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1907 Diary [Hector Wheeler]
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- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and s…
- Date Range
- 1907
- Reference Code
- M546 / 53
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M546 / V771
- Sous-Fonds
- M546
- Accession Number
- 2014.8312
- Reference Code
- M546 / 53
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 7.5 x 11.8 cm)
- History / Biographical
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- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and surrounding camps and climbs. Mention of A. O. and Oliver Wheeler August 14. In and out of Calgary and Golden. Camping and climbing in Ptarmigan, Donald Camp, Beaueumouth [?]. Memoranda at back monetary notations for trip expenses. Notations of expenses for 1907 and 1908 trips.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned
- Subject Access
- Camps
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Family and personal life
- Finances
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Professional and Personal Life
- Sports and recreation
- Record keeping
- Travel and Exploration
- Weather
- Work
- Geographic Access
- Rocky Mountains
- Calgary
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wheeler, Hector
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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[1934-1937 Photograph Album]
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937. The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell.…
- Date Range
- 1934-1937
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 10
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 10
- Date Range
- 1934-1937
- Physical Description
- 1 album (414 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 19 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937. The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell. Also includes a few photographs of mountains around the Banff town area. The 1935 trip was part of the ACC Annual Camp in the Mt. Assiniboine and East Kootenay areas. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Club activities and greeting cards from Club members. The photographs associated with the Yoho Icefields from Bow Lake trip are most likely from the summer of 1936 based on greeting cards labelled as such, but very few of the photographs themselves are annotated. The remainder of the album is dedicated to the 1937 trips to Mt. Trident, Mt. Bryce, the Columbia Icefield area, Bryce and Zion, Utah, the Boulder Dam, Arizona, and Colorado. Also includes Christmas cards from 1937 from various friends and Club members. Inserts pertain to the overview/advertisements for the summer 1937 and 1938 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices ; a small photograph with a written note on the back, a letter addressed to Lillian Gest from the Springfield Television Broadcasting Corp, and a handwritten list of details pertaining to the summer 1934 trip orgainized by Caroline Hinman.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned. Inserts 4 and 5 are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.
- Name Access
- Engelhard, Georgia
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Feuz, Ernest
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Buildings
- Castles
- Camps
- Climbing
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Glaciers
- Huts
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Moose
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Off the Beaten Track
- Portrait
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Mount Assiniboine
- Lake O'Hara
- East Kootenay
- Utah
- Arizona
- Colorado
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- United States of America
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string. Locate original copies of inserts 4 & 5 and return them to PD - 10 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Rockies mountaineering trips, Alpine Club of Canada expeditions
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- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 129 lantern slides pertaining to mountaineering expeditions and scenic views in the Canadian Rockies. Includes images of pack trips, ice climbing, hiking, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Locations include Emperor Falls; Berg Lake; ascent of Resplendent Mountain; Mount Edith Cavell…
- Date Range
- [1913-1925]
- Reference Code
- V756 / III / A / PS - 1 to 129
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
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- Part Of
- Malcolm Geddes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M39
- V756
- Series
- V756 / III : Personal and family records
- Sous-Fonds
- V756
- Sub-Series
- V756 / III / A : Travel and mountain expeditions
- Accession Number
- 6504
- Reference Code
- V756 / III / A / PS - 1 to 129
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Charles Potter and James Mahon
- Date Range
- [1913-1925]
- Physical Description
- 129 photographs : lantern slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 129 lantern slides pertaining to mountaineering expeditions and scenic views in the Canadian Rockies. Includes images of pack trips, ice climbing, hiking, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Locations include Emperor Falls; Berg Lake; ascent of Resplendent Mountain; Mount Edith Cavell; Mount Maud; Mount Commander; Mount Marpole; Mount Habel; Mount Robson; Mount Temple; Mount Huber; Castle Mountain; and Wilcox Pass.
- Notes
- Some items are numbered on outer edges or otherwise labelled
- Material Details
- Some items hand-coloured
- Name Access
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Geddes, Malcolm
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Travel
- Exploration
- Hiking
- Ice climbing
- Summit
- Mountains
- Landscapes
- Recreation
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Glaciers
- Trails
- Pack trips
- Camping
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Mount Robson
- Mount Temple
- Mount Habel
- Mount Geikie
- Mount Huber
- Castle Mountain
- Wilcox Pass
- Mount Edith Cavell
- Mount Maud
- Mount Commander
- Mount Marpole
- Access Restrictions
- Fragile - restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Fragile- restrictions may apply
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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A climber's guide to the interior ranges of British Columbia
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1963
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Edition
- 4ed based on previous editions by J. Monroe Thorington
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61i 1963
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Edition
- 4ed based on previous editions by J. Monroe Thorington
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- xxxi, 249p. : ill., maps
- Accession Number
- 224
- 1313 deaccessioned
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61i 1963
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber's guide to the interior ranges of British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3327
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1971
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Edition
- 5th ed
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61i 1971
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Edition
- 5th ed
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 323p. : ill., maps
- Notes
- Cover title: Interior Ranges of B. C.
- Accession Number
- 2000
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61i 1971
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A climber's guide to the interior ranges of British Columbia, north
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1975
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Banff : Alpine Club of Canada
- Edition
- 6th ed
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61i 1975 north
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Edition
- 6th ed
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Banff : Alpine Club of Canada
- Published Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 210p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Cariboo Mountains
- Guidebooks
- Selkirk Mountains
- Notes
- Cover title: Interior Ranges - North
- Accession Number
- 7500
- Call Number
- 01.4 C61i 1975 north
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- Archives Library
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The Great Glacier and its house : the story of the first center of alpinism in North America, 1885-1925
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
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- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Responsibility
- Willaim Lowell Putnam
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 23 pages : illustrations, portraits, map
- Subjects
- Glacier House
- Illecillewaet Glacier
- Selkirk Mountains
- Railway routes
- Railway stations
- Railways
- Tourism
- Mountaineering
- American Alpine Club
- History
- Abstract
- he hotel is gone and the passenger trains, now rarely on time, go by only once daily. The Great Glacier has all but vanished. The motor traffic on the fast, modern highway sweeps past in ignorance that this deep, half-forgotten, Illecillewaet valley of the Selkirk Mountains, with its dark forests and glittering summits, was the cradle of professional North American mountaineering and, for several decades, the principal Canadian attraction for climbers from three continents. Surely the time has long since passed for someone to tell the story of the early days when geologists, scientists, alpinists, guides, tourists and more than a few of our continent’s empire builders stopped in Glacier, British Columbia to explore, study, climb, earn a modest living, admire the scenery or just rest from their labors. It is most appropriate that William L. Putnam, one of America’s outstanding experts on the Selkirks, should have undertaken the task of writing a history of the area. It is even more appropriate that this history should have been published by The American Alpine Club, whose first president, Professor Charles E. Fay, spent many sunny days over several seasons scaling the region’s unclimbed summits and, as we learn from the text, many rainy weeks in the Old Glacier House where at idle moments he amused himself by analyzing the comments in the hotel’s guest register. The author has labored hard and gone to great lengths to obtain original source material and to check facts. As might be expected, his story begins with the construction of the Canadian Pacific track through Roger’s Pass; without it, the central Selkirks and the outstanding Matterhorn-like crest of Mount Sir Donald would no doubt still be little known and less visited. The absence of dining cars on the early transcontinental express trains, plus the superb view of what was then the awesome Illecillewaet Glacier, led to the building of a small restaurant-hotel by the track some five miles west of the pass. In time that hotel grew to become the Canadian Pacific’s western show-piece. Tourists, scientists, mountaineers and guides arrived in growing numbers. The peaks were measured and climbed, trails were built, caves explored and an electric generator was constructed to light the premises. A pet bear was even provided on the grounds for the entertainment of guests. Then, slowly, the Great Glacier retreated, the railroad was modernized and rerouted through a five-mile tunnel some distance from the hotel, tourists and climbers alike went off to war on the battlefields of France, and the Canadian Pacific shifted its emphasis to its latter-day attraction at Lake Louise in the nearby Rockies. The old hotel was closed, then torn down, and the valley and its glacier almost forgotten. Such is the skeleton of Putnam’s story. But it is far more. Putnam has labored industriously. He has unearthed, and quoted at length, the original on-the-spot observations of the early visitors in the decades between 1890 and 1920. He has recovered ancient photographs, many excellent, to illustrate the stories and anecdotes he recounts. Thanks to his labor of love, those of us who are familiar only with modern mountaineering now have the opportunity to learn what climbing was like in the good old days around the turn of the century. Despite its deceptive scrapbook style, the work is scholarly. It is also highly nostalgic. The author is at his best with the history of the early climbing. One wishes he had personally said more and quoted less—but, then, many of the quotations are memorable. He might also have omitted, or at least modified, the chapter on distant Mount Sir Sandford, for its story, while essential in any broad account of Selkirk climbing, belongs elsewhere and shifts the focus away from the House and the Glacier at the very moment when the reader has become engrossed in both. But these, however, are minor flaws, overshadowed by good research, an entertaining style, excellent history and magnificent illustrations. Samuel H. Goodhue (from American Alpine Club)
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Railroad Track
- The House
- The Tourists
- First Climbers
- Men of Science
- Alpina Americana
- Britannic Majesty
- Canadians at Last
- Some of the Best
- The Last Big Mountain
- The Rest is Silence
- Appendices
- A: The Guides
- B: Place Names in the Central Selkirks
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser
- ISBN
- 0930410130
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98t reference
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Link to book review on American Alpine Club website
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The Great Glacier and its house : the story of the first center of alpinism in North America, 1885-1925
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1982
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club
- Published Date
- 1982
- Call Number
- 01.4 P98
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More peaks and new routes of the North Selkirks
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1956
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Call Number
- F1089 P88 Pam
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell
- Published Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 9 pages, ills., maps
- Series
- Reprinted from Appalachia, issue of December 1956
- Subjects
- Selkirk Mountains
- Accession Number
- AC629
- Call Number
- F1089 P88 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Mt. Assiniboine
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- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one copper negative printing plate depicting Mt. Assiniboine and Magog Lake from a distance mounted on a block of wood. Adhered to the back of the block is a peice of paper on which is written "A.O. Wheeler About 1920" in pencil.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1929]
- Reference Code
- V771 / NC - 01
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Negative
- Negative printing plate
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M546 / V771
- Sous-Fonds
- V771
- Accession Number
- 2303
- Reference Code
- V771 / NC - 01
- Date Range
- [ca. 1920-1929]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w printing plate ; 18.5 x 9.3 x 2.4 cm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of one copper negative printing plate depicting Mt. Assiniboine and Magog Lake from a distance mounted on a block of wood. Adhered to the back of the block is a peice of paper on which is written "A.O. Wheeler About 1920" in pencil.
- Name Access
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Photography
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Creator
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Content Details
- Accession record indicates there is a second printing plate by A.O. Wheeler of a lunch at the Icefield, but at the time of processing it could not be located.
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- Processed
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