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- Part Of
- Longstaff family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains mainly to the Longstaff family visit to the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains in 1903. Photographs pertain to pack trips, camps, hikes, activities and scenic views. Many of the negatives may be attributed to Beatrice Longstaff. Two of the photograph albums pertain to the 1903 trip; one w…
- Date Range
- 1903-1947, 1969, predominant 1903-1910
- Reference Code
- M96 / V348
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Longstaff family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 96
- V 348
- Sous-Fonds
- M 96
- V 348
- Accession Number
- 463, 500, 699, 836
- Reference Code
- M96 / V348
- Date Range
- 1903-1947, 1969, predominant 1903-1910
- Physical Description
- 3 photograph albums (359 prints). -- 105 photographs (89 negatives, 16 prints). -- 2 textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Longstaff family, which included (at the least) Beatrice, Katharine, Gilbert, Frederick, Tom and Margaret Longstaff, were tourists and mountaineers from Sussex, England. They first visited the Canadian Rocky and Selkirk Mountains in 1903. Major F. V. (Frederick) Longstaff, 1879-1961, returned to Canada in 1909 and settled in Victoria in 1911. He was a frequent visitor to the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains throughout his life. Dr. Tom George Longstaff, 1878-1964, a renowned world mountaineer, visited with his sister Katharine in 1910 to climb in the Mount Assiniboine area. Tom Longstaff and Rudolf Aemmer made the first ascent of the north-west face of Mount Assiniboine, and Wedgwood Peak, near Mount Assiniboine, was named for Katharine Longstaff Wedgwood. Tom Longstaff visited western Canada again in 1912. An account of his Canadian experiences was included in his book, "This My Voyage," published in 1950.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains mainly to the Longstaff family visit to the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains in 1903. Photographs pertain to pack trips, camps, hikes, activities and scenic views. Many of the negatives may be attributed to Beatrice Longstaff.
- Two of the photograph albums pertain to the 1903 trip; one was assembled by Katharine Longstaff Wedgwood, the other by Margaret Longstaff Sawyer. An album of views of the 1910 trip was assembled by Katharine Longstaff Wedgwood.
- Prints include views by F. V. Longstaff sent to relatives in England.
- Accompanied by "Another world: Being the musings of a lazy afternoon on the Rotunda, Banff," manuscript by Beatrice M. Longstaff Lance, 1903? Lance describes her impressions of the Rockies in general and the view at sunset from the Banff Springs Hotel. Also includes letter, 1969 November 13, from Katharine L. Wedgwood of Glasbwynr, Hereford, England, to Margaret C. Wylie of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Letter discusses the death of Nancy Lyall and includes recollections of trips to the Canadian Rockies.
- Name Access
- Longstaff Lance, Beatrice M.
- Longstaff, F. V. (Frederick)
- Sawyer, Margaret Longstaff
- Wedgwood, Katharine Longstaff
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- modern reference prints
- microfilm copies of albums
- Creator
- Longstaff, Beatrice
- Longstaff, F. V,
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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