
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Published Date
1993
Physical Description
257p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
History of Alberta
History
Pioneer life
Abstract
"A 'Pioneer,' for this account, is a person who was resident of that part of the Province of Alberta lying south of Township 40 on December 31, 1890 and a person who was resident in the three prairie provinces prior to December 31, 1890 who applied for and was admitted to membership in the Society [now Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants] between May 8, 1964 and October 25, 1967."--Introd.
Contents
Prologue - Pioneers Memories Treasured
Forward
Calgary Stampede
Introduction
Biography Index & Genealogical Information
Biographies
History
Past Presidents
Pioneer Photographs
Notes
Links to "A 2005 Centennial Addendum to the 1993 Publication" Call # 08.2 So8a
Accession Number
2019.68
Call Number
08.2 So8p
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
Websites
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The tranquility and the turbulence : the life and work of Walter J. Phillips

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20179
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1981
Author
Boulet, Roger H.
Publisher
Markham (Ont.) : M.B. Loates
Call Number
N6549 P5 B68
Author
Boulet, Roger H.
Responsibility
Roger H. Boulet
Publisher
Markham (Ont.) : M.B. Loates
Published Date
1981
Physical Description
232p. : col. ill., ports (some col.)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Phillips, Walter J. (Walter John), 1884-1963 - Biography
Water colorists - Canada - Biography
Call Number
N6549 P5 B68
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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A 2005 centennial addendum to the 1993 publication "pioneer families of Southern Alberta"

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19930
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2005
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
Call Number
08.2 So8a
  1 website  
Author
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Responsibility
Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants
Publisher
[Calgary] : Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendents
Published Date
2005
Physical Description
94 p. ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History of Alberta
History
Biography
Pioneer life
Abstract
Pertains to the "Pioneer Families of Southern Alberta" publication compiled in 1995 - addendum for centennial with additional biographical information
Contents
Ascheson to Astley
Baille to Byers
Callaway to Cyr
Dalgleish to Dyke
Earl to Ewell
Faiery to Fullerton
Gaetz to Gunn
Haines to Hutchison
Ilugason to Irvine
Jack to Jukes
Kauntz to Kountz
Lacombe to Lyndon
MacDonald to Myers
Naessens to Norrish
O'Brien to Owens
Pace to Pullar
Quail
Ramsay to Ruers
Sample sto Sweinhurt
Talbot to Tyson
Vanwart to Vincent
Wakeford to Wright
York to Yuill
Zanoni
Illustrations - photos prepared by Robert (Bud) Vine
Notes
Addendum to 08.2 So8p
Accession Number
2019.68
Call Number
08.2 So8a
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendants
Websites
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Above the clouds : the diaries of a high-altitude mountaineer

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12633
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2001
Author
Boukreev, Anatoli
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's
Call Number
01.1 B66a
Author
Boukreev, Anatoli
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's
Published Date
2001
Physical Description
240p. : col. ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Notes
Winner of 2002 Jon Whyte Award for Mountain Literature
ISBN
0312269706
Accession Number
37000
Call Number
01.1 B66a
Collection
Archives Library
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Adventurers & settlers : Golden families : they came before 1920 : they stayed

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13792
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Palumbo, Colleen
Publisher
Golden, B.C. : Kicking Horse Culture
Call Number
08.3 G56p
Author
Palumbo, Colleen
Responsibility
created by Colleen Palumbo, William Pitcher, Bill Usher
Publisher
Golden, B.C. : Kicking Horse Culture
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
55 p. : ill. (some col.), map, ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Golden, B.C
Notes
Exhibition catalogue of Adventurers and Settlers 2007 exhibition at Art Gallery of Golden. Families highlighted: Alfano, Palumbo, King, Bergenham, Deakin, Drown, Habart, Feuz, Jacobson, Henderson, Johnson, Lotosky, Piggot, Thorson, Van Hoepen, Richards, Nattrass, Vaughan, Soles, Blysak, McCaull, Braisher, Franson, Rauch
Accession Number
50500 2009-11-30
Call Number
08.3 G56p
Collection
Archives Library
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Agatha Christie : an autobiography

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12721
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1977
Author
Christie, Agatha Miller, Dame
Publisher
New York : Dodd, Mead & Company
Call Number
05 C46a
Author
Christie, Agatha Miller, Dame
Publisher
New York : Dodd, Mead & Company
Published Date
1977
Physical Description
529p : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Hot springs
Notes
Includes description of Agatha Christie's round the world trip with her husband Archie, which included Lake Louise and Banff (plate 13, p.291)
Accession Number
7504
Call Number
05 C46a
Collection
Archives Library
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