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Malcolm Geddes fonds

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …

Date Range: [1896-2013]

Reference Code: M39 / V756

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 39; V 756

Sous-Fonds: M 39; V 756

Accession Number: 5545, 6504, 7846, 2014.8306, 2015.8558

Reference Code: M39 / V756

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Responsibility: Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources

Date Range: [1896-2013]

Physical Description: 444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.

Notes: Fonds consists of three series:; Series I : Professional records I / A : Published materials I / B : Manuscripts and notes I / C : Professional correspondence; Series II : Financial records; Series III : Personal and family records III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions III / B : Genealogy and research III / C : Other personal and family records

Name Access: Geddes, Malcolm

Subject Access: Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure; Hiking; Family and personal life; Personal and Professional Life; Poetry; Property; Finances; Commerce and industry; Communications; Correspondence; Genealogy; History; Research; Publication; Travel; Mountains; Mountaineering; Biography; Obituary

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; British Columbia; Ontario; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: Geddes, Malcolm

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

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Content Details: Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558

Processing Status: Processed

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Dr. Erich Pistor fonds

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Part Of: Dr. Erich Pistor fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers and photographs regarding Conrad Kain, 1905-1936. Records include a draft manuscript of Conrad Kain's autobiography in two parts (in German) and related correspondence, notes, drafts of articles, published articles and photographs. Also included are transcripts of 142 lett…

Date Range: 1905-1936

Reference Code: M160 / V101

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Dr. Erich Pistor fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 160; V 101

Sous-Fonds: M 160; V 101

Accession Number: 7759 (unproc)

Reference Code: M160 / V101

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1905-1936

Physical Description: 27 photographs: prints. -- 10 cm textual records

History / Biographical: Erich Pistor was born in 1873 in Graz, Austria. He studied History of Arts and Law and earned a doctor of Law degree in 1898. Pistor worked at the Chamber of Commerce in Graz and attended the 1899 International Congress in Philadelphia and was subsequently called to the Chamber of Commerce in Vienna. He published his first book "Der Exportförderungsdienst des Handelsmuseums in Philadelphia" in 1900. Pistor travelled through Siberia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce in 1901 and 1902 and wrote "Durch Sibirien in die Südsee" in 1903. Pistor organized many exhibitions for the Chamber of Commerce within Europe and in Buenos Aires, Argentina as well as Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pistor became Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of the Austrian-British Committee, and President of the Austrian-Greek Society. Pistor spoke twelve languages.; Erich Pistor met Conrad Kain in 1904 when Pistor hired Kain as a guide. Kain was again hired by Pistor in 1905 as a guide on Pistor's honeymoon trip. In 1908 Conrad Kain moved to Vienna and studied English with Pistor's wife and in 1909, Pistor contacted the CPR and the Alpine Club of Canada to secure summer employment for Kain as a guide with the ACC.; Pistor's first wife, Sara, was a British citizen with whom he had three children. Two of these children died in WWII in Stalingrad and Sara died in 1930.; In 1932 Pistor married his second wife and they had a son Gerhart, born 1938. Pistor and his family fled Vienna in 1944 during the bombing of the city and lived in Prein/Rax, then Reichenau. Dr. Erich Pistor died in 1954.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers and photographs regarding Conrad Kain, 1905-1936. Records include a draft manuscript of Conrad Kain's autobiography in two parts (in German) and related correspondence, notes, drafts of articles, published articles and photographs. Also included are transcripts of 142 letters between Amelia Malek and Conrad Kain, 1906-1933; correspondence between Pistor and Conrad Kain, J. Monroe Thorington, Amelia Malek and others.; Fonds includes photographs of portraits of Kain, Kain's climbing and trapping views and Kain's farm in Wilmer, B.C.

Name Access: Pistor, Erich (Dr.) Kain, Conrad

Subject Access: Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access and use apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Related Material: M106 / 192 in J. Monroe Thorington fonds

Creator: Pistor, Dr. Erich

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Gerhard Pistor, son; Conrad Kain compendium prepared by Brian Patton for Mark Kingsbury Foundation

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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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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Parks Canada fonds

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Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada. I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private …

Date Range: [ca.1887-ca.1995]

Reference Code: M317 / S23 / V488

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Machine-readable data file; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Government record; Map; Plan

Part Of: Parks Canada fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 317; S 23; V 488

Sous-Fonds: M 317; S 23; V 488

Accession Number: 97, 90, 1155, 1270, 1386, 1396, 1487, 1500, 1539, 1552, 1848, 1877, 1911, 1969, 2140, 2147, 2185, 2267, 2342, 2360, 2365, 2382, 2530, 2539, 2683, 2749, 2819, 2938, 2971, 2979, 2990, 2994, 2977, 3026, 3067, 3120, 3238, 3296, 3344, 3368, 3381, 3403, 3458, 3466, 3473, 3624, 3678, 3765, 3783, 3847, 3875, 4008, 5018, 5054, 5085, 5114, 5141, 5222, 5321, 6015, 6372, 6373, 6404, 6410, 6423, 6444, 6699, 6756, 6924, 7057, 7061, 7228, 7351, 8134 (unproc) 7770, 7511, 2015.8407

Reference Code: M317 / S23 / V488

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Video; Photograph; Machine-readable data file; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Government record; Map; Plan

Other Title Info: Also known as the Canadian Parks Service collection.

Date Range: [ca.1887-ca.1995]

Physical Description: ca.13,557 photographs: prints, negatives, transparencies: col.; 35mm, 1 CD-ROM (556 digital scans). -- ca.55 sound recordings: audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. -- ca.2.5 m textual records. -- 9 motion pictures: si., b&w; 16mm

History / Biographical: Parks Canada administers national parks in Canada. The agency has been administered by several government departments and undergone numerous name changes over the years. Most recently it was known as the Canadian Parks Service. Parks Canada is responsible for the administration of mountain parks and, in some cases, townsites within these parks. Until 1990, it administered the town of Banff in Banff National Park. Parks Canada provides a variety of services to visitors and residents pertaining to interpretive and visitor information; trail, resource and wildlife management; fire protection, mountaineering search and rescue and avalanche control; facilities and utilities; townsite services etc.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of material pertaining to the mountain parks of western Canada.; I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection, 1903-1965 (predominant 1920s-1950s), ca.1756 prints and negatives. Pertains mainly to Banff townsite and developments and facilities within the park. Included are private and government buildings, dwellings, roads and utilities; resource and wildlife development and management; visitor facilities; lodges, hotels and bungalow camps; warden and fire protection activities; Banff events; Norman Sanson trips and expeditions.; I.B. Banff National Park warden service photographs, motion pictures and documentation pertaining to wardens, warden activities and cabins, wildlife management; ca.11,000 items. Series includes 2 National Parks Service motion pictures "Hunting without a gun",1930 and Stalking big game", 1930.; I.C. Lantern slides, 2 sets (accn.3783); includes CPR lecture set, ca.1915, 145 items, and Canadian Rockies lecture set, ca.1920, 54 items, accompanied by lecture notes (stored with textual material M317).; I.D. Cave and Basin project; copies of mainly snapshot prints acquired by the Cave and Basin restoration and re-development project, 1981-1985, from various individuals, 204 items.; I.E. Yoho National Park collected photographs, ca.90 photographs : prints, pertain to Yoho National Park landscape, scenery, railway, places and facilities, including Field. Accompanied by 3 letters. Collected from numerous donors, including Kevin Hargadon, T. Lees, Ernie Plant, F. W. Yeats and Millie Adamson.; I.F. Other, ca.90 items?; prints, transparencies, copy negatives, video recording. Includes: colour transparencies by Jack Holroyd and Bruce Gordon, 1966-1974, re Banff buildings and Protection Mountain mine; photographs of Bankhead, its people and activities used for project Bankhead: The Twenty Year Town by Ben Gadd, 1989; video recording, "Saskatchewan Glacier Clean-up 1994"; VHS cassette copy of National Parks of Canada films produced in the 1930s, including Winter Wonderland, Skiing at Lake Louise, Skiing in Cloudland, Sunshine and Powder Snow, When Winter Comes and "She Climbs to Conquer" by William J. Oliver featuring Georgia Engelhard and Swiss Guide, Ernest Feuz, 1932. CD-ROM includes scanned images from a photograph album "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park" ; Tom Boon's photographs of Mount Royal Hotel fire, 1967, and photograph of C.A. (Alfred) Boon, Union Oil representative at Field and Banff, 1935.; II. Sound recordings series, 1977-1985, ca.55 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes, audio tape reel. Series consists of: A. Yoho National Park human history study, 1977, 20 cassettes. B. Memoirs of the Warden Service oral history project, 1984, 15 interviews (29 cassettes). Project was conducted by Maryalice Harvey Stewart. Accompanied by report. C. Other, 1980-1985, 3 items, includes rededication ceremonies for Kootenay National Park and for the Park Museum, Banff, also recording pertaining to the Castleguard Caves.; III. Textual records series, [ca.1887]-1994, ca.250 cm of textual records. Series consists of unpublished reports and management plans; visitor registers, summit registers, cabin and fire lookout registers (some with photographs); register of pack parties, Banff National Park, 1922-1933; maps and plans, including annotated warden service maps; warden records; surveyor notebooks; and transcripts and ephemera pertaining to ceremonies and events. Reports pertain to archaeological sites and research, national parks history, warden service, coal mining in the Bankhead area, predator studies, Cave and Basin, Radium Hot Springs, Ya Ha Tinda Ranch and other sites.

Notes: Original photograph album of the scanned images on CD-ROM is located in the Warden's office, Banff National Park Archival Room, cabinet 4, entitled "Public Works Projects 1930s Banff National Park"

Name Access: Parks Canada

Subject Access: Banff National Park - Wardens; Bankhead; Buildings and facilities; Commerce and industry; Environment; Government; Natural resources; Science and technology; Surveying

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Separate finding aid database Parks Canada M317 S23 V488: file level description, includes processed and unprocessed; Finding aids and reference tools: electronic series description; basic description for processed material; basic description for Series I.A. Banff National Park photograph collection (accn.3783); accession record copies for unprocessed material; sound recording summaries and reference copy recordings; modern reference prints for Cave and Basin photographs

Related Material: Related records can be found in Rocky Mountains Park fonds (M410); Alpine hut registers for ACC huts managed for a time by Parks Canada are in M200 / I.C.1. Alpine Club of Canada, Hut and clubhouse registers

Creator: Parks Canada

Category: Commerce and industry; Environment; Government; Natural resources; Science and technology

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Canadian Mount Everest Expedition sous-fonds. -- 1979-1984.

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Canadian Mount Everest Expedition records are primarily Director's records; also includes material on publication, "Everest Canada."

Date Range: predom. 1978-1984

Reference Code: M200 / II / AC407

Description Level: 2 / Sous-fonds

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 2 / Sous-fonds

Fonds Number: M200

Series: II.

Sous-Fonds: II. Canadian Mount Everest Expedition

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: M200 / II / AC407

Responsibility: Records were generated by the Canadian Mount Everest Society.

Date Range: predom. 1978-1984

Physical Description: 3.15 m of textual records.

History / Biographical: The Alpine Club of Canada was a major sponsor of the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition.

Scope & Content: Canadian Mount Everest Expedition records are primarily Director's records; also includes material on publication, "Everest Canada."

Finding Aid: Inventory available in this database; select Alpine Club of Canada - inventory from list

Related Material: Constitutes Sous-fonds II of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Some records pertaining to expedition planning and preparation can also be found in I.A.2.d. and I.A.3.d., ACC admininstrative records. Other records pertaining to the expedition can be found in Larry Emrick fonds (M539), Bruce Patterson fonds (S42), Peter Spear fonds (M562,V787, S56), John Amatt fonds (M563, V788, S57), and Al Burgess fonds (M64, S48)

Title Source: Title based on contents of sous-fonds.

Processing Status: Processed.

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Personal papers and photographs sous-fonds. -- 1887-1984.

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Constitutes Sous-fonds III of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Consists of members' personal papers and photographs accumulated by the Alpine Club of Canada prior to 1986. Material pertains primarily to ACC camps, expeditions, climbs, activities and facilities; and to mountaineering in general. M…

Reference Code: M200 / III; V14 / III; For full list of file numbers, select series III in database search.

Description Level: 2 / Sous-fonds

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 2 / Sous-fonds

Series: III. Personal papers and photographs sous-fonds

Sous-Fonds: III. Personal papers and photographs

Accession Number: 5200; 5458; 6337; 6376; 6465

Reference Code: M200 / III; V14 / III; For full list of file numbers, select series III in database search.

Physical Description: ??? cm of textual records. -- ??? photograpahs.

Scope & Content: Constitutes Sous-fonds III of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Consists of members' personal papers and photographs accumulated by the Alpine Club of Canada prior to 1986. Material pertains primarily to ACC camps, expeditions, climbs, activities and facilities; and to mountaineering in general. Major groups of material include: Paul A. W. Wallace papers and photographs, 1912- 1945; Frank W. Freeborn photographs, 1905-1914; Preston L. Tait photographs, 1911-1946; Phyllis Munday photographs, ca.1920-ca.1940; W. E. Stone photographs, 1912-1921; H. F. Lambart papers and photographs, 1913-1937; and Elizabeth Parker photographs, 1906-1912. Other significant groups of material include: Geoffrey Capes papers and photographs, 1947-1957; Byron Harmon photographs, 1906-ca.1920; J. P. Forde photographs, 1906-1913; George Battell photographs, ca.1909-1915; J. W. A. Hickson photographs, 1909-1919; L. C. Ford photographs, 1919-1932; Edward C. Porter photographs, ca.1950- 1981; Harry Pollard photographs, 1910-ca.1925; W. W. Foster photographs, 1925; A. A. McCoubrey papers, 1906-1937; H. A. V. Green papers, 1953-1958; A. T. Dalton photographs, 1902, 1907; Cora Sutter photographs, ca.1945; George Kinney papers and photographs, ca.1907; Malcolm Goddard photographs, 1912, n.d.; Elliott Barnes photographs, 1907; J. Norman Collie photographs, 1897- 1910. Single items or small groups of items originate with the following: Duke of Abruzzi, H. W. Allan, Allen H. Bent, Frances Arnold Black, Eric Brooks, Neal Carter, Rollin T. Chamberlin, Nick Clinch, Mary Cockerton, H. A. Constantine, Mary Fallis, Willima O. Field, Margaret Fleming, Don Forrester, H. O. Frind, A. L Harkness, Dorothy Hartley, G. Horne, Emil Huber, Ernest A. Jenkins, Mary L. Jobe, Conrad Kain, R. Kelly, F. V. Longstaff, H. MacKay, Claire McIntyre, D. S. McTavish, Edwin W. Mills, S. H. Mitchell, Don Munday, Elizabeth M. Rife, D. A. Sampson, R. A. Schluter, Vaux family, Betty Walker, C. G. Wates, A. O. Wheeler, Frank Yeigh.

Finding Aid: Inventory available in this database; select Alpine Club of Canada - inventory from list

Related Material: Constitutes Sous-fonds III of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Material compliments Alpine Club of Canada records, particularly with regards to camps, climbs, expeditions and facilities. Photographs by professional photographers such as Byron Harmon, Harry Pollard and Elliott Barnes may have been produced on behalf of the club and related to I.A.1.j. Administration: photography. Paul A. W. Wallace material is also held by the Glenbow Archives, Calgary.

Title Source: Title based on material.

Processing Status: Processed.

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Summit Canister

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Date: 1948 – 1986

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1099

Description: Capped copper tube, Mount Hungabee, 1.5 mm thick copper tube, caps 3.2 long, one soldered to tube. Some lightning damage,"ACC" stamped on cap.

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Title: Summit Canister

Date: 1948 – 1986

Material: metal

Dimensions: 18.0 cm

Description: Capped copper tube, Mount Hungabee, 1.5 mm thick copper tube, caps 3.2 long, one soldered to tube. Some lightning damage,"ACC" stamped on cap.

Subject: sports; climbing; Mount Hungabee; ACC

Credit: Gift of Allan Kane, Calgary, 1986

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1099

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Printing Plate

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Date: 1914

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 104.43.1009

Description: A printing plate for the "Alpine Club of Canada Yoho Camp 1914". Various shapes of pictures of mountains and people with the Club's logo bottom corner.

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Title: Printing Plate

Date: 1914

Material: metal

Dimensions: 22.5 x 30.4 cm

Description: A printing plate for the "Alpine Club of Canada Yoho Camp 1914". Various shapes of pictures of mountains and people with the Club's logo bottom corner.

Subject: Alpine Club of Canada; ACC; climbing; lodges and camps

Credit: Gift of Glenbow Museum, Calgary, 1984

Catalogue Number: 104.43.1009

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Commemorative Plaque

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Date: 1908

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1052

Description: Wooden plaque, William S Vaux Jr. oak panel 63.5x32.5x3.3 has carved lettering : "This fireplace in memory of William S Vaux Jr. A.C.C. student of glaciers 1887-1908 Born 1872 - Died 1908", wooden pegs each corner, mounted on larger wooden base

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Title: Commemorative Plaque

Date: 1908

Material: wood

Dimensions: 46.2 x 77.6 cm

Description: Wooden plaque, William S Vaux Jr. oak panel 63.5x32.5x3.3 has carved lettering : "This fireplace in memory of William S Vaux Jr. A.C.C. student of glaciers 1887-1908 Born 1872 - Died 1908", wooden pegs each corner, mounted on larger wooden base

Subject: exploration; William S. Vaux Jr; ACC; glaciology; geology

Credit: Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1052

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Book Case

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Date: 1918

Material: wood; glass; metal; skin

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1049

Description: Mounted, glass covered book case, leather covered book, patterned fabric lined, ivory coloured. Cover has all metal inscriptions: ribbon-shape centre top: "The Alpine Club of Canada",oval insignia 4.6 x 2.8, ram's head and ACC. Single brass letters centered: "Members War Record 1914-1918", copper p…

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Title: Book Case

Date: 1918

Material: wood; glass; metal; skin

Description: Mounted, glass covered book case, leather covered book, patterned fabric lined, ivory coloured. Cover has all metal inscriptions: ribbon-shape centre top: "The Alpine Club of Canada",oval insignia 4.6 x 2.8, ram's head and ACC. Single brass letters centered: "Members War Record 1914-1918", copper plates each side 12.8 x 5.0 with ice pick and rope. Silver coloured rope over bottom copper plate 9.0 x21.5, centered on this plate a wreath 6.0 x 6.3 with "SIC ITVR AD ASTRA"inside. Mounted on oak base 57.0 x 46.5 c 6.0, glass walls 11.2 x .5 thick. 16.5 long brass rods through corners of glass go through base to tighten withwing nuts.

Subject: institutions; Alpine Club of Canada; ACC; World War I

Credit: Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1049

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Summit Canister

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Date: 1964 – 1983

Material: metal

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1107

Description: Copper pipe with closed ends used as a canister. Copper pipe forming body of canister has many marks from trying to remove loose end forming the lid. Other end piece has been soldered on. Each of the two end pieces has "Emco" stamped on them and removable end has A.C.C. stamped on top.

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Title: Summit Canister

Date: 1964 – 1983

Material: metal

Dimensions: 16.8 cm

Description: Copper pipe with closed ends used as a canister. Copper pipe forming body of canister has many marks from trying to remove loose end forming the lid. Other end piece has been soldered on. Each of the two end pieces has "Emco" stamped on them and removable end has A.C.C. stamped on top.

Subject: ACC; Alpine Club of Canada; sports; climbing; Mount Joffre

Credit: Gift of George Field, Canmore, 1984

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1107

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Ice Ax

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Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1028 a-i

Description: Various woods and axe heads, some with name plates. (a) 96.0x27.0, A.O. Wheeler (b) 103.8x28.5, Mrs. Arthur O. Wheeler (c) 99.0x26.9 Benjamin Frank Seaver A.C.C. (d) 95.7x28.8 A.H. MacC (e) 95.8x23.4 H.E. Sampson (f) 110.7x30.5 GHR Kaufman (g) 114.5x26.0 C.E.F. (h) 91.5x25.0 C.P.R. (i) 85.5x26.7 A…

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Title: Ice Ax

Date: 1900 – 1930

Material: wood; metal

Description: Various woods and axe heads, some with name plates. (a) 96.0x27.0, A.O. Wheeler (b) 103.8x28.5, Mrs. Arthur O. Wheeler (c) 99.0x26.9 Benjamin Frank Seaver A.C.C. (d) 95.7x28.8 A.H. MacC (e) 95.8x23.4 H.E. Sampson (f) 110.7x30.5 GHR Kaufman (g) 114.5x26.0 C.E.F. (h) 91.5x25.0 C.P.R. (i) 85.5x26.7 Arthur Beale.

Subject: sports; climbing; ACC; Alpine Club of Canada; A.O. Wheeler; guides; JHR Kaufman

Credit: Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973

Catalogue Number: 108.04.1028 a-i

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Commemorative Plaque

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Date: 1981

Material: plastic

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1155

Description: Grey plastic commemorative plaque with mounting holes each corner. "LAWRENCE GRASSI Mountaineer. guide. pioneer. trail builder. miner. and friend of all mountain travellers. BORN - Falmenta. Italy. December 20. 1890 DIED - Canmore. Alberta. February 5. 1980. Construction of this mountain hut was m…

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Title: Commemorative Plaque

Date: 1981

Material: plastic

Dimensions: 21.6 x 28.0 cm

Description: Grey plastic commemorative plaque with mounting holes each corner. "LAWRENCE GRASSI Mountaineer. guide. pioneer. trail builder. miner. and friend of all mountain travellers. BORN - Falmenta. Italy. December 20. 1890 DIED - Canmore. Alberta. February 5. 1980. Construction of this mountain hut was made possible by: Lawrence Grassi - Canmore Alberta and the generosity of the Hayes family of Portland. Oregon: Edmund Hayes. Senior Former President. Canmore Mines Ltd. Edmund Hayes. Junior Frederick W. Hayes Philip S. Hayes. DEDICATED AUGUST. 1981"

Subject: Lawrence Grassi; Alpine Club of Canada; ACC

Credit: Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1984

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1155

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Summit tales : early adventures in the Canadian Rockies

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

Published Date: 2005

Author: Pole, Graeme

Publisher: Canmore : Altitude Publishing

Call Number: 01.4 P75s

Author: Pole, Graeme

Publisher: Canmore : Altitude Publishing

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 112p. ill., maps

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

Subjects: Alpine Club of Canada; Brown, Mount; Expedition, ACC-Smithsonian; Expedition, Ostheimer; Hooker, Mount; Mountain guides; Outfitters, trail guides, packers; Photography

Notes: Topics include: phototopography, mountaineers (Gertrude Benham, A.P. Coleman, J. Norman Collie, Charles Fay, W.O. Field, Jean Habel, George Kinney, James Outram, Hugh Stutfield, Charles Thompson, J. Monroe Thorington, Arthur Oliver Wheeler, Edward Whymper, and Walter Wilcox)

ISBN: 1 55153 937 3

Accession Number: 7584 (2 copies - 1 in reference room); 7899

Call Number: 01.4 P75s

Collection: Archives Library

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Membership Pin Collection

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Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: metal; antler

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1054 a-k

Description: a-f on white hat (103.04.1019 b), h-k on red hat (103.04.1019 a)(a) Canadian Rockies Skyline Hikers, green rim with “CANADIAN ROCKIES SKYLINE HIKERS,” yellow sky, blue mountains, green ground and large red hiking boot at centre(b) Flying white heron on dark blue background, heron and pin bordered w…

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Title: Membership Pin Collection

Date: 1930 – 1960

Material: metal; antler

Description: a-f on white hat (103.04.1019 b), h-k on red hat (103.04.1019 a)(a) Canadian Rockies Skyline Hikers, green rim with “CANADIAN ROCKIES SKYLINE HIKERS,” yellow sky, blue mountains, green ground and large red hiking boot at centre(b) Flying white heron on dark blue background, heron and pin bordered with gold metal(c) Canadian flag pin(d) Canadian Rockies TrailRiders gold pin, says “ CANADIAN ROCKIES TRAILRIDERS” around edge, person on horse in centre(e) moose antler carved into owl pin, largest of the pins at around 5cm in length(f) Canadian Rockies TrailRiders, coloured with blue rim and gold lettering “CANADIAN ROCKIES TRAILRIDERS” around edge, person riding white horse in centre with blue sky, greenery, and grey ground(g) The Alpine Club of Canada pin(h) Pick and “ACC” intertwined with coloured lines (white, grey, green)(i) Mountain Rescue Service Canada pin, circular, white background to words going around border “MOUNTAIN RESCUE SERVICE CANADA” with maple leaf on each side of “Canada”, large red cross with white mountain and blue sky beneath at centre(j) Bugaboos pin, red mountain outline with blue sky and three black figures and “BUGABOOS” at bottom(k) elaborate metal crest with pick and rope, flower, and hiking shoes, bordered by leaves]

Subject: Lillian Gest; Skyline Hikers; ACC; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Alpine Club of Canada

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986

Catalogue Number: 105.02.1054 a-k

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Documents found in ACC Library Publications and Periodicals

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a letter addressed to Professor Howes, n.d. from Stazione Zoologica Napoli. Signature of author of letter is difficult to read. Letter was found in ACC Library book DT361/M6; note from desk of Secretary-Treasurer W.C. Ledingham of ACC, February 17, 1964. Letter was found in ACC p…

Reference Code: M200

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Reference Code: M200

Physical Description: 0.5 cm textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of a letter addressed to Professor Howes, n.d. from Stazione Zoologica Napoli. Signature of author of letter is difficult to read. Letter was found in ACC Library book DT361/M6; note from desk of Secretary-Treasurer W.C. Ledingham of ACC, February 17, 1964. Letter was found in ACC periodical Iranian Mountaineering Federation Journal; newspaper clipping for Tyndall's Alpine Books, n.d., found in ACC Library book QE576/T95/1906; In Memorium page of Francis Gledhill and Nicholas Vanderbilt found in ACC periodical Harvard Mountaineering. No.22 (1984); ACC Financial statements 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1970. Found with ACC Gazettes of corresponding years;