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Migratory words - an anthology of Bow Valley writers Volume 5
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25237
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2013
- Author
- Owen, David
- Semenoff, Sasha
- Nobel, Charles
- Hanson, Rebecca
- Auld, Jerry
- Winfield, Andy
- Smith, Matt
- Michaluk, Marshal
- Wall, Terry Dean
- Chan, Weyman
- Russell, Carolyn Joan
- Marty, Sid
- James, Shaun
- Hantman, Ken
- Hantman, Christ
- Dingle, Erin
- Swibold, Suzanne
- Eso, David
- James, Ryan
- Murphy, Tim
- Louden, James
- Publisher
- Migratory Words Press
- Edition
- Vol. 5
- Call Number
- 05.1 M95m
1 website
- Author
- Owen, David
- Semenoff, Sasha
- Nobel, Charles
- Hanson, Rebecca
- Auld, Jerry
- Winfield, Andy
- Smith, Matt
- Michaluk, Marshal
- Wall, Terry Dean
- Chan, Weyman
- Russell, Carolyn Joan
- Marty, Sid
- James, Shaun
- Hantman, Ken
- Hantman, Christ
- Dingle, Erin
- Swibold, Suzanne
- Eso, David
- James, Ryan
- Murphy, Tim
- Louden, James
- Responsibility
- David Owen
- Sasha Semenoff
- Charles Nobel
- Rebecca Hanson
- Jerry Auld
- Andy Winfield
- Matt Smith
- Marshal Michaluk
- Terry Dean Wall
- Weyman Chan
- Carolyn Joan Russell
- Sid Marty
- Shaun James
- Ken Hantman
- Christ Hantman
- Erin Dingle
- Suzanne Swibold
- David Eso
- Ryan James
- Tim Murphy
- James Louden
- Edition
- Vol. 5
- Publisher
- Migratory Words Press
- Published Date
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 95 pages ; b&w illustrations
- Subjects
- Bow Valley
- Writing
- Poems
- Poetry
- Abstract
- A selection of work from people who have participated in the Migratory Words writing circle in the last year (2013)
- Contents
- Introduction
- David Owen
- Sasha Semenoff
- Charles Nobel
- Rebecca Hanson
- Jerry Auld
- Andy Winfield
- Matt Smith
- Marshal Michaluk
- Terry Dean Wall
- Weyman Chan
- Carolyn Joan Russell
- Sid Marty
- Shaun James
- Ken Hantman
- Christ Hantman
- Erin Dingle
- Suzanne Swibold
- David Eso
- Ryan James
- Tim Murphy
- James Louden
- Notes
- Edited by Tim Murphy and David Eso
- Accession Number
- 2021.08
- Call Number
- 05.1 M95m
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Rocky Mountain Outlook article pertaining to anthology
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We go far back in time : the letters of Earle Birney and Al Purdy, 1947 - 1987
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19782
- 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
- 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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A Canadian wildlife poem
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15267
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2014
- Author
- Elliot, Max
- Publisher
- Banff : Max Elliott
- Call Number
- 05.1 El5c
- Author
- Elliot, Max
- Publisher
- Banff : Max Elliott
- Published Date
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 22 pages
- ISBN
- 9780993722806
- Accession Number
- P2016 - 73,000 - 05
- Call Number
- 05.1 El5c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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No map could show them
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25489
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Mort, Helen
- Publisher
- London : Chatto & Windus
- Call Number
- 05.1 M84n
- Author
- Mort, Helen
- Publisher
- London : Chatto & Windus
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 70 pages ; 22 cm
- Abstract
- A Poetry Book Society Recommendation 2016. 'When we climb alone en cordee feminine, we are magicians of the Alps - we make the routes we follow disappear'. The poems of Helen Mort's second collection offer an unforgettable perspective on the heights we scale and the distances we run, the routes we follow and the paths we make for ourselves. Here are odes to the women who dared to break new ground - from Miss Jemima Morrell, a young Victorian woman from Yorkshire who hiked the Swiss Peaks in her skirts and petticoats, to the modern British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, who died descending from the summit of K2. Distinctive and courageous, these are poems of passion and precipices, of edges and extremes. No Map Could Show Them confirms Helen Mort's position as one of the finest young poets at work today.
- Contents
- An Easy Day for a Lady ; How to Dress ; Miss Jemima's Swiss Journal ; Ode to Bob ; Height ; The Fear ; Scale ; Beryl the Peril ; My Diet ; Difficult ; The Old Dungeon Ghyll ; Hill ; Black Rocks ; Descent ; Prayer ; Kiss ; Solo ; Nordwand ; Home ; At Night ; Above Cromford ; Route ; Dear Alison ; Engineer ; Lethal Roy ; Bloodhound ; Skirt ; Rachel in Attercliffe ; King's Cross ; Ink ; What Will Happen ; Ablation ; Hathersage ; Kalymnos ; Loutro ; Alport Castles ; Eagle Owl ; Royal Mile ; Kinder Scout ; Murmuration ; Big Lil ; Lil's dream ; What the papers said ; Lil's answer ; Lil's last word ; Tom Hulatt's Mile ; Heinrich Harrer's Motorbike ; How Much Can You Carry? ; Everest ; Oxygen ; Beck Weathers ; Sherpa ; Lene Gamelgaard ; First ; Rope
- ISBN
- 9781784740641
- Accession Number
- P2022.01
- Call Number
- 05.1 M84n
- Collection
- Archives Library
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No map could show them
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15355
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Mort, Helen
- Publisher
- London : Chatto & Windus
- Call Number
- P M67
- Author
- Mort, Helen
- Publisher
- London : Chatto & Windus
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- 70 pages
- Subjects
- Mountaineers, Women
- Poetry
- ISBN
- 9781784740641
- Accession Number
- AC633
- Call Number
- P M67
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Waymaking : an anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25037
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Barnard, Camilla (editor)
- Carter, Claire (editor)
- Dawe, Heather (editor)
- Mort, Helen (editor)
- Publisher
- Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- P W39 M67
1 website
- Author
- Barnard, Camilla (editor)
- Carter, Claire (editor)
- Dawe, Heather (editor)
- Mort, Helen (editor)
- Publisher
- Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 280 pages : illustrations (some colour)
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Writing
- Art
- Literature
- Women
- Abstract
- Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape.Published in 1961, Gwen Moffat's Space Below My Feet tells the story of a woman who shirked the conventions of society and chose to live a life in the mountains. Some years later in 1977, Nan Shepherd published The Living Mountain, her prose bringing each contour of the Cairngorm mountains to life. These pioneering women set a precedent for a way of writing about wilderness that isn't about conquering landscapes, reaching higher, harder or faster, but instead about living and breathing alongside them, becoming part of a larger adventure. The artists in this inspired collection continue Gwen and Nan's legacies, redressing the balance of gender in outdoor adventure literature. Their creativity urges us to stop and engage our senses: the smell of rain-soaked heather, wind resonating through a col, the touch of cool rock against skin, and most importantly a taste of restoring mind, body and spirit to a former equanimity. With contributions from adventurers including Alpinist magazine editor Katie Ives, multi-award-winning author Bernadette McDonald, adventurers Sarah Outen and Anna McNuff, renowned filmmaker Jen Randall and many more, Waymaking is an inspiring and pivotal work published in an era when wilderness conservation and gender equality are at the fore. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- A note from the editors -- Introduction / by Melissa Harrison -- VICINITY. Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake; Lost in the light / Tara Karmer; Iceberg / Deziree Wilson; Steinbock / Anja Konig; [untitled 1] / Krystle Wright; Enchantment larches / Nikki Fumkin; Mountains of the Mourne / Penelope Shuttle; Fairfield from Wansfell / Paula Dunn; Eglwyseg Day / Jean Atkin; Affric / Alison Grant; Walking Moses Trod / Pam Williamson; Murmuration / Dr. Judy Kendall; Signs / Geraldine Green; Brimmerhead farmhouse / Paula Dunn; Last night I dream we walk up to the point again / Imogen Cassels; To reach green before dark / Lilace Mellin Guignard; Excerpts from 'La Fuente', an essay / Kari Nielsen; Titcomb basin / Lizzy Dalton; Cerro Torre / Caroline Eustace; Mountain-guide dog / Tami Knight; She collects wild islands in the wild wild sea / Paula Flach; Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake-- HEART & SOUL. A child in these hills / Solana Joy; Rewilding / Lee Craigie; Squamish / Jen Randall; Leaving for the edge of the world / Kathleen Jones; This ocean sings / To follow / Claire Carter; Caton Bay / Genevieve Carver; Leaving protection / Maria Coffey; Running by the Quay in Exeter / Evelyn O'Malley; Straggle / Allison Williams; Falling / Joanna Croston; Climber / Hazel Findlay; First peak: a response to climber / Camilla Barnard; No-self / Hazel Findlay; Memory ten / Libby Peter; By the way / Sarah Outen; There is no substance but light / Heather Dawe; When I lived in a small / Alyson Hallett; Ken the cross-dresser / Tami Knight; Oh / Paula Flach -- WATER. Snow / Bernadette McDonald; [untitled 2] / Krystale Wright; Through the snow (Winter 2010) / Judith Brown; Ski tracks / Tami Knight; Counterflow / Jen Benson; Ystradfellte tree reflections / Nick Davies; Aqueous / Mab Jones; [untitled 3] / Krystale Wright; Taking the plunge / Anna Fleming; Waterfall series no.5 / Nick Davies; Diabaig / Jen Randall; Thirsty / Tami Knight; Do you remember me turkey blue? / Sandy Bennett-Haber; She collects the puddles and lakes she swims each year / Paula Flach; Llanerch Wake / Nick Davies; Emergence / Claire Giordano -- UNION. Running on the roof of the world / Lily Dyu; Out there / Ruth Wiggins; She collects all the trees she climbed that summer / Paula Flach; Bouldering / Kathryn Hummel; Bouldering at Ardmair Beach / Deziree Wilson; Snails / Tami Knight; The Grampians / Jen Randall; K'e yil yal tx'i': saying something / Leslie Hsu Oh; [untitled 4] / Krystle Wright; The climb / Helen Mort; Mad hatter's gully in winter / Deziree Wilson; Unmapping / Katie Ives; Unshod to meet the flints / Polly Atkin; She always collects her starter number in stones along the way / Paula Flach; A pattern-maker for memories / Alice Maddicott; The wilderness / Anna McNuff.
- Notes
- Jon Whyte Award winner 2019
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9781910240755
- Accession Number
- AC639
- Call Number
- P W39 M67
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website with book preview
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Unknown pleasures : collected writing on life, death, climbing and everything in between
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25046
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Kirkpatrick, Andy
- Publisher
- Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- P U55 K57
1 website
- Author
- Kirkpatrick, Andy
- Publisher
- Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 1 volume : illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects
- Essays
- Mountaineering
- Poetry
- Abstract
- Obsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health and the media, it is easy to read, sometimes difficult to digest, and impossible to forget. One moment he is attempting a rare solo ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall, the next he is surrounded by the TV circus while climbing Moonlight Buttress with the BBC’s The One Show presenter Alex Jones. Yosemite’s El Capitan is ever-present; he climbs it alone – strung out for weeks, and he climbs it with his thirteen-year-old daughter Ella – her first big wall. His eye for observation and skilled wordcraft make for laugh-out-loud funny moments, while in more hard-hitting pieces he is unflinchingly honest about past and present love and relationships, and pulls no punches with an alternative perspective of our place in the world. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Illustrations
- Climbing, Expeditions and Adventures
- Bad Poetry : The Mountain
- Bad Poetry : Winter
- Bad Poetry : Poly Wall
- Epilogue : What I've Learned
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN
- 9781911342724
- Accession Number
- AX639
- Call Number
- P U55 K57
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website
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Waymaking : an anthology of women's adventure writing, poetry and art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25116
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Barnard, Camilla (editor)
- Carter, Claire (editor)
- Dawe, Heather (editor)
- Mort, Helen (editor)
- Publisher
- Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- 05.1 M84w copy 1
- 05.1 M84w copy 2 (reference)
1 website
- Author
- Barnard, Camilla (editor)
- Carter, Claire (editor)
- Dawe, Heather (editor)
- Mort, Helen (editor)
- Publisher
- Sheffield, United Kingdom : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 280 pages : illustrations (some colour)
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Writing
- Art
- Literature
- Women
- Abstract
- Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape.Published in 1961, Gwen Moffat's Space Below My Feet tells the story of a woman who shirked the conventions of society and chose to live a life in the mountains. Some years later in 1977, Nan Shepherd published The Living Mountain, her prose bringing each contour of the Cairngorm mountains to life. These pioneering women set a precedent for a way of writing about wilderness that isn't about conquering landscapes, reaching higher, harder or faster, but instead about living and breathing alongside them, becoming part of a larger adventure. The artists in this inspired collection continue Gwen and Nan's legacies, redressing the balance of gender in outdoor adventure literature. Their creativity urges us to stop and engage our senses: the smell of rain-soaked heather, wind resonating through a col, the touch of cool rock against skin, and most importantly a taste of restoring mind, body and spirit to a former equanimity. With contributions from adventurers including Alpinist magazine editor Katie Ives, multi-award-winning author Bernadette McDonald, adventurers Sarah Outen and Anna McNuff, renowned filmmaker Jen Randall and many more, Waymaking is an inspiring and pivotal work published in an era when wilderness conservation and gender equality are at the fore. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- A note from the editors -- Introduction / by Melissa Harrison -- VICINITY. Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake; Lost in the light / Tara Karmer; Iceberg / Deziree Wilson; Steinbock / Anja Konig; [untitled 1] / Krystle Wright; Enchantment larches / Nikki Fumkin; Mountains of the Mourne / Penelope Shuttle; Fairfield from Wansfell / Paula Dunn; Eglwyseg Day / Jean Atkin; Affric / Alison Grant; Walking Moses Trod / Pam Williamson; Murmuration / Dr. Judy Kendall; Signs / Geraldine Green; Brimmerhead farmhouse / Paula Dunn; Last night I dream we walk up to the point again / Imogen Cassels; To reach green before dark / Lilace Mellin Guignard; Excerpts from 'La Fuente', an essay / Kari Nielsen; Titcomb basin / Lizzy Dalton; Cerro Torre / Caroline Eustace; Mountain-guide dog / Tami Knight; She collects wild islands in the wild wild sea / Paula Flach; Snapshots from the Camino de Santiago / Cath Drake-- HEART & SOUL. A child in these hills / Solana Joy; Rewilding / Lee Craigie; Squamish / Jen Randall; Leaving for the edge of the world / Kathleen Jones; This ocean sings / To follow / Claire Carter; Caton Bay / Genevieve Carver; Leaving protection / Maria Coffey; Running by the Quay in Exeter / Evelyn O'Malley; Straggle / Allison Williams; Falling / Joanna Croston; Climber / Hazel Findlay; First peak: a response to climber / Camilla Barnard; No-self / Hazel Findlay; Memory ten / Libby Peter; By the way / Sarah Outen; There is no substance but light / Heather Dawe; When I lived in a small / Alyson Hallett; Ken the cross-dresser / Tami Knight; Oh / Paula Flach -- WATER. Snow / Bernadette McDonald; [untitled 2] / Krystale Wright; Through the snow (Winter 2010) / Judith Brown; Ski tracks / Tami Knight; Counterflow / Jen Benson; Ystradfellte tree reflections / Nick Davies; Aqueous / Mab Jones; [untitled 3] / Krystale Wright; Taking the plunge / Anna Fleming; Waterfall series no.5 / Nick Davies; Diabaig / Jen Randall; Thirsty / Tami Knight; Do you remember me turkey blue? / Sandy Bennett-Haber; She collects the puddles and lakes she swims each year / Paula Flach; Llanerch Wake / Nick Davies; Emergence / Claire Giordano -- UNION. Running on the roof of the world / Lily Dyu; Out there / Ruth Wiggins; She collects all the trees she climbed that summer / Paula Flach; Bouldering / Kathryn Hummel; Bouldering at Ardmair Beach / Deziree Wilson; Snails / Tami Knight; The Grampians / Jen Randall; K'e yil yal tx'i': saying something / Leslie Hsu Oh; [untitled 4] / Krystle Wright; The climb / Helen Mort; Mad hatter's gully in winter / Deziree Wilson; Unmapping / Katie Ives; Unshod to meet the flints / Polly Atkin; She always collects her starter number in stones along the way / Paula Flach; A pattern-maker for memories / Alice Maddicott; The wilderness / Anna McNuff.
- Notes
- Jon Whyte Award winner 2019
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist for Mountain Literature
- ISBN
- 9781910240755
- Accession Number
- P2020-1
- Call Number
- 05.1 M84w copy 1
- 05.1 M84w copy 2 (reference)
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website with book preview
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Malcolm Geddes fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions601
- 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
- 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
- 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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Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54681
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60. M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
- Date Range
- ca.1908-ca.2011
- Reference Code
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Sound recording
- Lantern slide
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- V797
- S60
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / V797 / S60
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Sound recording
- Lantern slide
- Date Range
- ca.1908-ca.2011
- Physical Description
- 26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
- History / Biographical
- Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years. Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016). Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
- M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
- V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
- S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
- Notes
- Lantern slides include wooden case.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Camps
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Discovery and travel
- Discovery and exploration
- Empress Hotel
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Kananaskis Ranch
- Lake Louise
- Lantern slide
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mountain
- Organizations
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Poetry
- Scenery
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and recreation
- Sunshine area
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Assiniboine
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Ireland
- Kananaskis Country
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Manitoba
- Mount Assiniboine
- Rocky Mountains
- Victoria
- West Indies
- Winnipeg
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Biographical Source Notes
- Contents of the fonds
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122854759/jean-alexandra-macdonald
- https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-174851/MACDONALD_JEAN
- https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/bruce-macdonald-7064958
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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