topic:"St. Elias" found 11 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

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Part Of: Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…

Date Range: 1965-1967

Reference Code: M585 / V805

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Organization record; Photograph print; Textual record

Part Of: Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M585 / V805

Sous-Fonds: M585

Accession Number: 2021.19

Reference Code: M585 / V805

GMD: Organization record; Photograph print; Textual record

Date Range: 1965-1967

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy. In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988. Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies. He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Wright, Gerald; Blanchard, W.E. (Smoke); Johnson, Roy; Mock, R.G. (Tex); Sharp, Dave; Swift, Bob

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Centennial; Climbing; Club; Discovery and exploration; Glaciers; Hiking; Map; Medicine; Membership; Mount St. Elias; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Photography; Records; Record keeping; Scenery; Sports and recreation; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Yukon; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Staples removed from letters and equipment lists

Biographical Source Notes: Memorial card

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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The Fox Glacier project

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1970

Author: Clarke, Garry C

Call Number: 03.4 C55 Pam

Author: Clarke, Garry C

Responsibility: by Garry C. Clarke and David F. Classen

Published Date: 1970

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: St. Elias Mountains

Notes: From Canadian Geographical Journal, v.LXXXI, no.1, July 1970

Call Number: 03.4 C55 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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King Peak - Yukon expedition, 1952 : Summary report

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1952

Call Number: F912 S15 K5

Published Date: 1952

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: St. Elias, Mount

Call Number: F912 S15 K5

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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King Peak Yukon expedition 1952

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2002

Author: Schoening, Pete

Publisher: [s.l.] : The Author

Call Number: F912 S34 K5

Author: Schoening, Pete

Publisher: [s.l.] : The Author

Published Date: 2002

Physical Description: 1v. (various pagings) : ill., maps + 1 map in back cover

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: St. Elias, Mount

Notes: Limited edition no.76

Call Number: F912 S34 K5

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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[Mount St. Elias 115BC, Yukon-Alaska]

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1967

Publisher: Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources

Call Number: NTS; 115BC

Publisher: Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: Scale: 1:250,000; Relief: Contour Interval in Canada 500 ft., in U.S.A. 200 ft.

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Mount St. Elias; Yukon Territory/Alaska

Notes: National Topographic System

Accession Number: 3000

Call Number: NTS; 115BC

Collection: Archives Library

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Mountain climbing

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1897

Publisher: London : Charles Scribner's Sons

Call Number: 01 W69m

Responsibility: Edward L. Wilson, Edwin Lord Weeks, A. F. Jaccaci, W. Martin-Conway, Mark Brickell Kerr, William Williams, and H. F. B. Lynch

Publisher: London : Charles Scribner's Sons

Published Date: 1897

Physical Description: 358 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mountaineering; St. Elias; Alps; Climbing; Glaciers

Contents: I. Mount Washington in winter / Edward L. Wilson -- II. Some episodes of mountaineering by a cause amateur / Edwin Lord Weeks -- III. Ascent of Mount Aetna / A. F. Jaccaci -- IV. Ascent of Mount Ararat / H. F. B. Lynch -- V. Climbing Mount St. Elias / William Williams -- VI. Mount St. Elias and its glaciers / Mark Brickell Kerr -- VII. One thousand miles through the Alps / Sir. W. Martin Conway