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Drafts, edited copies

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of handwritten and typed drafts of works by Malcolm Geddes. Content pertains to the first ascent of Mount Geikie, mountaineering and mountain climbing, and life in Western Canada and Parry Sound, Ontario. Includes three typed drafts of "Beyond the Eagle's Nest" with edits and correcti…

Date Range: [1890-1900]; [1900-1920]; [1925-1927]

Reference Code: M39 / I / B / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M39; V756

Series: M39 / I : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M39

Sub-Series: M39 / I / B : Manuscripts and drafts

Accession Number: 7846

Reference Code: M39 / I / B / 2

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: [1890-1900]; [1900-1920]; [1925-1927]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of handwritten and typed drafts of works by Malcolm Geddes. Content pertains to the first ascent of Mount Geikie, mountaineering and mountain climbing, and life in Western Canada and Parry Sound, Ontario. Includes three typed drafts of "Beyond the Eagle's Nest" with edits and corrections.

Name Access: Geddes, Malcolm

Subject Access: Mountains; Mountaineering; Exploration; Travel; Family and personal life; Summit; Settlement

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Mount Geikie; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Ontario; Parry Sound

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Land, settlement and immigration

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Personal letters and postcards

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of postcards sent to Malcolm Geddes and his wife, Jennie, between 1909 and 1918, as well as 15 letters which Malcolm sent to Jennie between 1924 and 1927, a letter from Malcolm to his son Alvin Geddes in 1927, a letter to Alvin from Gwen [possibly Gwendolyn Geddes Hubbell] dated 1931,…

Date Range: 1909 - 1911; 1913; 1916; 1918; 1924 - 1927; 1931; 1936

Reference Code: M39 / III / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Postcard

Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M39; V756

Series: M39 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: M39

Sub-Series: M39 / III / C : Other personal and family records

Accession Number: 2015.8558

Reference Code: M39 / III / C / 1

GMD: Textual record; Postcard

Date Range: 1909 - 1911; 1913; 1916; 1918; 1924 - 1927; 1931; 1936

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of postcards sent to Malcolm Geddes and his wife, Jennie, between 1909 and 1918, as well as 15 letters which Malcolm sent to Jennie between 1924 and 1927, a letter from Malcolm to his son Alvin Geddes in 1927, a letter to Alvin from Gwen [possibly Gwendolyn Geddes Hubbell] dated 1931, a letter of condolence sent to Mrs. Geddes from Hester D Peach [1931], and a letter to "Olive" from M. Geddes [possibly Muriel Geddes Grant] dated 1936. Some letters sent from Malcolm to Jennie [between 1924-1925] pertain to his first ascent of Mount Geikie.

Name Access: Geddes, Malcolm; Geddes, Alvin; Geddes, Jennie (Waters); Geddes, Enid; Grant, Muriel; Hubbell, Gwen (Geddes)

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Correspondence; Travel; Exploration; Mountaineering; Communications

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Ontario; Guelph; British Columbia; Mount Geikie

Language: English

Conservation: Minor wrinkling/creasing of most letters, otherwise good condition; First postcard in file [black and white image of storefront] appears to have once been glued on the back [possibly for use in a scrapbook or album] and later removed and annotated in blue pen; some paper/glue remnants still attached

Category: Communications; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph Album

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Part Of: Charles Reid fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller. Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 …

Date Range: ca.1909 - ca.1929; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927

Reference Code: V487 / I / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Charles Reid fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M413 / V487

Series: V487 / I : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V487

Accession Number: 5248

Reference Code: V487 / I / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print; Private record

Date Range: ca.1909 - ca.1929; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927

Physical Description: 1 album (183 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 12 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of one photograph album, comprising 183 photographs, H12 x W17.5 cm or smaller.; Photographs pertain to Charlie Reid and his family and friends during, predominantly, the 1920's. The first photograph is of a child and man; the child looks like it could be Charlie Reid at around 4 to 5 years old.; Photographs document sports and recreation (races, sledding, skiing, snowshoeing, track, canoeing, golf, camping, horseback riding, fishing), events at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Indian Days, Banff Winter Carnival (Festival), Highland gathering, Herald road race, and various activities in and around Banff.; Locations include: Banff, Medicine Hat, University of Alberta (Edmonton), and Lake Louise.

Notes: One of the photographs is a cut-out quote, "a canoo in foolish hands is probably the nation's greatest tipping well"; Album is bound in brown leather with "photographs" written on the cover. Some of the photographs have captions. Not every page is filled.