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Canadian Rockies mountaineering trips, Alpine Club of Canada expeditions

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 129 lantern slides pertaining to mountaineering expeditions and scenic views in the Canadian Rockies. Includes images of pack trips, ice climbing, hiking, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Locations include Emperor Falls; Berg Lake; ascent of Resplendent Mountain; Mount Edith Cavell…

Date Range: [1913-1925]

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 1 to 129

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

1 image

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M39; V756

Series: V756 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: V756

Sub-Series: V756 / III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions

Accession Number: 6504

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 1 to 129

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Responsibility: Some items produced by Charles Potter and James Mahon

Date Range: [1913-1925]

Physical Description: 129 photographs : lantern slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 129 lantern slides pertaining to mountaineering expeditions and scenic views in the Canadian Rockies. Includes images of pack trips, ice climbing, hiking, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Locations include Emperor Falls; Berg Lake; ascent of Resplendent Mountain; Mount Edith Cavell; Mount Maud; Mount Commander; Mount Marpole; Mount Habel; Mount Robson; Mount Temple; Mount Huber; Castle Mountain; and Wilcox Pass.

Notes: Some items are numbered on outer edges or otherwise labelled

Material Details: Some items hand-coloured

Name Access: Gibbon, John Murray; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Geddes, Malcolm; Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Travel; Exploration; Hiking; Ice climbing; Summit; Mountains; Landscapes; Recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Glaciers; Trails; Pack trips; Camping

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Mount Robson; Mount Temple; Mount Habel; Mount Geikie; Mount Huber; Castle Mountain; Wilcox Pass; Mount Edith Cavell; Mount Maud; Mount Commander; Mount Marpole

Access Restrictions: Fragile - restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Fragile- restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Transparencies

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to colour transparencies of various backcountry trips throughout the Rocky Mountains.

Date Range: 1951-1954

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / NS 6 - 1 to 843

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Lantern slide; Transparency

2 images

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / NS 6 - 1 to 843

GMD: Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1951-1954

Physical Description: 843 transparencies : colour.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to colour transparencies of various backcountry trips throughout the Rocky Mountains.

Notes: Titles in box: Lake Louise; Kellogg trip; O'Hara Camp; Skyline Hike. Pertain to Merion, Pennsylvania; Banff Springs Hotel; Vermilion Lakes; Lake Louise; Chateau Lake Louise; Kicking Horse Tea Room; wildflowers; Lake O'Hara region, including Opabin Pass and Mount Schaffer; Skyline Trail Hikers hikes and camps ((Aylmer Pass 1951 and Simpson Pass 1952); wildlife; Bow Lake; Mount Assiniboine area; Wonder Pass; Columbia Icefield; Moraine Lake; Mount Stephen; Jasper National Park, including Maligne Lake and Mount Edith Cavell; ACC camp, Hooker Icefield; ice caves and ice falls; pack trains; Waterton Lakes National Park, including Prince of Wales Hotel; Jasper Park Lodge; Calgary Stampede; Banff Indian Days; Yellowstone National Park; Dinosaur National Park, U.S.; Lillian Gest, friends and associates, including B.H.G., Sig[?], Elizabeth and John Brett, Walter Perren, Polly Prescott, Kay Prescott, Eric Brooks, Helen Bolles, Hal Kellog, Charlie Hunter and Harry Green. -- Some slides missing; most explained in notebook SL II (M67/51).

Name Access: Gest, Lillian

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Banff Indian Days; Calgary Stampede; Camps; Chateau Lake Louise; Guides; Hiking; Horses; Horse packing; Jasper Park Lodge; Leisure; Mountains; Prince of Wales Hotel; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies

Geographic Access: Lake Louise; Vermilion Lakes; Lake O'Hara; Mount Assiniboine; Moraine Lake; Maligne Lake; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Waterton National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Lawrence Allison Duncan fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to L. A. Duncan; Duncan family; Banff, Alberta and area; Alpine Club of Canada camps, especially 1919 Victory Camp (Yoho Valley); Rocky Mountains scenes, wildflowers and wildlife; First Nations; Travel and leisure. Most photographs were made by L. A. Duncan.

Date Range: [ca.1915]

Reference Code: V181 / IV / PS - 1 to 18

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Lantern slide; Transparency

18 images

Part Of: Lawrence Allison Duncan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M32 / V181

Series: IV : Transparencies

Sous-Fonds: V181

Accession Number: 3327, 3445, 3572, 3675, 3849

Reference Code: V181 / IV / PS - 1 to 18

GMD: Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1915]

Physical Description: 18 transparencies. -- b&w

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to L. A. Duncan; Duncan family; Banff, Alberta and area; Alpine Club of Canada camps, especially 1919 Victory Camp (Yoho Valley); Rocky Mountains scenes, wildflowers and wildlife; First Nations; Travel and leisure. Most photographs were made by L. A. Duncan.

Name Access: Duncan, Lawrence

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Landscapes; Mountains; Sports, recreation and leisure; Travel

Geographic Access: Rundle Mountain; Johnston Canyon; Banff; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Canada; Greece

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: NA

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline

Related Material: Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage collections).

Creator: Duncan, Lawrence

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Jasper Area

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to Tonquin Valley area, 1963, and Mount Fryatt area, 1960, 1972, in Jasper National Park. Includes Eremite Mountain, Eremite Glacier, Mount Fryatt, landscape views and flora, group hiking and climbing, group camp and Wates-Gibson Memorial Hut, including ceremony. Includes annotated …

Date Range: 1960-1972

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 41 / NS - 1 to 175

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Lantern slide; Transparency

175 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M7 / V46

Series: I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities

Sous-Fonds: V46

Accession Number: 7181

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 41 / NS - 1 to 175

GMD: Lantern slide; Transparency

Other Title Info: Alternate title: Jasper 1963

Date Range: 1960-1972

Physical Description: 175 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to Tonquin Valley area, 1963, and Mount Fryatt area, 1960, 1972, in Jasper National Park. Includes Eremite Mountain, Eremite Glacier, Mount Fryatt, landscape views and flora, group hiking and climbing, group camp and Wates-Gibson Memorial Hut, including ceremony. Includes annotated slides by M. G. Hind, 1972, possibly competition entries