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Arnold Wexler fonds
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- Part Of
- Arnold Wexler fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. Expeditions and trips series, 1946-1974; II. General files series, 1913-1978. Expeditions and trips series pertains to mountaineering expeditions and trips of Arnold Wexler and companions to western and northern Canada and locations in the United States. Canadian…
- Date Range
- 1913-1978, predominant 1946-1974
- Reference Code
- M69 / V52
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Arnold Wexler fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 69
- V 52
- Sous-Fonds
- M69/V52
- Accession Number
- 7196
- Reference Code
- M69 / V52
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Responsibility
- Arnold Wexler was responsible for the creation of most material. Fonds also contains material created by A. C. Faberge, Alvin E. Peterson, Donald Hubbard, William L. Putnam, Samuel V. Moore, Mike Banks, and others
- Date Range
- 1913-1978, predominant 1946-1974
- Physical Description
- ca.4100 photographs (ca.3000 transparencies, ca.700 negatives, ca.400 prints). -- 7 photograph albums (ca.190 prints). -- ca.40 cartographic records. -- 16 cm of textual records. -- 5 cm of print material. -- 5 graphic records
- History / Biographical
- Arnold Wexler, 1918-1997, was a research engineer and mountaineer in the Washington, DC area of the United States. He was a member of numerous scientific and mountaineering organizations and was actively involved in the testing of mountaineering equipment. Wexler climbed extensively in North America, Europe and South America, and also travelled throughout Asia. He is credited with over 100 ascents, almost half being first ascents.
- Wexler was a key organizer and participant of expeditions to western and northern Canada beginning in 1946. Noteworthy ascents of that first expedition, to the northern Selkirks of British Columbia, were the second ascent of Mount Sir Sandford and first ascents of Sentinel Peak, Unicorn and East Blackfriar. Also, near the end of that trip, an accident claimed the life of an expedition member. Wexler and his associates made annual expeditions and trips to Canada from 1946 until 1955, and subsequently in the years 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1970 through 1974
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. Expeditions and trips series, 1946-1974; II. General files series, 1913-1978.
- Expeditions and trips series pertains to mountaineering expeditions and trips of Arnold Wexler and companions to western and northern Canada and locations in the United States. Canadian expedition destinations included the Selkirk Mountains, Cariboo Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Monashee Mountains, Coast Range, Bugaboo Mountains, Logan Mountains, Battle Range and Adamant Range. Mountaineers involved were Arnold Wexler, Sterling B. Hendricks, Donald Hubbard, Alvin (Pete) E. Peterson, Alex C. Faberge, Chris G. Scoredos, Charles C. Haworth Jr., Samuel V. Moore, Arthur Lembeck, Norman Goldstein, W. L. Putnam, A. J. Kauffman and others. Series includes extensive photographs, trip diaries and maps.
- General files series consists of files pertaining to mountaineering, equipment, locations, climbing associates and expeditions. Includes correspondence, checklists, exhibition prints, climbing portraits, and research material in the form of topical files, maps and print material
- Name Access
- Wexler, Arnold
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Science and technology
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Wexler, Arnold
- Biographical Source Notes
- Obituary by John Christian (see case file)
- Contents of the fonds
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Bill Vroom fonds
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- Bill Vroom fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists primarily of predator study photographs by Bill Vroom, re grizzly bears and wolves in Banff National Park, ca.1974-ca.1980. Also includes textual records: The ecology of grizzly bear winter den sites in Banff National Park, Alberta / G. William Vroom, Stephen Herrero, R. T. Ogilvie :…
- Date Range
- 1964-[ca.1980]
- Reference Code
- M165 / S30 / V659
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Bill Vroom fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 165
- S 30
- V 659
- Sous-Fonds
- M 165
- S 30
- V 659
- Accession Number
- 849, 1232, 2522, 6453, 7770, 7958, 8022
- Reference Code
- M165 / S30 / V659
- Date Range
- 1964-[ca.1980]
- Physical Description
- 202 photographs: 191 transparencies, 4 prints, col. -- 1 sound recording. -- 1 textual record
- History / Biographical
- G. William (Bill) Vroom, 1931-1998, was a national park warden at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1955 until 1988
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists primarily of predator study photographs by Bill Vroom, re grizzly bears and wolves in Banff National Park, ca.1974-ca.1980. Also includes textual records: The ecology of grizzly bear winter den sites in Banff National Park, Alberta / G. William Vroom, Stephen Herrero, R. T. Ogilvie : [conference paper], 1977, 33 p.; personal income tax return, 1956; recorded slide show commentary for "Grizzly Bear Winter", 1976; and prints pertaining to grizzly bears, 1964, and Palliser cabin, 1970.
- Name Access
- Vroom, Bill
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Science and technology
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Vroom, Bill
- Category
- Environment
- Science and technology
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bob Hind fonds
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- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada (A. Trips and activities, 1931-1992; B. General, between 1928 and 1960). II. Personal (A. Photography notes, 1938-1996; B. World travel, ca.1930-ca.1950; C. Personal photographs, 1927-ca.1955). III. Other, between ca…
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]-1992
- Reference Code
- M7 / V46
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Part Of
- Bob Hind fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 7
- V 46
- Sous-Fonds
- M7 / V46
- Accession Number
- 7181
- Reference Code
- M7 / V46
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Date Range
- [ca.1925]-1992
- Physical Description
- ca.5800 photographs (ca.1350 negatives, ca.1350 prints, ca.3100 transparencies). -- 15 motion pictures. -- 4 textual records (4 v). -- 2 cartographic records.
- History / Biographical
- Robin Cyril (Bob) Hind, 1911-2000, was an electrical engineer and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Hind was born on a farm in northern Alberta was educated at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. He was a Life Member of ACC, joining in 1933, and attended over 30 ACC camps, often with his family. Hind received the Silver Rope Award in 1935, was recipient of Centennial Medal, and served the ACC in offices of President, Vice-President and Chairman of Hut Committee.
- In 1948, Bob Hind married Margaret (Peggy) Trotter, a fellow mountaineer and skier. Together they had two children. After Peggy Hind was killed in an avalanche in 1955, Hind married Marjory Bugler, and the couple had three more children. Marjory (Marj) Hind was a homemaker and mountaineer.
- During his extensive mountaineering career, Bob Hind climbed most of the significant peaks in Rockies and Selkirks, including some first ascents. He also climbed in Wales and the Alps. Hind was active in the Calgary Tennis Club, the Boy Scout movement and was a member of the American Alpine Club and The Alpine Club, London. Bob Hind worked on electrical projects in Canada and Europe.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada (A. Trips and activities, 1931-1992; B. General, between 1928 and 1960). II. Personal (A. Photography notes, 1938-1996; B. World travel, ca.1930-ca.1950; C. Personal photographs, 1927-ca.1955). III. Other, between ca.1925 and ca.1955.
- Series I consists of photographs, motion pictures and textual records pertaining to mountaineering, hiking, travel, Alpine Club of Canada camps and activities in western Canada by Bob Hind, Bob and Marj Hind, and the Hind family.
- Name Access
- Hind, Bob
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Science and technology
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic and on-line finding aids
- Creator
- Hind, Bob
- Biographical Source Notes
- archivist's acquisition file notes
- obits: CAJ 1955; CAJ 2001
- ACC ballot, January 1969 - in case file
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service fonds
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- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of meteorological registers for Anthracite station, 1929-1933, indicating rain, snow, weather, miscellaneous phenomena and extremes of temperature; and daily weather records for Banff station, 1955-1980, indicating detailed climatological observations and instrument readings.
- Date Range
- 1929-1933, 1955-1980
- Reference Code
- M443
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Government record
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 443
- Sous-Fonds
- M 443
- Accession Number
- 3391, 3494
- Reference Code
- M443
- Date Range
- 1929-1933, 1955-1980
- Physical Description
- 29 v. of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of meteorological registers for Anthracite station, 1929-1933, indicating rain, snow, weather, miscellaneous phenomena and extremes of temperature; and daily weather records for Banff station, 1955-1980, indicating detailed climatological observations and instrument readings.
- Name Access
- Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Government
- Science and technology
- Access Restrictions
- Reference use only
- Other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Category
- Environment
- Government
- Science and technology
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Gerald Smedley Andrews fonds
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- Gerald Smedley Andrews fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of reminiscences, lecture and correspondence pertaining to Andrews' activities and interests in the Canadian Rockies. Reminiscence is titled: Beyond those rugged mountains by Gerry Andrews 1987: about his summer jobs at Field, British Columbia, 1919 Part I & 1921, Part II. Lecture, 1…
- Date Range
- Copies made 1982-1987
- Reference Code
- M450 / V736
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Gerald Smedley Andrews fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 450
- V 736
- Sous-Fonds
- M 450
- V 736
- Accession Number
- 3526, 3770, 5359
- Reference Code
- M450 / V736
- Date Range
- Copies made 1982-1987
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records. -- 5 photographs : copy negatives
- History / Biographical
- Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Smedley Andrews, b.1903-, was Surveyor General and Director of Surveys and Mapping for British Columbia from 1951-1968. In retirement, Andrews has written, lectured and travelled.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of reminiscences, lecture and correspondence pertaining to Andrews' activities and interests in the Canadian Rockies. Reminiscence is titled: Beyond those rugged mountains by Gerry Andrews 1987: about his summer jobs at Field, British Columbia, 1919 Part I & 1921, Part II. Lecture, 1975, is titled: Edouard Gaston Daniel Deville, father of Canadian photogrammetric mapping. Personal correspondence is between Andrews and Fred Brewster, 1959- 1968, and pertains to maps, Samuel Prescott Fay, Cree language and travels. Also includes photographs pertaining to Fred Brewster and his house, Jasper, Alberta, 1924, 1965.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Science and technology
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Andrews, Gerald Smedley
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
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HCR Info Files - Botany
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of published research materials collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to trees, plant identification and growth patterns, gardening and related subjects. File includes handwritten notes produced by Ben.
- Date Range
- 1962
- 1972-1974
- 1980
- 1984-1989
- 1992-1994
- 1999
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / A / 45 to 48
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / II : Research and publication records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / II / A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / A / 45 to 48
- Date Range
- 1962
- 1972-1974
- 1980
- 1984-1989
- 1992-1994
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of published research materials collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to trees, plant identification and growth patterns, gardening and related subjects. File includes handwritten notes produced by Ben.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Publication
- Research
- Environment
- Natural history
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Science and technology
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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HCR Info Files - Weather
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of published research materials collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to climate change, cloud formations, wind and other weather-related subjects.
- Date Range
- 1968
- 1980
- 1985-1990
- 1994
- 1997
- 2006
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / A / 44
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / II : Research and publication records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / II / A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / II / A / 44
- Date Range
- 1968
- 1980
- 1985-1990
- 1994
- 1997
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of published research materials collected by Ben Gadd pertaining to climate change, cloud formations, wind and other weather-related subjects.
- Notes
- Some items in file are annotated by Ben Gadd
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Subject Access
- Publication
- Research
- Environment
- Natural history
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Science and technology
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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High school records
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- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes, assignments and other records pertaining to Ben Gadd's high school education in Colorado, 1961-1964. File includes collected newspaper clippings and research material for school assignments; illustrations by Ben, including architectural drawings and design plans for model ai…
- Date Range
- 1961-1964
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / B / 3 to 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Ben Gadd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M590
- V810
- S61
- Series
- M590 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M590
- Sub-Series
- M590 / I / B : Education and early writing
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Reference Code
- M590 / I / B / 3 to 5
- GMD
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Produced by Ben Gadd
- Date Range
- 1961-1964
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notes, assignments and other records pertaining to Ben Gadd's high school education in Colorado, 1961-1964. File includes collected newspaper clippings and research material for school assignments; illustrations by Ben, including architectural drawings and design plans for model airplanes; short stories and original poetry; and other related material.
- Notes
- File M590 / I / B / 3 includes one annotated map of trails in Colorado which was used by Ben Gadd from 1960-1962 during various bicycling trips.
- Name Access
- Gadd, Ben
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Science and technology
- Politics
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Jack Giddie fonds
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- Jack Giddie fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists mainly of untitled reminiscences, ca.1962, pertaining to school days; mountain regions; Banff to Revelstoke; Giddie's pack trips and clients, 1910-1912, including Charles D. Walcott's paleontological expeditions and various hunting trips; and warden career, 1919, re game law enforcem…
- Date Range
- Copies made 1977-1980
- Reference Code
- M389 / V228
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Jack Giddie fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 389
- V 228
- Sous-Fonds
- M 389
- V 228
- Accession Number
- 2756, 3256
- Reference Code
- M389 / V228
- Date Range
- Copies made 1977-1980
- Physical Description
- 2 textual records (1 cm). -- 13 photographs : copy negatives
- History / Biographical
- Jack M. Giddie, 1880-ca.1978, guided for Brewster Brothers prior to World War I and was a game warden in Yoho and Waterton Lakes National Park until 1946
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists mainly of untitled reminiscences, ca.1962, pertaining to school days; mountain regions; Banff to Revelstoke; Giddie's pack trips and clients, 1910-1912, including Charles D. Walcott's paleontological expeditions and various hunting trips; and warden career, 1919, re game law enforcement, guides and outfitters, etc. Reminiscences are in holograph and typewritten form. Also includes photographs pertaining to Jack Giddie, friends, and associates and clients, pack trips, camp scenes
- Name Access
- Giddie, Jack
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Giddie, Jack
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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James Gardner fonds
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- James Gardner fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of field notebooks, research, reports, manuscripts and off-prints pertaining to avalanches, geomorphology, glaciers, meteorology, nomenclature of the Lake Louise region and Mount Robson. Includes an article titled "The Lake Louise Club and some Rocky Mountain nomenclature in the 189…
- Date Range
- 1969-1973
- Reference Code
- M105
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- James Gardner fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 105
- Sous-Fonds
- M 105
- Accession Number
- 735, 1263, 1301, 1432, 1506, 1850, 7782 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M105
- Date Range
- 1969-1973
- Physical Description
- 6 metres textual records
- History / Biographical
- James Smith Gardner, b.1941, geographer, conducted various geomorphic studies in the Canadian Rockies including work leading to his 1968 Ph.D. dissertation titled "Debris slope form and processes in the Lake Louise district: a high mountain area". He also studied the human history of the Rockies with a particular interest in geographic names. Gardner taught in the Department of Geography at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada for many years and currently teaches in the Department of Geography and the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Manitoba.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of field notebooks, research, reports, manuscripts and off-prints pertaining to avalanches, geomorphology, glaciers, meteorology, nomenclature of the Lake Louise region and Mount Robson. Includes an article titled "The Lake Louise Club and some Rocky Mountain nomenclature in the 1890s" which discusses the explorations of S. E. S. Allen and Walter D. Wilcox.
- Name Access
- Gardner, James
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Science and technology
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: inventory available
- Creator
- Gardner, James
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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