Narrow Results By
John Yates fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions429
- Part Of
- John Yates fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to John Yates pack trips, including Arnold Mumm expedition to Mount Robson; hunting trips, including one to the Mount Chown region; Yates family, especially children, Jack and Elsie; friends and associates; Yates ranch at Lac St. Ann. Photographs attributed to Arnold Mumm have ident…
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-ca.1924]
- Reference Code
- V65
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- John Yates fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 65
- Sous-Fonds
- V 65
- Accession Number
- 2255, 2505, 6361
- Reference Code
- V65
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-ca.1924]
- Physical Description
- 3 photograph albums (ca.300 prints). -- ca.60 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- John Yates was a packer and outfitter in the Jasper, Alberta, Canada area. He was born in England in 1880 and educated in California, United States. In approximately 1906, he homestead near Lac Ste. Anne, west of Edmonton, Alberta and later had a homestead and coal mining lease near Brule Lake, Alberta. He packed supplies and carried mail for Grand Trunk Pacific Railway surveys and construction. From 1908 until ca.1920, Yates was an outfitter and guide for numerous mountaineering parties in the Mount Robson, British Columbia / Jasper, Alberta area. He established a reputation as an excellent mountaineer. Yates retired from outfitting and moved back to California, ca.1920.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to John Yates pack trips, including Arnold Mumm expedition to Mount Robson; hunting trips, including one to the Mount Chown region; Yates family, especially children, Jack and Elsie; friends and associates; Yates ranch at Lac St. Ann. Photographs attributed to Arnold Mumm have identifications on the reverse. Other identifications have been provided by Elsie (Yates) Bethard and Ishbel Cockrane.
- Name Access
- Bethard, Elsie (Yates)
- Mumm, Arnold
- Yates, Jack
- Yates, John
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- Creator
- Yates, John
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.