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Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

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Part Of: Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…

Date Range: 1965-1967

Reference Code: M585 / V805

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Organization record; Photograph print; Textual record

Part Of: Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M585 / V805

Sous-Fonds: M585

Accession Number: 2021.19

Reference Code: M585 / V805

GMD: Organization record; Photograph print; Textual record

Date Range: 1965-1967

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy. In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988. Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies. He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Wright, Gerald; Blanchard, W.E. (Smoke); Johnson, Roy; Mock, R.G. (Tex); Sharp, Dave; Swift, Bob

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Centennial; Climbing; Club; Discovery and exploration; Glaciers; Hiking; Map; Medicine; Membership; Mount St. Elias; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Photography; Records; Record keeping; Scenery; Sports and recreation; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Yukon; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Staples removed from letters and equipment lists

Biographical Source Notes: Memorial card

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff rock : a guidebook to rock climbing in Banff National Park, Canada

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2012

Author: Perry, Chris

Publisher: Altona, Manitoba : Friesens

Call Number: 01.4 P42b

Author: Perry, Chris

Responsibility: Chris Perry

Publisher: Altona, Manitoba : Friesens

Published Date: 2012

Physical Description: 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Banff National Park; Guidebooks; Kootenay National Park; Rock climbing; Sport climbing; Thompson, David; Yoho National Park

ISBN: 9780987937001

Accession Number: P2015-03-31

Call Number: 01.4 P42b

Collection: Archives Library

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Climbing in Southern Ontario

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1980

Author: Alpine Club of Canada. Toronto Section

Publisher: Toronto : A.C.C., Toronto Section

Call Number: F1057 A4

Author: Alpine Club of Canada. Toronto Section

Responsibility: edited by James Mark

Publisher: Toronto : A.C.C., Toronto Section

Published Date: 1980

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Guidebooks; Ice climbing; Rock climbing

Call Number: F1057 A4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Mixed climbs in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2000

Author: Isaac, Sean

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Call Number: 01.4 Is1

Author: Isaac, Sean

Publisher: Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books

Published Date: 2000

Physical Description: 144 p. : ill., maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Guidebooks; Ice climbing; Rock climbing

Notes: Includes route index

ISBN: 0-921102-81-x

Accession Number: 33500

Call Number: 01.4 Is1

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1960

Author: The Mountaineers, Seattle

Publisher: Seattle : The Mountaineers

Edition: 1st ed.

Call Number: 01 M86 1963

Author: The Mountaineers, Seattle

Responsibility: planned by the Climbing Committee of the Mountaineers; Harvey Manning, chairman of editors; editorial committee: John R. Hazle and others; illus: Donna Balch Cook and Robert Cram

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: Seattle : The Mountaineers

Published Date: 1960

Physical Description: x, 430p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; Manuals; Equipment; Camping; Travel; Rock climbing; Snow; Ice; Ice climbing; First aid; Geology

Abstract: Pertains to how to safely mountaineer with a focus on North America as per the Mountaineers Climbing Committee

Contents: Preface; Part One - Approaching the Peaks; Equipment; Camping and Sleeping; Alpine Cuisine; Wilderness Travel; Navigation in the Hills; Part Two - Rock Climbing; Routefinding on Rock; Balance; Counterforce; Roped Climbing; Belaying; Pitoncraft and Rappels; Part Three - Snow and Ice Climbing; Snow; Ice; Glaciers; Arrests and Belays; Part Four - Safe Climbing; The Climbing Party and its Leadership; Climbing Dangers; First Aid; Alpine Rescue; Part Five - The Climbing Environment; Mountain Geology; The Cycle of Snow; Mountain Weather; Appendix - Food Requirements for Climbers

ISBN: 0916890015

Accession Number: 2019.43

Call Number: 01 M86 1963

Collection: Archives Library

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Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering - textual

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Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of textual records pertaining to the creation of Chic Scott's book, Pushing the Limits; includes research material and notes, drafts, correspondence and related material.

Date Range: 1996 - 1999

Reference Code: M57 / I

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M57 / V40 / S47

Series: M57 / I : Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering

Sous-Fonds: M57

Sub-Series: M57 / I / A: Interview transcript notes; M57 / I / B: Original unedited draft manuscript; M57 / I / C: Chronology of Mountaineering; M57 / I / D: Biographical Profiles; M57 / I / E: Research organized region (Quebec, Ontario, Maritimes, Labrador, and Vancouver Island); M57 / I / F: Final Corrections on manuscript; M57 / I / G: Research files on Kenney’s ascent of Mt. Robson; M57 / I / H: Correspondence files; M57 / I / I: Misc. English Language materials; M57 / I / J: Misc. French Language materials; M57 / I / K: Notes from publications; M57 / I / L: Maps and Photograph notes

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M57 / I

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1996 - 1999

Physical Description: 60 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: This is the work of a lifetime. It tells the story of Canada’s 200 year mountaineering history from the early pioneers to modern day climbing athletes. Discover the story of Canadian climbing from the crags to the gyms, from Squamish to Val David and from the Yukon to the Rockies. Read about the Swiss guides hired by Canadian Pacific Hotels who ushered in the glory years of the first ascents. Discover the British and American men of leisure who struggled with the wilderness to reach the summits and unravel the complex geography. Learn about the European immigrants of the 1950s who pushed the limits on the rock walls and the Americans who led the search for frightening new routes on the north faces. Join the British expatriates as they pioneer the exciting new sport of waterfall ice climbing. Then witness the popular growth in sport climbing both on the crags and in the gyms. Finally discover how home grown Canadian climbers, initially slow to take up the challenge of mountaineering, have become world leaders in the sport.

Scope & Content: Series consists of textual records pertaining to the creation of Chic Scott's book, Pushing the Limits; includes research material and notes, drafts, correspondence and related material.

Notes: Series consists of twelve sub-series: M57 / I / A: Interview Notes M57 / I / B: Original unedited draft manuscript M57 / I / C: Chronology of Mountaineering M57 / I / D: Biographical Profiles M57 / I / E: Research organized by region (Quebec, Ontario, Maritimes, Labrador, and Vancouver Island) M57 / I / F: Final corrections on manuscript M57 / I / G: Research files on Kenney’s ascent of Mt. Robson M57 / I / H: Correspondence files M57 / I / I: Misc. English Language materials M57 / I / J: Misc. French Language materials M57 / I / K: Notes from publications M57 / I / L: Maps and photograph notes

Name Access: Scott, Chic

Subject Access: Climbing; Communications; Correspondence; Environment; Exploration; Hiking; Ice climbing; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Photography; Publication; Research; Sports and recreation

Language: English

Related Material: S47 / I; V40 / I

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

Biographical Source Notes: http://chicscott.com/books.htm

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The 9th grade : 150 years of free climbing

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2015

Author: Chambre, David

Publisher: Les Editions du Mont-Blanc

Call Number: G510 C43 N56

Author: Chambre, David

Publisher: Les Editions du Mont-Blanc

Published Date: 2015

Physical Description: 297 pages, illustrations (colour)

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: France; History; Mont Blanc; Rock climbing; Yosemite Valley

ISBN: 9782365450225

Accession Number: AC633

Call Number: G510 C43 N56

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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75 escaladas selectas en Montserrat

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1996

Author: Ballart, Armand

Publisher: Desnival

Edition: Mini Bilioteca practica

Call Number: G513 M66 1996 Pam

Author: Ballart, Armand

Edition: Mini Bilioteca practica

Publisher: Desnival

Published Date: 1996

Physical Description: 65 pages, ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Rock climbing; Caribbean Islands

Notes: Title roughly translates to "75 select climbs in Montserrat"

Accession Number: AC586

Call Number: G513 M66 1996 Pam

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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150 of the best photographs of the lakes, Wales, Scotland and the Alps from the F.R.C.C. Abraham collection

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2006

Publisher: Fell & Rock Climbing Club

Call Number: G505 F45 P46 DVD

Responsibility: edited by Iain Whitmey, Fell & Rock Climbing Club

Publisher: Fell & Rock Climbing Club

Published Date: 2006

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Rock climbing; Great Britain; Wales; Scotland

Notes: 1 disc

Call Number: G505 F45 P46 DVD

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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1939 Western US and Canadian Rockies Trip [1/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 3 to 13

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

182 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 3 to 13

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R3 to R13, 1939 Box 1. -- 1939PHYS 172 transparencies : colour. V225 / NS - 1

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 172 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric Brooks, Phyllis Munday, John Wheeler, the Kingmans, Walter and Paula Bloch-Hiller, Sig[?], B.H.G., Andrew Kramer, Ernest [Feuz], and Rudolph [Aemmer?]. Titles: Reel 3 1939? 8 - Horses on road near [illegible] 9 - Road near St. Mary's w. clouds 16 - [Rodeo bucking] 17 - [Rodeo bucking] 18 - Rodeo people on fence 19 - [Rodeo] fence and chutes 20 - [Rodeo fence and chutes] 21 - [Rodeo fence and chutes] Reel 4 2 - Calf-roping 3 - Two med. Lake fr. Mt. Henry 7 - Meadow of flowers 8 - Shooting star [flower] 9 - Rabbit 10 - Fishermen by bridge 11 - Lower Two Med. Lake 12 - Pompeely's [?] Pillar? 15 - [Beargrass] (best) 16 - Queen cup 17 - [Queen cup] 19 - BH.G. - Trick Falls trail Reel 5 1939? 1 - Trick Falls best 2 - [Trick Falls] more to left 3 - BH.G. arm on stump 4 - BH.G. on bridge - Trick Falls trail 5 - Old tree above Two Med. 7 - Two med Lake fr. Astor Creek shoulder 8 - Mary [?] glacier Lake from our balcony - South [?] 9 - Looking across lake [from our balcony] west 10 - Lake Josephine and wharf w. boats 11 - Same without Mt. [illegible] 12 - Trail to Grinnell Gl. 13 - Grinnell Lake 14 - Grinnell Lake 15 - Ptarmigan Lake - Polly and Kay 16 - [Ptarmigan Lake] fr. trail to tunnel 17 - At [Ptarmigan Lake] tunnel - Polly, Kay, L.G. [Lillian Gest] 18 - [At Ptarmigan Lake tunnel] CCC and Polly Reel 6 1. A[?] Pass and Lake Helen 2. Crossley Lake and tents 3. [Crossley Lake] no tents 4. Towards Indian Pass 6. Towards Ahew[?] Pass - Lake 7. Lake Elizabeth (?) Kay and Polly 8. Polly wading 9. [Polly wading] 10. [Polly wading] 11. Kay [wading] 12. [Kay wading] 13. [Kay wading] w. foot up 14. [Kay wading] near shore 15. Lake Helen - reflections - down valley 16. Mt. and snow bank Ahew[?] Pass 17. At hell on Swift current pass - P. and K. 18. Polly on trail to marry[?] from pass Reel 7 1939 1. People under eating fly 2. Ms. Munday and Kingmans 3. Boys pealing potatoes 4. N. Tower w. clouds 5. Aletta[?] at tent 6. Laundry at lady's quarters 7. Sauna 8. Sox and boots near tent 9. Tent and stream 10. Survey station peak - "Black and white" 11. Party leaving camp 12. Same - Ennis party before leaving 13. Head of valley fr. rocky flats 15. Hanbury fr. rocky flats 16. Chancellor in clouds 17. N. Tower and clouds 18. Mt. Hanbury[?] 19. N. Tower 20. Mt. Hanbury[?] fr. nearer camp Reel 8 1939 Camp ACC 1. Goodsir N. Tower at sunset 2. Party on alplands[?] en route to Vaux 3. Chancellor from [alplands[?] en route to Vaux] 4. N. Tower and G. from same 5. Party on rocks - Roger getting out rope 6. Chancellor - twin peaks appear 7. Up the route to High Camp 9. Party standing on Vaux Glacier 10. High Camp - Roger in distance 12. Party on glacier 13. [Party on glacier] closer - diff background 14. [Party on glacier] on ice axes 15. Lunch on top 16. Chancellor fr. Vaux 17. Church Service 18. [Church Service] sun out 19. N. Tower at sunset 20. N. Tower [at sunset] Reel 9 1. Aylards [?] and Miss Gullion 2. Mr. Laird and Miss Burns 3. Eric Brooks 4. Grahams and party 5. [Grahams and party] 6. [Grahams and party] 7. Peckham, Helen Yellmer [?] and John Wheeler 8. Packers and horse 9. Mrs. Forbes, Peckham, Kingman 10. Woodie Kingman 11. Walter Bloch-Hillen and Miss Gullion 12. Woodie Kingman - close up 13. Andrew Kiamer 14. Packer and horse 15. Group watching packing 16. ? , Ernest, Rudolph 17. Ernest and clincher on trail by tent 18. Major Tweedy - hand out 19. [Major Tweedy] close-up of same 20. Paula Bloch-Hillen Reel 10 1. Head of Ice RIver valley 2. Party on trail to zinc Creek camp 3. Mt Chancellor 4. [Mt Chancellor] with cloud 5. [Mt Chancellor] and Kay on trail 6. S. Tower Goodsir fr. zinc Creek 7. N. [Tower Goodsir fr. sinc Creek] 8. Chancellor fr. zinc Creek trail w. Polly 9. Tent and figure - Zinc Creek camp 10. S. Tower fr. Zinc Col. 11. Chancellor [fr. Zinc Col.] 12. Zinc Mt. 13. Goodsirs from Martius Ridge 14. Rex's rope on [Martius Ridge] 15. Same and Martius Peak 16. View probably towards wash[illegible] 17. Andrew on summit 18. Goodsirs again 19. Rex;s rope 20. Eric on horseback Reel 11 1. Hans Fuhrer 2. Taking down tent 4. Eating fly supports 5. Pile of duffle 6. Tweedy and one of men taking down fly 7. Rangers cabin and guides 8. Kay on bridge over Lodalite Creek 9. Car on road, Yoho in distance 10. Same further to right - less of car 11. Mt. Hector from road 12. Polly and Katie 13. Mt Chephron and road 14. Road working up Mistaya bel. Patterson[?] 15. Mt Weed from lower Mistaya valley 16. Polly Kay Phyl - up Mistaya valley to Chephron 18. Waterfowl lake and up Mistaya valley 19. Same - but more to left 20. Mt. [illegible] ? Reel 12 1. Peyto Lookout - view to north 2. Katie w. movie camera; Peyto lookout 3. Up Peyto glacier to Mt. Rhonda (?) 4. Banff and Mt. Cascade 5. Gopher and lunch box gimmell[?] gl. 7. Jim Whilt 8. Jim and party at lunch place - gimmell gl. 9. Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake 10. [Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake] 11. Sherbourne Lake and view up valley 12. Flowers along road to many[?] 13. Annette, Sam and rig 14. [Annette, Sam and rig] 15. Chief Mt. and road 16. Brown eyed Susan 17. Close up [Brown eyed Susan] 19. Mother at Price of Wales Reel 13 1. Prince of Wales Hotel 2. Waterton Lake, Mt. Cleveland in dist. 4. [Waterton Lake] village fr. Prince of Wales 5. [Waterton Lake village fr. Prince of Wales] 6. Fawn by tree 7. Fawn in bush 8. Chief Mt. and tiny lake 9. Appekunny Falls 10. [Appekunny Falls] lower part 11. Falls aobve Appenkunny 12. Flower decked falls ab. Appenkunny 13. Flowers by falls 14. Same - nearer 15. Fireweed by stream 16. Meadow of flowers by stream 17. Monkey flowers 19. Coffee pot, fire, cup and rucksask

Notes: Titles on box lid: Glacier before camp; Camp; Camp - trip back; Glacier after camp. Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).