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Chic Scott fonds

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Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Evere…

Date Range: 1982-2021

Reference Code: M57 / S47 / V40

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Digital image; Motion picture; Video; Photograph; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M57 / S47 / V40

Sous-Fonds: M57; S47; V40

Accession Number: 6499; 6772; 7330; 8110; 8123; 2014.8295; 2014.8311; 2014.8374; 2015.8559; 2019.57; 2021.15 (unproc)

Reference Code: M57 / S47 / V40

GMD: Machine-readable data file; Digital image; Motion picture; Video; Photograph; Photograph print; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1982-2021

Physical Description: Sound recordings: 224 audio tape cassettes, 7 audio tape reels. -- 78 CD-ROM. with digital files -- Moving images: 148 videocassettes: 133 Hi8, 15 VHS. ; 149 DVDs -- 4.2 m textual records

History / Biographical: Charles (Chic) C. Scott, b.1945, is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas until the mid-1970s. He guided extensively in the European Alps for five seasons, ca.1970, and worked as a climber for "The Eiger Sanction," a Hollywood movie starring Clint Eastwood. Scott resumed climbing in 1988, after a period working at the University of Calgary. His publications include "Alpinism," editor, "Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies," "The History of the Calgary Mountain Club", "Summits and Icefields", "Pushing the Limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering", "Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains", and "Deep Powder and Steep Rock : the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser".

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Everest Expedition, and collected and personal materials. Items in fonds are arranged mostly by individual projects/areas of research.

Notes: Fonds consists of 15 series: Series I : Pushing the Limits Series II : Mountain Romantics Series III : Summits and Icefields Series IV : Powder Pioneers Series V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock Series VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies Series VII : Hans Gmoser Film Collection Series VIII : The Canadian Himalayan Foundation Series IX : The Book of Mortimer Series X : Tommy and Lawrence Series XI : The Yam Series XII :Calgary Mountain Club Series XIII : Young at Heart Series XIV : Chic Scott personal records Series XV : A LIFE IN THE WILD: The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin Access to interviews limited to VHS reference compilations.

Name Access: Scott, Charles (Chic); Scott, Chic

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure; Publication; Research; Personal and Professional Life; Mountaineering; Interview; Organizations; Biography

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

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: reference copy recordings; Finding aids and reference tools series and file description

Creator: Scott, Chic

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

Title Source: Title based on accession record and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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The history of winter alpinism in the Canadian Rockies

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Scott, Chic

Call Number: P

Author: Scott, Chic

Physical Description: p.44-50

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Mountaineering

Notes: In Alpinism, no.1, 1988

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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The last unclimbable : Brussels Peak

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Scott, Chic

Call Number: P

Author: Scott, Chic

Physical Description: p. 50-54

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Equipment; Mountaineering; Names, Geographical

Notes: In Mountain Heritage Magazine, vol. 3, no. 2, Summer 2000; Excerpt from "Pushing the limits, the story of Canadian mountaineering" / Chic Scott

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Tragedy on Mount Temple and the birth of mountain rescue

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Scott, Chic

Call Number: P

Author: Scott, Chic

Physical Description: p. 32 - 39 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Accidents; Mountaineering; Perren, Walter; Wardens

Notes: In Mountain Heritage Magazine, vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 2000/2001)

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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A life in the wild : the story of mountain explorer John Baldwin

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

Published Date: 2019

Author: Scott, Chic

Publisher: Canmore, Alberta : The Alpine Club of Canada

Edition: Summit Series 2019

Call Number: 01.4 Sc3a

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Author: Scott, Chic

Responsibility: Chic Scott

Edition: Summit Series 2019

Publisher: Canmore, Alberta : The Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2019

Physical Description: 43 pages : illustrations

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

Subjects: Skiing; Mountaineering; Travel; Biography

Abstract: Known affectionately to his friends as the King of the Coast Range, John Baldwin has spent his life in a quest to experience the west coast wilderness. Since his teenage years he has explored the rugged Coast Mountain Range, climbing 700 peaks, many of them first ascents, and making perhaps one hundred multi-week, long-distance forays across the icefields and along the ridges of what is one of the last true wilderness areas on earth. Shunning the easy path, John has forged his own way through some of the toughest geography on the planet. He is a mountaineer and explorer of the first order (from Alpine Club of Canada)

Contents: Introduction; Chapter One - an idyllic childhood; Chapter Two - the Varsity Outdoor Club; Chapter Three - a world of snow and ice; Chapter Four - adventures with John Clark; Chapter Five - the mountains of the coast; Chapter Six - soul of wilderness; Chapter Seven - a life dedicated to mountains

ISBN: 9780920330777

Accession Number: 2021.08

Call Number: 01.4 Sc3a

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Available to order via Alpine Club of Canada

Websites

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Mount assiniboine : the story

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

Published Date: 2020

Author: Scott, Chic

Publisher: Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing

Edition: First

Call Number: 08.3 Sco3m

Author: Scott, Chic

Edition: First

Publisher: Banff, A.B. : Assiniboine Publishing

Published Date: 2020

Physical Description: 336 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 32 cm

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

Subjects: Assiniboine, Mount; Tourism; History-Canada; Mountaineering; Climbing; Hiking; Camping; Backcountry; Travel

Abstract: This book tells the story of the history of Mount Assiniboine and the surrounding area. Mount Assiniboine is a beautiful mountain located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in south eastern British Columbia. -- Provided by publisher

Contents: First Nations History at Mount Assiniboine ; Part One: The Discovery of Mount Assiniboine (1800-1910) ; Part Two: The Wheeler Years (1913-1927) ; Part Three: Strom's Half-century: Part I (1928-1950) ; Part Four: Strom's Half-century: Part 2 (1950-1983) ; Part Five: The Renner Years (1983-2010) ; Part Six: A New Generation Takes Over