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Edwin W. Mills fonds

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Part Of
Edwin W. Mills fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of records relating to Edwin Mills activities with the Alpine Club of Canada, 1920-1946. Moving images include 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937.…
Date Range
[ca.1920-1946]
Reference Code
M152 / V89
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Video
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Part Of
Edwin W. Mills fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 152
V 89
Sous-Fonds
M 152
V 89
Accession Number
7749
Reference Code
M152 / V89
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Video
Photograph
Album
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca.1920-1946]
Physical Description
4 moving images: 4 film reels; 16mm, 1 video; VHS. -- 2 photograph albums (125 prints)
History / Biographical
Edwin W. Mills, 1899-1979 was a resident of Hamilton, Ontario. He attended Ridley College and the Royal Military College, serving overseas from 1917 to 1919 in the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF. Mills was an active member of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1935-1953, attending the ACC Assiniboine Camp in 1935 as well as the first camps at the Columbia Icefields and the Bugaboos. Mills frequently hiked at Lake O'Hara, Emerald Lake, and Bow Lake. In 1937, Mills made several ascents on Ellesmere and Baffin Islands with the Canadian Arctic Foundation.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of records relating to Edwin Mills activities with the Alpine Club of Canada, 1920-1946.
Moving images include 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937.
1 photograph album contains 99 prints and is titled: With the Alpine Club, 1935. Photograph album relates to ACC camps, Mount Assiniboine area, including Lake Magog, Marvel Lake, as well as Athabaska Glacier, Columbia Icefields Camp, Jasper and historical cairns. A second photograph album contains 27 prints and is titled: Photographs taken by Edwin Mills at Columbia Icefields, July 1938.
Name Access
Mills, Edwin W.
Subject Access
Sports, recreation and leisure
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Assiniboine
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
No finding aid
Related Material
Edwin W. Mills photographs V14/AC020P/01-15
Creator
Mills, Edwin W.
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record, The Canadian Alpine Journal vol. 64, 1981, pp. 45-6
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Edwin W. Mills fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937. V89 / NF - 1 Grass part 1 V89 / NF - 2 Grass, part 2 V89 / NF - 3 Everest 1924 V89 / NF - 4 Alpine Club, 19…
Date Range
1924 - 1938
Reference Code
V89 / NF - 1 to NF - 5
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Film
Video
Part Of
Edwin W. Mills fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 152
V 89
Sous-Fonds
V89
Accession Number
7749
Reference Code
V89 / NF - 1 to NF - 5
GMD
Film
Video
Date Range
1924 - 1938
Physical Description
4 moving images: 4 film reels; 16mm, 1 video; VHS
Scope & Content
File consists of 4 reels of 16mm films: Alpine camp, 1935; Grass (2 reels); and Everest. Also included is 1 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937. V89 / NF - 1 Grass part 1 V89 / NF - 2 Grass, part 2 V89 / NF - 3 Everest 1924 V89 / NF - 4 Alpine Club, 1935 V89 / NF - 5 VHS video: Grass, 1926; Everest, 1924; ACC camps, 1935, 1938, 1946; Arctic, 1937
Name Access
Mills, Edwin W.
Language
English
Creator
Mills, Edwin W.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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