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Camps of the Alpine Club of Canada Album

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to various ACC camp trips from 1906 to 1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Moraine Lake, and Banff town areas, and includes b…

Date Range: 1906-1913

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 13

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: IV.B. Other material: photographic

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 13

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1906-1913

Physical Description: 1 album (325 photographs : b&w and col. ; 28.6 x 18.5 cm)

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album compiled by Frank W. Freeborn of New York City for the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to various ACC camp trips from 1906 to 1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Moraine Lake, and Banff town areas, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are numbered and annotated. A black leather album, it has "PHOTOGRAPHS" embossed in gold in the top left corner of the front cover.

Notes: Page 90 not scanned - blank page; the pages between 23-34 and between 52-64 have been rebound out of order prior to accessioning.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Backpacking; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Camps; Cathedral Mountain; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Club; Clubhouse; Consolation Valley; Environment and Nature; Glaciers; Hiking; Hotels; Lake O'hara; Landscapes; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Period costume; Photography; Portrait; Rogers Pass; Scenery; scenic; Sherbrooke Lake; Trails; Transportation; Women; Yoho Valley

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Yoho National Park; Glacier National Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Finding Aid: Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Baldy Summit Registers

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Mount Baldy produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1997 and 2008. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred whi…

Date Range: 1997-1998; 2002-2008

Reference Code: M200 / V / A / 89 to 93

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / V: Summit Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records

Accession Number: accn. 2023.10; accn. 8002

Reference Code: M200 / V / A / 89 to 93

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Responsibility: Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 1997-1998; 2002-2008

Physical Description: 5 volumes 7 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: Mount Baldy is located in the Kananaskis River Valley in the Canadian Rockies, Alberta.

Scope & Content: Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Mount Baldy produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1997 and 2008. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. Files include: M200 / V / A / 89: Mount Baldy Summit register May 9, 1997 - Aug. 26, 1998 M200 / V / A / 90: Summit Register - MT. Baldy (West Summit), 2002 - 2006 M200 / V / A / 91: 2005 AB. Centennial Mtn. Expedition Mt. Baldy, 2005 -2006 M200 / V / A / 92: Summit Register - MT. Baldy (West Peak), 2006-2007 M200 / V / A / 93: Summit Register - MT. Baldy, Aug 2007 - Oct 2008

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Alberta; Alpine Club of Canada; Backcountry skiing; Backpacking; Banff; Bow Valley; Climbing; Club; Cross-country skiing; Description and travel; Environment; Environment and Nature; Hiking; Kananaskis Country; Kananaskis River Valley; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Record keeping; Ski areas; Ski mountaineering; Skiing; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Summit

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Kananaskis; Kananaskis Country; Kananaskis Valley; Canmore; Canmore, AB; Mount Baldy

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; French

Related Material: M235

Category: Environment; Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Climbs in the Canadian Rockies Album

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album by the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to ACC camps and climbs that took place from 1912-1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake Louise, Vermillion Pass, Lake O'Hara, Mt. Robson, and Banff town areas, and includes black and white photogr…

Date Range: 1912-1913

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 23

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Album; Photograph

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: IV.B. Other material: photographic

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 55P / PD - 23

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: 1912-1913

Physical Description: 1 album (170 photographs : b&w and col. ; 31.9 x 25.6 cm)

Scope & Content: Item consists of 1 photograph album by the Alpine Club of Canada. The album pertains to ACC camps and climbs that took place from 1912-1913 throughout the Rocky Mountains, including the Lake Louise, Vermillion Pass, Lake O'Hara, Mt. Robson, and Banff town areas, and includes black and white photographs, all of which are annotated. A black leather album, it has "PHOTOGRAPHS" stamped into the top left corner of the front cover with "1912 and 1913" written in white ink below it.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Abbot Pass; Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Backpacking; Bow Falls; Bow River; Bow Valley; Buildings; Camps; Canadian Pacific Railway; Castle Mountain; Cathedral Mountain; Climbing; Clothing and dress; Club; Clubhouse; Consolation Valley; Environment and Nature; Fire; Glaciers; Hiking; Horses; Lake O'hara; Landscapes; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Period costume; Photography; Portrait; Rogers Pass; Scenery; scenic; Trails; Trains; Transportation; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Finding Aid: Inventory of the Alpine Club of Canada Collection, 1986, provides group or item-level description to this material

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Reference Code: V8 / accn. 6151

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 6151

Reference Code: V8 / accn. 6151

Physical Description: 12 photographs: prints, b&w, some sepia-toned

History / Biographical: Herbert Wendell Gleason, 1855-1937, was an American photographer, who after a career in the clergy, travelled the United States photographing the wilderness in national parks and other areas. Gleason photographed in Canada between 1905 and 1914.

Subject Access: Columbia Valley; Purcell Mountains, B.C.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: V8 / PA accn. 6151 (1 - 12): 1 - Along lake above [Lake Windermere, 1906] (copy neg: NA 66-1135) 2 - Windermere Valley from Fairmont Hot Springs [1906] (copy neg: NA 66-1136) 3 - N. E. across [Columbia] Valley from Ellis' ranch [1906] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1137) 4 - Cloud effect, from Edin ___? [View in Columbia Valley, 1906] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1138) 5 - Swansea Peak, from Indian Point [Columbia Valley, 1906] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1139) 6 - Upper Columbia Valley, N. from Swansea Peak [Sept. 13, 1906] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1140) 7 - Upper Columbia Valley, S. from Swansea Peak [1906] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1141) 8 - Brilliant autumn foliage [Columbia Valley, 1906] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1142) 9 - Lagoon at Canterbury Point [Columbia Valley?, 1906] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1143) 10 - Earl Grey Pea, N. from pass [1912] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1144) 11 - Lake _____? [Lake of the Hanging Glacier, 1912] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1145) 12 - Horse Thief Glacier [Starbird Glacier, 1912] (copy neg: NA 66 - 1146)