topic:"mountaineering" found 7 records - Research Collections

Scope & Content: Fonds consist of papers and photographs produced and collected by Lawrence Grassi. Textual records consist of correspondence, 1918-1979, from family in Italy and organizations and individuals in Canada; personal papers, 1912-1975; publications and ephemera from organizations, including the Alpine C…

Date Range: [ca.1880]-1979

Reference Code: M45 / V240

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Lawrence Grassi fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 45; V 240

Sous-Fonds: M 45; V 240

Accession Number: 249, 282, 830, 1626, 1943, 2262, 2826, 3159, 3446, 3985

Reference Code: M45 / V240

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1880]-1979

Physical Description: ca.25 cm of textual records. -- ca.2300 photographs : prints, transparencies, negatives. -- 1 photograph album (180 prints)

History / Biographical: Lawrence Grassi, 1890-1980, was a miner and mountaineer at Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Grassi was born in Falmenta, Italy and emigrated to Canada in 1912, working first as a section man for the Canadian Pacific Railway and from 1916 to 1945 as a miner for Canmore Mines. Grassi distinguished himself in solo mountain climbing and as an unofficial guide to many other mountaineers. Grassi is best remembered for trail building activities. J. S. Woodsworth led support for legislation to change the name of Twin Lakes in White Man Pass to Grassi Lakes in recognition of this work. As assistant warden at Lake O'Hara, British Columbia, Grassi upgraded and built numerous trails for which he received many honours in later life.

Scope & Content: Fonds consist of papers and photographs produced and collected by Lawrence Grassi.; Textual records consist of correspondence, 1918-1979, from family in Italy and organizations and individuals in Canada; personal papers, 1912-1975; publications and ephemera from organizations, including the Alpine Club of Canada, Canadian Youth Hostels Association, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; newsclippings, articles and other material pertaining to Grassi and mountaineering.; Photographs pertain mainly to mountain scenery of Alberta and British Columbia, particularly Banff National Park, Lake O'Hara and region, Jasper National Park, Mount Assiniboine and region, Grotto Mountain and Grassi Lakes, ca.1930-ca.1970. Also includes views of Lawrence Grassi, family and friends, ca.1880-ca.1970, and group of unidentified portraits, ca.1880- ca.1900. Transparencies are mainly unidentified colour mountain scenics. Most views are by Grassi; some are by Richard Rushworth and F. V. Longstaff.

Name Access: Grassi, Lawrence

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Environment; Family and personal life; Mountaineering; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is primarily English. Some correspondence is in Italian

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; file description and index for photographs; electronic finding aid

Creator: Grassi, Lawrence

Category: Environment; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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The mountain

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

Published Date: 1886

Author: Michelet, Jules

Publisher: London : L. Nelson and Sons

Call Number: 01.2 M58t

Author: Michelet, Jules

Publisher: London : L. Nelson and Sons

Published Date: 1886

Physical Description: 260 pages

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

Subjects: Switzerland; Europe; Alps; Mountaineering; Glaciers; Nature

Accession Number: 2023.47

Call Number: 01.2 M58t

Collection: Archives Library

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Rock

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Date: 1880 – 1940

Material: stone

Catalogue Number: 112.03.1029

Description: Small piece of stone from summit of Mount Sir Donald.

1 image

Title: Rock

Date: 1880 – 1940

Material: stone

Description: Small piece of stone from summit of Mount Sir Donald.

Subject: George Vaux; Mount Sir Donald; geology; sports; climbing; mountaineering

Credit: Gift of George Vaux, Philadelphia, USA, 1973

Catalogue Number: 112.03.1029

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Skiers

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified skiers of a steep mountain slope tied together with rope

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 653

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 653

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified skiers of a steep mountain slope tied together with rope

Subject Access: Mountains; Mountaineering; Skiing; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Unidentified woman near top of Ptarmigan Glacier

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman holding a pickaxe standing on Ptarmigan Glacier with mountains in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 727

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

2 images

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 727

GMD: Photograph; Postcard

Date Range: [ca. 1885-1945]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an unidentified woman holding a pickaxe standing on Ptarmigan Glacier with mountains in the background

Subject Access: Glaciers; Mountains; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Portrait; Women

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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With ice-axe and camera in the Rocky Mountains

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

Published Date: 1889

Publisher: The Graphic

Call Number: 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.

Responsibility: Rev. W. Spotswood Green (sketches); Rev. H. Swanzy (photographs)

Publisher: The Graphic

Published Date: 1889

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

Subjects: Mountaineering; Glacier House; Travel; Tourism; Canadian Pacific Railway; Canadian Pacific Railway Hotels; Lake Louise; Lake Louise District; Selkirk Mountains; Selkirk Range

Abstract: Pertains to Glacier House and a paper read at the Royal Geographical Society by Rev. W. Spotswood Green who traversed the Selkirks accompanied by Rev. H. Swanzy in 1889 with accompanying photographs/sketches of Beaver Creek, snow shed, Glacier House kitchen staff, aftermath of a snow slide, Mount Bonney, Lower Columbia Lake, goats, Mount Lefroy and Lake Louise, and an avalanche.

Notes: In The Graphic, October 19, 1889, pp. 484 - 486

Accession Number: 7830

Call Number: 02.6 G75w PAM O.S.

Collection: Archives Library

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