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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1926, from Seebe via Mount Assiniboine to Lake Windermere and return to Lake Louise, with a side trip to the Lake of the Hanging Glacier. The Hunting Trip in Sept.
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting a summer 1926 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies and a hunting trip from Wilson's Ranch in September, 1926. The summer trip, made on horseback and by dogsled, began in Seebe, Alberta and ended at Lake Windermere, British Columbia,…
- Date Range
- 1926
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 5
- Date Range
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 album (353 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting a summer 1926 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies and a hunting trip from Wilson's Ranch in September, 1926. The summer trip, made on horseback and by dogsled, began in Seebe, Alberta and ended at Lake Windermere, British Columbia, working through Banff National Park via Lake Louise, Abbot Pass, and the Lake O'Hara region. Includes scenic views of mountains, waterfalls, glaciers, camps, horses, dogs, and people - many of whom are reffered to by their initials or married names (in the case of some women). The hunting trip was possibly organized by Tom Wilson out of his Kananaskis Ranch. The party travelled north in the direction of the Saskatchewan River. Includes pictures of camps, horses, pack trains, snowfall, mountains, rivers, and people - does not include photographs of hunted animals. Also includes a single photograph of The Learned's House in Newbury Port, Massachusetts, enlargements from Rocky Mountain trips, and various cards from The Vincents and Florence Dibell Bartlett. Inserts pertain to overviews/advertisements for two 1927 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices.
- Notes
- Please note: some pictures depict cultural appropriation towards First Nations peoples regarding dress that are outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Animals
- Boats
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Camps
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hunting
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horses
- Mountains
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Kananaskis
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Park
- Lake Windermere
- Lake O'Hara
- Saskatchewan River
- Pipestone Pass
- Yoho National Park
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- 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.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Horseback and Camping Trip in the Canadian Rockies, July and August 1927, Lake Louise to Jasper and return. Hunting Trip in September 1927
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- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the July/August 1927 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies and a hunting trip to Pipestone Pass in September, 1927. The summer trip was undertaken on horseback through Yoho National Park. Includes camps, glacier travel, pack trains, …
- Date Range
- 1927
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 - 6
- Date Range
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 album (253 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 14.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting the July/August 1927 trip organized by Caroline Hinman to the Canadian Rockies and a hunting trip to Pipestone Pass in September, 1927. The summer trip was undertaken on horseback through Yoho National Park. Includes camps, glacier travel, pack trains, shooting practice, scenic views, and group photographs - some people depicted are named, others are marked with initails. The hunting trip took place in the Pipestone Pass region of Banff National Park. Includes camps, lakes, scenic views, target practices, and dead animals, mostly mountain goats, deer, and a coyote. Also includes enlargements and 1927 Christmas cards from various people.
- Notes
- Please note: some pictures depict close-ups of dead animals. Blank pages not scanned
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Animals
- Boats
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Camps
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Climbing
- Dogs
- Dogsledding
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glaciers
- Hunting
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horses
- Mountains
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Saskatchewan River
- Pipestone Pass
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- 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.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds
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- Part Of
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of club records. Textual records include by-laws, 1979; minutes, 1949-1984; presidents' records, 1974-1983; financial records, membership records and dues receipts; newsletters, 1978-1994; clippings and articles, after 1946; Lake O'Hara region south area map elements and published ve…
- Date Range
- [1925, 1949-1994]
- Reference Code
- M50 / V191
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 50
- V 191
- Sous-Fonds
- M 50
- V 191
- Accession Number
- 5200, 6035, 6701
- Reference Code
- M50 / V191
- Date Range
- [1925, 1949-1994]
- Physical Description
- ca. 34 cm of textual records. -- 630 photographs : transparencies, prints
- History / Biographical
- The Lake O'Hara Trails Club was established 1948, dissolved in 1962 and reactivated in 1969 to create, improve and maintain a system of trails in the Lake O'Hara region of Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Later work involved providing information on the region to visitors, publishing maps and historical works, and continuing the efforts of founders, George K. K. Link and A. Carson Simpson.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of club records.
- Textual records include by-laws, 1979; minutes, 1949-1984; presidents' records, 1974-1983; financial records, membership records and dues receipts; newsletters, 1978-1994; clippings and articles, after 1946; Lake O'Hara region south area map elements and published versions; and correspondence between Dr. George K. K. Link, members and others, 1960-1978.
- Photographs consist mainly of Lake O'Hara Trails Club slide library pertaining to landscape, flora and fauna of the region, also portraits of Dr. Link; ca.1950-1981; 625 items. Photographers / contributors to slide library include Lillian Gest, D. M. Hehir, Frank and Ruth Henderson, Jane Hopkinson, John Hutchinson, Richard Turnbull and others. Prints pertain to ascent of Mount Lefroy, 1925, 5 items.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Lake O'Hara Trails Club
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Lillian Gest fonds
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds documents Lillian Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Pertains to mountain travel, particularly pack trips, camps, mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landsca…
- Date Range
- 1894-1984
- Reference Code
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 67
- S 36
- V 225
- Sous-Fonds
- M 67
- S 36
- V 225
- Accession Number
- 431, 699, 737, 1096, 1105, 1274, 1516, 1886, 2120, 2144, 2411, 2613, 2781, 2959, 3436, 5142, 7732
- Reference Code
- M67 / S36 / V225
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1894-1984
- Physical Description
- 1.1 m of textual records. -- ca.7400 photographs : transparencies, prints, negatives, published photographs. -- 12 photograph albums (4208 prints). -- 47 motion pictures. -- 7 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes
- History / Biographical
- Lillian Gest, 1897-1986, of Merion, Pennsylvania visited the Canadian Rockies almost every summer for sixty years, beginning in 1921. She was an active participant in "Off the Beaten Track" trips organized by Caroline Hinman between 1923 and 1933, in which young people camped, hiked, hunted and went horseback riding throughout the region between Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson. During the 1930s, Gest attended hikes of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and developed mountaineering skills at Alpine Club of Canada annual camps. Christian Hasler Jr. often served as her guide. Gest also belonged to the American Alpine Club, the Philadelphia Trails Club and the Lake O'Hara Trails Club. She spent considerable time in the Lake O'Hara region and wrote "History of Lake O'Hara" (1961), "History of Moraine Lake" (1970), and "History of Mount Assiniboine" (1979).
- Scope & Content
- Fonds documents Lillian Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Pertains to mountain travel, particularly pack trips, camps, mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landscape; scenic views; family and friends.
- Textual records include: I. Personal papers, 1925-1982, 36 cm., including A. Diaries and trip notes, B. Correspondence, C. Other; II. Activities, 1913- 1984, 50 cm., including: A. Writing (book projects, articles, memoirs and other writing), B. Nature study, C. Photography, D. Travel; III. Clubs and organizations, 1932-1984, n.d., 22.5 cm., including: A. American Alpine Club, B. Alpine Club of Canada C. Other (Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, Lake O'Hara Trails Club, Philadelphia Trails Club); IV. Other, 1894-1968, n.d., 1.5 cm., including: A. Caroline Hinman papers, B. Miscellaneous papers.
- Photographs include: I. Transparencies, 1939-1981, 7153 items; II. Photograph albums, 1919-1958, 12 v. (4208 prints); III. Motion pictures, 1928-1942, 47 reels; IV. Prints and negatives, [ca.1912]-1980, 194 items; V. Published photographs, [ca.1930-ca.1980], n.d., 17 items. Images are well identified.
- Accompanied by sound recordings of portions of diaries.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- 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
- microfilm copies of albums
- motion picture summaries and index (for 45 films)
- reference video copies for some films
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska. Includes: M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper Nation…
- Date Range
- 1925-1939
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 1 - 1 to 1 - 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
9 images
10 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 1 - 1 to 1 - 9
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1925-1939
- Physical Description
- 9.5 cm of textual records (9 volumes ; 11 x 17.7 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska. Includes: M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper National Parks organized by Caroline Hinman. M67 / 1 - 2 : black leather diary, titled Europe 1390: Can Rs 1931 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover (paper is now loose). Pertains to a trip to Switzerland and France in 1930 and the 1931 annual Alpine Club of Canada backpacking trip around the Mount Assiniboine and Kootenay National Park areas. Also includes a list of names and addresses and a poem possibly written by Gest at the back of the diary. M67 / 1 -3 : red leather diary, dated 1933 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman. M67 / 1 - 4 : red leather diary, dated 1934 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover, torn in the bottom left corner. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff National Park into Jasper National Park organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes notes on other events from the rest of the summer. M67 / 1 - 5 : black paper diary, dated 1935 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to Walking trip through glacier Park June 26 to July 5 ; Lake Magog Camp ACC July 13 to Aug 2 ; Banff Aug 2 to Aug 25 ; Fay Hut Aug 26 to Sept 1 ; O'Hara Sept 3 to 8 ; Motor trip home. Includes total milages of trips and a list of food taken on the seven day Fay Hut trip. M67 / 1 - 6 : brown leather diary, dated 1936 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a visit to Banff before driving to Edmonton and then Jasper to begin the annual Alpine Club of Canada trip. Title of insert two reads "Aplinists Will Scale Mt. Brussels" - clipping is adheared to the page and cannot be removed. M67 / 1 - 7 : brown leather diary, dated 37 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to various trips and visits made by Gest to Banff and around Banff National Park. Includes details of visits to town, hikes, climbs, and motor car trips. The diary is written on the right hand pages until Gest ran out of room, at which point she returns to the front of the book and continues on the left hand pages. M67 / 1 - 8 : black leather diary, dated 38 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips Lillian Gest took to Banff, Lake Louise, Big Bend, and the Alpine Club of Canada camp at the Columbia Icefields during the summer of 1938. M67 / 1 - 9 : brown leather diary, dated 39 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to Glacier Park, Goodsir Park, and a motor car trip to Washington and Oregon during the summer of 1939. Also includes title lists for reels (possibly pictures/slide shows), as well as a list of flower names at the back of the diary. Also includes loose items, mostly consisting of newspaper clippings, Alpine Club of Canada pamphlet, and three handwritten pages of loose paper.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned. Special note: to read M67 / 1 - 7 begin reading only the right hand pages. Towards the end of the diary Lillian Gest runs out of room and continues the entries at the beginning on the left hand pages.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Record keeping
- Sports and leisure
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Summer 1921 and Summer 1923 Album
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photo album depicting a trip Lillian Gest and her mother took in summer 1921 and in summer 1923. Western Trip, Summer of 1921 (PD - 2 / 1 to 76) follow their travels from the Great Lakes, through Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, and Glacier National Park to Sicamous, Van…
- Date Range
- 1921-1923
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / II / b / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / II / b / PD - 2
- Date Range
- 1921-1923
- Physical Description
- 1 album (531 photographs : b&w ; 14.6 x 9 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photo album depicting a trip Lillian Gest and her mother took in summer 1921 and in summer 1923. Western Trip, Summer of 1921 (PD - 2 / 1 to 76) follow their travels from the Great Lakes, through Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, and Glacier National Park to Sicamous, Vancouver and Victoria before heading down the coast to California and finally to the Grand Canyon. Page headings as follows: Great Lakes on board "Octorara"; Mackimac Island; Banff [Banff Springs Hotel, pools, Lake Minnewanka, Johnston Canyon etc.]; Banff Indian Days; Lake Louise [lake, Lake Agnes, Moraine Lake]; Paradise Valley; Wapta Camp, Hector B.C. [includes Lake O'Hara]; Emerald Lake, Field, B.C.; trip from field to Glacier [train, tunnels]; Glacier [Glacier House, Nakimu Caves]; Illecillewaet Glacier [includes ice caves and Marion Lake]; Asulkan Glacier; Sicamous; Vancouver - Stanley Park; Vancouver; Victoria; San Francisco - Chinatown; Del Monte; Historic Monterey; Santa Barbara; Los Angeles; Grand Canyon. Trip to Selkirk and Canadian Rocky Mountains, Summer of 1923 (PD - 2 / 77 to 89) depicts scenes mostly from the Glacier House region of Glacier National Park and Lake Louise of Banff National Park. Also includes scenes from Lake O'Hara. Page headings as follows: at Mackimac Island; Glacier, B.C.; trip to Nakimu Caves from Glacier; at the Great Illecillewaet Glacier; horseback trip up Mt. Abbott [includes Lake Louise], Camp Wapta; horseback trip to Lake O'Hara; [Glacier House]; [Mrs. Gest on horseback at Lake O'Hara]; [Lake O'Hara Lodge].
- Notes
- Please note: language used pertaining to First Nations during the Banff Indian Days included herein is outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned. Inserts free floating with album, are not specific to album contents.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Boats
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glacier House
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horses
- Mountains
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Paradise Valley
- Lake O'Hara
- Emerald Lake
- Glacier House
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- San Francisco
- Del Monte
- Santa Barbara
- Los Angeles
- Grand Canyon
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- California
- 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.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Summer in the Canadian Rockies, 1928. Hunting Trip, September 1928. Summer of 1929, the Tyrol and the Alps
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting three seperate trips taken by Lillian Gest: Summer in the Canadian Rockies 1928 ; Hunting Trip September 1928 ; Summer of 1929 The Tyrol and the Alps. The Summer 1928 trip was undertaken primarily by horseback, but included some hiking/climbing trips. I…
- Date Range
- 1928-1928
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 - 7
- Date Range
- 1928-1928
- Physical Description
- 1 album (385 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 15.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting three seperate trips taken by Lillian Gest: Summer in the Canadian Rockies 1928 ; Hunting Trip September 1928 ; Summer of 1929 The Tyrol and the Alps. The Summer 1928 trip was undertaken primarily by horseback, but included some hiking/climbing trips. It began at Grant Brook and the Moose River in Mt. Robson Provincial Park, worked southeast through the Tonquin Valley, and then further to the Saskatchewan River. This trip was organized by Caroline Hinman and corresponds with Insert 1. The Septemeber 1928 Hunting Trip may have been organized by a guide named Wilson and began around Sheep River, AB before working into the Pipestone Pass on horseback. Includes photographs of stag and ram heads at what is possibly Gest's home. Also includes enlargements and greeting cards from "fellow-campers." The Summer 1929 trip begins with arriving by boat before heading inland to Verona and Cortina before reaching Austria. From there the party heads into the Alps, includes many photographs of climbers on glaciers. Also includes views of the Matterhorn, Lake Geneva, the Castle of Chiffon, greeting cards, and a newspaper clipping detailing Caroline Hinman's group of ladies crossing the Saskatchewan Glacier [date unknown]. Photographs from this trip are a mix of personal photographs and souvineer photographs. Inserts pertain to overviews/advertisements for the Summer 1928 trip and the Summer 1929 trip that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices.
- Notes
- Please note: some pictures depict close-ups of dead animals. Blank pages not scanned - 54 and 55 have captions written at the bottom of the page, but no photograph and were scanned
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Activities
- Alps
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Boats
- Camps
- Climbing
- Europe
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Glaciers
- Hunting
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Moose
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Tonquin Valley
- Pipestone Pass
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Italy
- Austria
- Switzerland
- 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.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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