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Malcolm Geddes fonds

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Part Of
Malcolm Geddes fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts …
Date Range
[1896-2013]
Reference Code
M39 / V756
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Malcolm Geddes fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 39
V 756
Sous-Fonds
M 39
V 756
Accession Number
5545, 6504, 7846, 2014.8306, 2015.8558
Reference Code
M39 / V756
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Transparency
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Responsibility
Some views are by Malcolm Geddes; many were obtained through other sources
Date Range
[1896-2013]
Physical Description
444 photographs: 385 b&w and col. transparencies, 59 b&w prints -- 1 album (28 b&w prints) -- 11 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Malcolm Daniel Geddes, 1866-1927, was a journalist, publisher and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Geddes was one of the founders of the "Farmers and Ranch Review" in 1904, and served as vice-president and editor until his death. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1917, was active in ACC summer camps and served as Honorary Secretary from 1924 to 1926. Geddes was killed in a mountaineering accident on Mount Lefroy in 1927.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of textual and visual records pertaining to Malcolm Geddes, as well as his immediate family: wife Jennie (Waters) Geddes, and children Alvin and Enid Geddes; and extended family members. Fonds includes records related to Malcolm's work as a poet and author (including original drafts and publications), Malcolm's career in real estate, family letters, financial records, records of mountain ascents and hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, family trees and genealogical research, and other related materials.
Notes
Fonds consists of three series:
Series I : Professional records I / A : Published materials I / B : Manuscripts and notes I / C : Professional correspondence
Series II : Financial records
Series III : Personal and family records III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions III / B : Genealogy and research III / C : Other personal and family records
Name Access
Geddes, Malcolm
Subject Access
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Hiking
Family and personal life
Personal and Professional Life
Poetry
Property
Finances
Commerce and industry
Communications
Correspondence
Genealogy
History
Research
Publication
Travel
Mountains
Mountaineering
Biography
Obituary
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
British Columbia
Ontario
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
series and file description
electronic finding aid
Creator
Geddes, Malcolm
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession records
Content Details
Arrangement of fonds was redone by Processing Archivist Kate Skelton between December 2020 and March 2021 to accommodate unprocessed materials from accessions 7846, 2014.8306 and 2015.8558
Processing Status
Processed
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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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Best of Alberta : the search for our greatest citizen : 125 of our greatest citizens

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Jarvie, Michele (editor)
Publisher
Calgary Herald
Call Number
08.2 C11 B11 PAM
Author
Jarvie, Michele (editor)
Responsibility
Michele Jarvie (editor)
Publisher
Calgary Herald
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
Newpaper insert
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History of Alberta
Biography
Read, Ken
Tyson, Ian
Russell, Andy
Carter, Wilf
Whyte, Catharine Robb
Whyte, Peter
Harvie, Eric
Brewster, Jim
McDougall, John
Nordegg, Martin
Abstract
Pertains to a search for Alberta's Greatest Citizen and summarizes the lives of 125 people from various decades including several specific to the Bow Vally such as Peter Lougheed, Ken Read, Ian Tyson, Andy Russell, Wilf Carter, Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte, Eric Harvie, Roland Michener, James Gladstone [Akay-na-muka], Jim Brewster, Bill Brewster, Ernest Poole, Martin Nordegg, Chief Crowfoot [Isapo-Muxika], Father Albert Lacombe, Rev. John Chantler McDougall.
Notes
Section BA in the Sunday, June 8, 2008 Calgary Herald
Call Number
08.2 C11 B11 PAM
Collection
Archives Library
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Drawing from the mountain : an illustrated journey

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2006
Author
Perry, Lorne
Publisher
Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
1st ed.
Call Number
06.1 P41d
Author
Perry, Lorne
Responsibility
Lorne Perry
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2006
Physical Description
141 p. : ill., ports.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Trees
Flora
Flowers
Geology
Wildlife
Mountaineering
Equipment
Biography
Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Photography
Wilderness
Travel
Abstract
Pertains to art created by Lorne Perry during
Contents
Prologue
Beginning with trees
The limstone triangle
A fine kind of madness
"Real good" stories
Lords of the dance
The power of one
Flesh and blood
The gift
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
Signed by Lorne Perry
ISBN
9781894765817
Accession Number
2019.110
Call Number
06.1 P41d
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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Rising : becoming the first Canadian woman to summit Everest : a memoir

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Wood, Sharon
Publisher
Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre
Edition
1st
Call Number
01.1 W85r
  1 website  
Author
Wood, Sharon
Edition
1st
Publisher
Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & MacIntyre
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
xi, 228 pages : colour illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Biography
Women
Everest, Mount
Abstract
In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an outlier in a predominantly male bastion of high altitude alpine climbing. Against the backdrop of the stunning Himalayan mountains in the days before Everest became as commercialized as it is today, Wood explores the camaraderie and rivalry, the relatable challenges of falling in and out of love, and how she kept her drive to persevere. Subsequently, she recounts how she struggled with unexpected acclaim and expectations following her ascent of Everest, but ultimately found fulfilment and her place in the world. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection and humility. It is a tale that still feels poignantly relevant—a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome all obstacles, whether mountain peaks, social expectations or self-imposed barriers. (from Douglas & McIntyre website)
Contents
Preface -- Part 1. 1. The promise -- 2. Neighbours -- 3. Friends, nomads and spirits -- 4. Rescue -- 5. Weight -- 6. The power of story -- 7. Redemption -- 8. One hundred trips -- 9. Proving grounds -- 10. Mentors and muses -- 11. Shit, grin and yin -- 12. Ya gotta want it -- 13. Small plans -- 14. The meeting -- 15. Glory or death -- 16. Commitment -- 17. Summit day -- Part 2. 18. Into the dark -- 19. Coming down -- 20. Lost -- 21. On stage, off stage -- 22. Reunion.
Notes
Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature (non-fiction)
ISBN
9781771622257
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
01.1 W85r
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Summary on Douglas & McIntyre website
Websites
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My heroes have always been Indians : a century of great Indigenous Albertans

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Voyageur, Cora J.
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
Call Number
07.2 V85m
  1 website  
Author
Voyageur, Cora J.
Responsibility
Cora J. Voyageur
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
226 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Anthropology
First Nations
History
Biography
Alberta
Abstract
In a series of inspirational profiles, Cora Voyageur celebrates the achievements of 100 remarkable Indigenous Albertans in the fields of art, literature, business, politics, sports, education, human rights and more. From world-renowned architect Douglas Cardinal, whose iconic designs are seen from Edmonton to Washington, DC, to Nellie Carlson, a tireless activist whose work has advanced the rights of Indigenous women, the contributions of Indigenous Peoples have greatly enriched the social, cultural and economic fabric of Alberta. An introduction provides a brief history of Indigenous Peoples in Alberta, including an explanation of the Numbered Treaties. (from publisher's website)
ISBN
9781550597547
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
07.2 V85m
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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Tides : a climber's voyage

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Bullock, Nick
Publisher
Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing
Call Number
02.8 T87t
Author
Bullock, Nick
Publisher
Sheffield : Vertebrate Publishing
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
viii, 246 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Climbing
Biography
Travel
Abstract
Tides, the award-winning follow-up to Nick Bullock's critically acclaimed debut book Echoes, is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one's life to climbing.
ISBN
9781911342533
Accession Number
P2023.19
Call Number
02.8 T87t
Collection
Archives Library
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Lorenzo Grassi in ' Merica. Un umile eroe falmentino in Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Costa, Elio and Gabriele Scardellato
Publisher
Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale
Call Number
01 Co81l
Author
Costa, Elio and Gabriele Scardellato
Responsibility
Elio Costa and Gabriele Scardellato
Publisher
Verbania, Italy : Tarara' Edizioni Associazione Culturale
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
167 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Mountaineering
History
Canada
Italy
Rocky Mountains
Abstract
Italian edition of "Lawrence Grassi : from Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains"
Contents
Nota Introduttiva
Prefazione
Premessa
Gli Inizi : Falmenta, La Val Cannobina, E L'Emigrazione
Caro Figlio Scrivimi : Quelli Lasciati Alle Spalle E Vita Nel North Shore
Lawrence Grassi Sulle Montagne
Il Tracciatore di Sentieri
Epilogo : Simbolo e Leggenda Delle Montagne Rocciose Canadesi
Alcune Lettere da Falmenta
Ringraziamenti
ISBN
978-88-97795-35-3
Accession Number
2019.22
Call Number
01 Co81l
Collection
Archives Library
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We go far back in time : the letters of Earle Birney and Al Purdy, 1947 - 1987

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Bradley, Nicholas (editor)
Publisher
Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing
Call Number
05.1 Br72w
Author
Bradley, Nicholas (editor)
Responsibility
Edited by Nicholas Bradley
Publisher
Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
479 pages ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Earle Birney
Poetry
Biography
Abstract
"Illustrates the long friendship between two of Canada's most highly regarded poets, Earle Birney and Al Purdy."--Jacket.
Contents
Introduction
Note on editorial procedures
Editorial abbreviations
Chronology
In Purdy's Ameliasburg
The letters
Earle Birney in hospital
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Glossary of selected names
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index of titles
Index of names
ISBN
978-1-55017-610-0
Accession Number
p2019-02
Call Number
05.1 Br72w
Collection
Archives Library
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