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Bob Hind fonds
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada (A. Trips and activities, 1931-1992; B. General, between 1928 and 1960). II. Personal (A. Photography notes, 1938-1996; B. World travel, ca.1930-ca.1950; C. Personal photographs, 1927-ca.1955). III. Other, between ca…
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]-1992
- Reference Code
- M7 / V46
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 7
- V 46
- Sous-Fonds
- M7 / V46
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- M7 / V46
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]-1992
- Physical Description
- ca.5800 photographs (ca.1350 negatives, ca.1350 prints, ca.3100 transparencies). -- 15 motion pictures. -- 4 textual records (4 v). -- 2 cartographic records.
- History / Biographical
- Robin Cyril (Bob) Hind, 1911-2000, was an electrical engineer and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Hind was born on a farm in northern Alberta was educated at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. He was a Life Member of ACC, joining in 1933, and attended over 30 ACC camps, often with his family. Hind received the Silver Rope Award in 1935, was recipient of Centennial Medal, and served the ACC in offices of President, Vice-President and Chairman of Hut Committee.
- In 1948, Bob Hind married Margaret (Peggy) Trotter, a fellow mountaineer and skier. Together they had two children. After Peggy Hind was killed in an avalanche in 1955, Hind married Marjory Bugler, and the couple had three more children. Marjory (Marj) Hind was a homemaker and mountaineer.
- During his extensive mountaineering career, Bob Hind climbed most of the significant peaks in Rockies and Selkirks, including some first ascents. He also climbed in Wales and the Alps. Hind was active in the Calgary Tennis Club, the Boy Scout movement and was a member of the American Alpine Club and The Alpine Club, London. Bob Hind worked on electrical projects in Canada and Europe.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada (A. Trips and activities, 1931-1992; B. General, between 1928 and 1960). II. Personal (A. Photography notes, 1938-1996; B. World travel, ca.1930-ca.1950; C. Personal photographs, 1927-ca.1955). III. Other, between ca.1925 and ca.1955.
- Series I consists of photographs, motion pictures and textual records pertaining to mountaineering, hiking, travel, Alpine Club of Canada camps and activities in western Canada by Bob Hind, Bob and Marj Hind, and the Hind family.
- Name Access
- Hind, Bob
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Science and technology
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic and on-line finding aids
- Creator
- Hind, Bob
- Biographical Source Notes
- archivist's acquisition file notes
- obits: CAJ 1955; CAJ 2001
- ACC ballot, January 1969 - in case file
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- Film pertains to Alpine Club of Canada climb, possibly in Tonquin Valley, Jasper National Park
- Date Range
- [1957?]
- Reference Code
- V46 / 51 (NF)
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- V46 / 51 (NF)
- Date Range
- [1957?]
- Physical Description
- 1 motion picture (1 reel : ca.100 ft) : 16 mm, col, silent
- Scope & Content
- Film pertains to Alpine Club of Canada climb, possibly in Tonquin Valley, Jasper National Park
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- Date based on postage stamp
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Skiing and climbing / R. Hind
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- Film pertains to view from the Alpine Club of Canada clubhouse at Banff; climbing camp at Bow Lake, 1937; Paradise Valley; ski-out at Lake O'Hara; Columbia Icefield; ACC camp at the Columbia Icefield, 1938
- Date Range
- 1937-1938
- Reference Code
- V46 / 46 (NF)
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- V46 / 46 (NF)
- Date Range
- 1937-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 motion picture (1 reel: ca.450 ft) : 16 mm, b/w, col, silent
- Scope & Content
- Film pertains to view from the Alpine Club of Canada clubhouse at Banff; climbing camp at Bow Lake, 1937; Paradise Valley; ski-out at Lake O'Hara; Columbia Icefield; ACC camp at the Columbia Icefield, 1938
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
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- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to locations and activities in city of Edmonton, Alberta and area. Content includes activities, students and campus of the University of Alberta; activities, including climbing, skiing, ski joring, ski jumping; exterior and interior views of ACC? hut; electrical machinery, likely at …
- Date Range
- [ca.1935]
- Reference Code
- V46 / 77 (PA, NA)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Personal photographs and records
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- V46 / 77 (PA, NA)
- Date Range
- [ca.1935]
- Physical Description
- ca.115 photographs (ca.45 negatives, ca.70 prints)
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to locations and activities in city of Edmonton, Alberta and area. Content includes activities, students and campus of the University of Alberta; activities, including climbing, skiing, ski joring, ski jumping; exterior and interior views of ACC? hut; electrical machinery, likely at the University of Alberta; Bob Hind and friends; river and landscape views
- Includes a set of prints titled "Set of U of A" pertaining to University of Alberta campus, machinery, faculty and students, 26 items
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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Mountain views, huts and activities
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of mountain views in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Glacier National Parks. Includes landscapes; camps, alpine huts and cabins, including Abbot Hut (exterior and interiors); climbing and ski touring; winter scenes (Glacier?); Glacier station, people in bathing suits. Includes wedding pho…
- Date Range
- [ca.1945-ca.1960]
- Reference Code
- V46 / 54 (PA, NA)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : general
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- V46 / 54 (PA, NA)
- Date Range
- [ca.1945-ca.1960]
- Physical Description
- ca.175 photographs (ca.90 prints, ca.85 negatives)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of mountain views in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Glacier National Parks. Includes landscapes; camps, alpine huts and cabins, including Abbot Hut (exterior and interiors); climbing and ski touring; winter scenes (Glacier?); Glacier station, people in bathing suits. Includes wedding photograph (Rose and Elture), and Bugaboo Valley ACC camp photograph by Major F.V Longstaff, 1946
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Some dated 1947 to 1951
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Mountaineering Photographs
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Hind's mountaineering trips in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains.
- Date Range
- 1931-1947
- Reference Code
- V46 / I / A / 28 / PA - 1 to 35
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- 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 / 28 / PA - 1 to 35
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1931-1947
- Physical Description
- ca.450 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Hind's mountaineering trips in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains.
- Name Access
- Hind, Bob
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Backpacking
- Cabins and shelters
- Environment
- Guide
- Guiding
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Professional and Personal Life
- Geographic Access
- Rocky Mountains
- Selkirks
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 28 - 1 to 11) :
- 1. Lake O'Hara area, 1931 to 1938, ca.35 prints. Prints are labeled: O'H31, O'H34, O'H36, O'H37, O'H38, or are undated. Content includes landscape, climbing views, ski touring, Elizabeth Parker hut. Related to negatives in V46 / 2, 7, 15, 22
- 2. Glacier BC area, 1932, 1936, 1946, ca.25 prints. Prints are labeled: G32, G36 (1 item), G48 (1 item), or are undated. Content includes Mount Macoun, Mount Tupper, Mount Selwyn, landscapes, climbing, ski touring and ACC? camp. Related to negatives in V46 / 1, 4
- 3. Jasper area, 1933 to 1946, ca.215 prints. Prints are labeled: J33 (folder 3A); J34, J35, J36, J38 (folder 3B); J45 or J46 (folder 3C); or are undated (folder 3D). Content pertains to landscape, climbing, ski touring, camps, individuals and groups. Includes photographs by E.L.W. (Woolf), A. Harmon and G. Norris Taylor. Related to negatives in V46 / 6, 9, 12, 19, 20, 21, 25, possibly 23
- 4. Paradise Valley area, 1934 to 1937, 22 prints. Prints are labeled P33, 1933, P34, or are undated. Content includes Mount Aberdeen, The Mitre and Hungabee Mountain, interior of Abbot Hut. Related to negatives in V46 / 5
- 5. Mount Assiniboine area, 1935, 11 prints. Prints are labeled A35. Content includes landscapes and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 8
- 6. Mount Clemenceau area, 1936, 1938, ca.30 prints. Prints are labeled C36 and C38 (1 item). Content includes Mount Clemenceau, Mount Chettan, Chaba Glacier, Athabasca Falls, Athabasca Glacier, Maligne Lake, landscapes and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 10
- 7. Mount Robson area, 1936, 18 prints. Primarily prints labeled J36 or R36. Content includes Berg Lake, Resplendent Mountain, Mount Kinney, landscapes, ski touring, climbing and cabin. Related to negatives in V46 / 13
- 8. Mount Fryatt and Mount Forbes, Jasper area, 1936, 1938, ca.40 prints. Prints are labeled F36 or F38. Content pertains to landscape and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 11, 18
- 9. Banff area, 1937, 6 prints. Prints are labeled B37. Content includes Paradise Valley, Mount Rhondda, Mount Hector, Bow Lake. Related to negatives in V46 / 14
- 10. Bugaboos, 1946-1947, 21 prints. Prints are labeled B46, 1947, or are undated. Content pertains to ACC? camp and Bugaboo Spire. Related to negatives in V46 / 24
- 11. 1947 trips, 1947, 37 prints. File pertains to trips to areas in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. Related to negatives in V46 / 27
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- Processed
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Mountaineering and landscape views
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to landscape, climbing, Alpine Club of Canada camp/s, hiking and groups in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains Items are identified with alphanumeric code for locale and year
- Date Range
- 1932-1938
- Reference Code
- V46 / 53 (PS)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : general
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- V46 / 53 (PS)
- Date Range
- 1932-1938
- Physical Description
- 97 photographs : transparencies, lantern slides
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to landscape, climbing, Alpine Club of Canada camp/s, hiking and groups in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains
- Items are identified with alphanumeric code for locale and year
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF GROUPS (V46 / 53 - 1 to 97) :
- A35 : Mount Assiniboine area - landscape and glacier travel (V46 / 53 - 1 to 5)
- B37 : Banff area - glacier travel, ice axes, climbers (V46 / 53 - 6, 7)
- C36, C38 : Columbia Icefield area - glacier view, ice climbers, camp, landscape, hikers, skiing (V46 / 53 - 8 to 31)
- E37 : waterfall (V46 / 53 - 32)
- Edith 36 : climbers on cliff (V46 / 53 - 33)
- G32, G36 : Glacier area - Uto Peak, Mount Sir Donald, Mt. Sir Donald camp, climbing, glaciers and glacier travel, hut (V46 / 53 - 34 to 49)
- J33 : Jasper area - Jasper-Wates outpost, hut, climbing, glacier travel, landscapes in Jasper National Park, incl. Chrome Lake and Outpost Lake areas (V46 / 53 - 50 to 68)
- J34, J35, J36, J38 : Jasper area - Chrome Lake ACC camp, Jasper National Park, skis in snow, landscape, stone hut, possibly Memorial Hut (Eremite Valley)? or Disaster Point Hut (Pocahontas)? (V46 / 53 - 69 to 78)
- OH34, OH 35, OH 36, OH37, OH38 : Lake O'Hara area - landscape, campers, climber/s on glacier (V46 / 53 - 79 to 86)
- P33, P34, P37 : Paradise Valley area - climbing, landscape and climbing, hiker on bridge (V46 / 53 - 87 to 95)
- R36A : Mount Robson (V46 / 53 - 96)
- Cal : Calgary area? - prairie and mountain landscapes (V46 / 53 - 97)
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