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Alice Wright fonds
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- Part Of
- Alice Wright fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes motion pictures by Alice Wright of horse trips and travels in the Canadian Rockies and miscellaneous papers and ephemera pertaining to Mount Robson Ranch, Berg Lake Chalet and Mount Robson region and history. Films pertain mainly to the Mount Robson and Jasper, Alberta areas; also B…
- Date Range
- 1827-1975
- Reference Code
- M193 / V710
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Alice Wright fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 193
- V 710
- Sous-Fonds
- M193/V710
- Accession Number
- 1173, 2418, 3972
- Reference Code
- M193 / V710
- Date Range
- 1827-1975
- Physical Description
- 11 motion pictures. -- 6 textual records
- History / Biographical
- Alice Wright, d.ca.1982, was owner of the Mount Robson Ranch and operator of the Berg Lake Chalet in the Mount Robson area of British Columbia, Canada. She also lived at Red Pass and Sidney, B.C.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes motion pictures by Alice Wright of horse trips and travels in the Canadian Rockies and miscellaneous papers and ephemera pertaining to Mount Robson Ranch, Berg Lake Chalet and Mount Robson region and history. Films pertain mainly to the Mount Robson and Jasper, Alberta areas; also Banff and Lake Louise. Textual records include a transcript of a portion of a diary of George MacDougal, 1827, describing a trip through Yellowhead Pass, Tete Jaune Cache to Jasper House. Also includes a memorandum of the British Columbia Parks Branch, 1975, re the future of the Berg Lake Chalet; annotations by Alice Wright.
- Name Access
- Wright, Alice
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: motion picture summaries
- Creator
- Wright, Alice
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Edwin W. Mills fonds
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- Part Of
- Edwin W. Mills fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records relating to Edwin Mills activities with the Alpine Club of Canada, 1920-1946. Moving images include 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937.…
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1946]
- Reference Code
- M152 / V89
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Video
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Edwin W. Mills fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 152
- V 89
- Sous-Fonds
- M 152
- V 89
- Accession Number
- 7749
- Reference Code
- M152 / V89
- Date Range
- [ca.1920-1946]
- Physical Description
- 4 moving images: 4 film reels; 16mm, 1 video; VHS. -- 2 photograph albums (125 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Edwin W. Mills, 1899-1979 was a resident of Hamilton, Ontario. He attended Ridley College and the Royal Military College, serving overseas from 1917 to 1919 in the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF. Mills was an active member of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1935-1953, attending the ACC Assiniboine Camp in 1935 as well as the first camps at the Columbia Icefields and the Bugaboos. Mills frequently hiked at Lake O'Hara, Emerald Lake, and Bow Lake. In 1937, Mills made several ascents on Ellesmere and Baffin Islands with the Canadian Arctic Foundation.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records relating to Edwin Mills activities with the Alpine Club of Canada, 1920-1946.
- Moving images include 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937.
- 1 photograph album contains 99 prints and is titled: With the Alpine Club, 1935. Photograph album relates to ACC camps, Mount Assiniboine area, including Lake Magog, Marvel Lake, as well as Athabaska Glacier, Columbia Icefields Camp, Jasper and historical cairns. A second photograph album contains 27 prints and is titled: Photographs taken by Edwin Mills at Columbia Icefields, July 1938.
- Name Access
- Mills, Edwin W.
- Subject Access
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Assiniboine
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Related Material
- Edwin W. Mills photographs V14/AC020P/01-15
- Creator
- Mills, Edwin W.
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record, The Canadian Alpine Journal vol. 64, 1981, pp. 45-6
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Edwin W. Mills fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937. V89 / NF - 1 Grass part 1 V89 / NF - 2 Grass, part 2 V89 / NF - 3 Everest 1924 V89 / NF - 4 Alpine Club, 19…
- Date Range
- 1924 - 1938
- Reference Code
- V89 / NF - 1 to NF - 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Video
- Part Of
- Edwin W. Mills fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 152
- V 89
- Sous-Fonds
- V89
- Accession Number
- 7749
- Reference Code
- V89 / NF - 1 to NF - 5
- Date Range
- 1924 - 1938
- Physical Description
- 4 moving images: 4 film reels; 16mm, 1 video; VHS
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937. V89 / NF - 1 Grass part 1 V89 / NF - 2 Grass, part 2 V89 / NF - 3 Everest 1924 V89 / NF - 4 Alpine Club, 1935 V89 / NF - 5 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937
- Name Access
- Mills, Edwin W.
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Mills, Edwin W.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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