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First ascent and summit note collection
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- Scope & Content
- Artificial collection of summit and cairn notes and registers assembled by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Consists of notes and registers recording ascents and routes for various peaks in the mountains of western Canada. Includes notes by prominent mountaineers, guides and personalities…
- Date Range
- 1897-2009
- Reference Code
- M235
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 235
- Sous-Fonds
- M 235
- Accession Number
- 1047, 1050, 1052, 1067, 1073, 1087, 1299, 1447, 1508, 1531, 1597, 1648, 1659, 1873, 1890, 1910, 1920, 2349, 2412, 2431, 2535, 2640, 2658, 3244, 3296, 3297, 3299, 3301, 3472, 3489, 3567, 3568, 3648, 4036, 4088, 5012, 5025, 5026, 5063, 5094, 5109, 5179, 5229, 5232, 5345, 5361, 5395, 5409, 5500, 5548, 5585, 5603, 5610, 5660, 5661, 5662, 5668, 5688, 5718, 5807, 5809, 5864, 5865, 5965, 6069, 6071, 6072, 6073, 6074, 6362, 6365, 6366, 6371, 6433, 6434 ; 6447, 6448, 6486, 6491, 6492, 6493, 6494, 6496, 6497, 6498, 6538, 6539, 6611, 6617, 6665, 6768, 7170, 7276, 7778 (unproc), 8002
- Reference Code
- M235
- Date Range
- 1897-2009
- Physical Description
- 2.6 m textual records
- Scope & Content
- Artificial collection of summit and cairn notes and registers assembled by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Consists of notes and registers recording ascents and routes for various peaks in the mountains of western Canada.
- Includes notes by prominent mountaineers, guides and personalities, including Rudolf Aemmer, Glen Boles, Eaton Cromwell, Georgia Engelhard, Edward Feuz, Val A. Fynn, Lillian Gest, Christian Hasler, Conrad Kain, Arnor Larson, A. H. MacCarthy, Alex McCoubrey, Don Munday, Phyllis Munday, H. P. Nichols, C. L. Noyes, George M. Weed, C. S. Thompson, Pierre Trudeau and others.
- Also includes registers placed by the Alberta Rockies Mountaineering Society, an organization established to coordinate the climbing of seventy- five Alberta mountains as an Alberta 75th Anniversary Project.
- The names of individual mountains, peaks and prominent mountaineers represented in this collection are maintained in subject data field.
- Name Access
- First ascent and summit note (collection)
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: electronic finding aid
- Related Material
- Additional summit notes are found in Alpine Club of Canada fonds (M200)
- Registers placed by the Alberta Rockies Mountaineering Society are related to ARMA photograph album (V615)
- Title Source
- Title describes contents of collection.
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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