topic:"Communications" found 2 records - Research Collections

History / Biographical: Originally, the CMC was the meeting point of Canada's top climbers who gathered together to plan expeditions, plot potential first ascents and discuss the advancement of their chosen sport. Today, it still provides this function but also serves as a means for new climbers to meet.

Scope & Content: Series consists of correspondence, published materials and other textual records pertaining to the Calgary Mountain Club.

Notes: Series consists of four subseries: M57 / XII / A: News clippings M57 / XII / B: Correspondence M57 / XII / C: Newsletters M57 / XII / D: Collected publications

Subject Access: Communications; Correspondence; Organizations; Exploration; Travel; Club; Publication; Mountaineering; Mountains; Climbing; Community events; Newspaper; Sports and recreation

Category: Communications; Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: http://www.calgarymountainclub.com/main.php?page=about

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Scope & Content: Series consists of textual records pertaining to the creation of Chic Scott's book, Pushing the Limits; includes research material and notes, drafts, correspondence and related material.

Sub-Series: M57 / I / A: Interview transcript notes; M57 / I / B: Original unedited draft manuscript; M57 / I / C: Chronology of Mountaineering; M57 / I / D: Biographical Profiles; M57 / I / E: Research organized region (Quebec, Ontario, Maritimes, Labrador, and Vancouver Island); M57 / I / F: Final Corrections on manuscript; M57 / I / G: Research files on Kenney’s ascent of Mt. Robson; M57 / I / H: Correspondence files; M57 / I / I: Misc. English Language materials; M57 / I / J: Misc. French Language materials; M57 / I / K: Notes from publications; M57 / I / L: Maps and Photograph notes

History / Biographical: This is the work of a lifetime. It tells the story of Canada’s 200 year mountaineering history from the early pioneers to modern day climbing athletes. Discover the story of Canadian climbing from the crags to the gyms, from Squamish to Val David and from the Yukon to the Rockies. Read about the Swiss guides hired by Canadian Pacific Hotels who ushered in the glory years of the first ascents. Discover the British and American men of leisure who struggled with the wilderness to reach the summits and unravel the complex geography. Learn about the European immigrants of the 1950s who pushed the limits on the rock walls and the Americans who led the search for frightening new routes on the north faces. Join the British expatriates as they pioneer the exciting new sport of waterfall ice climbing. Then witness the popular growth in sport climbing both on the crags and in the gyms. Finally discover how home grown Canadian climbers, initially slow to take up the challenge of mountaineering, have become world leaders in the sport.

Scope & Content: Series consists of textual records pertaining to the creation of Chic Scott's book, Pushing the Limits; includes research material and notes, drafts, correspondence and related material.

Notes: Series consists of twelve sub-series: M57 / I / A: Interview Notes M57 / I / B: Original unedited draft manuscript M57 / I / C: Chronology of Mountaineering M57 / I / D: Biographical Profiles M57 / I / E: Research organized by region (Quebec, Ontario, Maritimes, Labrador, and Vancouver Island) M57 / I / F: Final corrections on manuscript M57 / I / G: Research files on Kenney’s ascent of Mt. Robson M57 / I / H: Correspondence files M57 / I / I: Misc. English Language materials M57 / I / J: Misc. French Language materials M57 / I / K: Notes from publications M57 / I / L: Maps and photograph notes

Subject Access: Climbing; Communications; Correspondence; Environment; Exploration; Hiking; Ice climbing; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Photography; Publication; Research; Sports and recreation

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure; Environment

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