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Dr. Gerald Wright fonds
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- Part Of
- Dr. Gerald Wright fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…
- Date Range
- 1965-1967
- Reference Code
- M585 / V805
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Organization record
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Dr. Gerald Wright fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M585 / V805
- Sous-Fonds
- M585
- Accession Number
- 2021.19
- Reference Code
- M585 / V805
- Date Range
- 1965-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy. In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988. Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies. He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Wright, Gerald
- Blanchard, W.E. (Smoke)
- Johnson, Roy
- Mock, R.G. (Tex)
- Sharp, Dave
- Swift, Bob
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Centennial
- Climbing
- Club
- Discovery and exploration
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Map
- Medicine
- Membership
- Mount St. Elias
- Mountain
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Photography
- Records
- Record keeping
- Scenery
- Sports and recreation
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Yukon
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Staples removed from letters and equipment lists
- Biographical Source Notes
- Memorial card
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Miscellaneous club records
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55760
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Includes blank letterhead, blank carbon copy letterhead, a Burwash Landing Walking Tour brochure, and a poem about the centennial of the ACC 1967 Yukon expedition written by Caroline Carver [printed email].
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980-2017]
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 331M / 02
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- I.A.1.k. Administration: other / miscellaneous
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Accession Number
- 2021.32
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 331M / 02
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980-2017]
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Includes blank letterhead, blank carbon copy letterhead, a Burwash Landing Walking Tour brochure, and a poem about the centennial of the ACC 1967 Yukon expedition written by Caroline Carver [printed email].
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Burwash Landing
- Yukon
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on material
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition records. -- 1966-1967
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition team applications [1966-1967] and one pad of blank pink YACE application forms. Team applications include: "Good Neighbour Peak" - J. Vincent Hoeman (co-leader), Daniel R. Davis, George H. Denton, John E. (Jed) Williamson, Montague (Monty) Alford…
- Date Range
- 1966-1967
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 008M / 03
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Organization record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200 / S6 / V14
- Series
- I.A.2.d.ii. Administration: expeditions - Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Accession Number
- 2021.32
- Reference Code
- M200 / AC 008M / 03
- Date Range
- 1966-1967
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (16 volumes ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition team applications [1966-1967] and one pad of blank pink YACE application forms. Team applications include: "Good Neighbour Peak" - J. Vincent Hoeman (co-leader), Daniel R. Davis, George H. Denton, John E. (Jed) Williamson, Montague (Monty) Alford (co-leader), Glen W. Boles, Dr. Alan Bruce-Robertson, Leslie McDonald. [This team was half American, half Canadian]. (T-Bone Camp) Mt. British Columbia - Ralph M. J. Hutchinson (leader), Andrew Gruft, Byron E.D. Olson, Karl A. Winter. Mt. Northwest - Patrick D. Baird (leader), James R. Caldwell, James M. Ferguson, Donald C. Morton. Mt. Yukon - Michael MacCallum (leader), Hugo Hohener, Dr. William Louie, James W. White. (Prairie Camp) Mt. Alberta - D. Wayne Smith (leader), Philip J. Dowling, Klaus Hahn, Dr. Gerald A. Wright. Centennial Peak - Waldemar P. (Fips) Broda (leader), Klaus Boeger, Stanley D. Rosenbaum, Jean-Robert (Hans) Weber. Mt. Manitoba - Patrick (Paddy) Sherman (leader), Dr. Raymond Denson, Donald J. Forest, Duncan McDougall. Mt. Ontario - Helmut F. Microys (leader), Sev. A. Heiberg, Alex J. Norman, W. Roland Reader. Mt. Saskatchewan - Miss Gertrude L. Smith (leader), Mrs. Helen Butling, Miss Andrea J. Rankin, Mrs. Wendy F. Teichmann. (Fundy Camp) Mt. New Brunswick - Peter B. Spear (leader), Stephen A. Bezruchka, Christopher Gardner, Robin Lidstone. Mt. Newfoundland - Werner Himmelsbach (leader), Dr. Richard H.M. Roe, Donald W. Soughan, Ian H. Stewart. Mt. Nova Scotia - Robert M. Paul (leader), Commander Frederick W. Crickard C.A.F., Donald M.E. Poole, Maurice A. Tyler. Mt. Prince Edward Island - Norman Purssell (leader), Albert L. Parke, Brenden M. Moss, Christopher J. Smith. Mt. Quebec - Claude Lavallée (leader), André Hébert, Peter W. Hutchins, Hans P. Munger.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Centennial
- Climbing
- Club
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Geographic Access
- Yukon
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Staples removed
- Title Source
- Title based on material
- Processing Status
- Processed
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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