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- Part Of
- Ruth Oltmann fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research files on Lizzie Rummel (textual) and research interviews by Ruth Oltmann, as part of her research on the Kananaskis Valley; with: Eileen Langille, Chris Bearns, Joanne Goodwin, Gordon and Ida Matthews, Clarence and Jenny Sage, Jack S. Charlesworth, Art Krowchuk, Bruno Eng…
- Date Range
- 1974- ca. 1983
- Reference Code
- M581 / V801 / S25
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Ruth Oltmann fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M581 / V801 / S25
- Sous-Fonds
- M581 / V801 / S25
- Accession Number
- 2392, 2801, 8124
- Reference Code
- M581 / V801 / S25
- Date Range
- 1974- ca. 1983
- Physical Description
- 9 sound recordings : audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes
- History / Biographical
- Ruth Oltmann, b.1937, has been a youth hostel operator, lodge and camp cook, tourism industry worker, and writer in the Kananaskis, Canmore and Exshaw, Alberta, Canada areas since 1970. Her writing career began in 1974, when she contributed to a chapter on environmental history as part of "The Mountain Environment and Urban Society, Kananaskis Pilot Study," a project of the University of Calgary's Environmental Sciences Centre at Kananaskis, Alberta. Oltmann continued her research and writing, publishing "The valley of rumours: the Kananaskis" (Seebe, Alberta: Ribbon Creek Publishing, 1979) and "Lizzie Rummel: Baroness of the Canadian Rockies" (Seebe, Alberta: Ribbon Creek Publishing, 1983).
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of research files on Lizzie Rummel (textual) and research interviews by Ruth Oltmann, as part of her research on the Kananaskis Valley; with: Eileen Langille, Chris Bearns, Joanne Goodwin, Gordon and Ida Matthews, Clarence and Jenny Sage, Jack S. Charlesworth, Art Krowchuk, Bruno Engler, Cord Tietzen. Pertain to human history of the Kananaskis Valley, including mining, lumber industry, hunting and guiding, power and road development, recreation, film making, and community life; Ribbon Creek village, personalities, events, buildings, etc.; Kananaskis Ranger Station; Kananaskis prisoner-of-war camp; natural history of the region, including wildlife, forests and fishing resources.
- Notes
- Transcripts of interviews with Eileen Langille and Joanne Goodwin are included in "The Mountain Environment and Urban Society: Kananaskis Pilot Study" (Calgary: University of Calgary, 1974)
- Name Access
- Oltmann, Ruth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Access Restrictions
- Reference use only
- Other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: sound recording summaries
- reference copy recordings
- Creator
- Oltmann, Ruth
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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