Records were generated by the Canadian Mount Everest Society.
Date Range
predom. 1978-1984
Physical Description
3.15 m of textual records.
History / Biographical
The Alpine Club of Canada was a major sponsor of the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition.
Scope & Content
Canadian Mount Everest Expedition records are primarily Director's records; also includes material on publication, "Everest Canada."
Finding Aid
Inventory available in this database; select Alpine Club of Canada - inventory from list
Related Material
Constitutes Sous-fonds II of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Some records pertaining to expedition planning and preparation can also be found in I.A.2.d. and I.A.3.d., ACC admininstrative records. Other records pertaining to the expedition can be found in Larry Emrick fonds (M539), Bruce Patterson fonds (S42), Peter Spear fonds (M562,V787, S56), John Amatt fonds (M563, V788, S57), and Al Burgess fonds (M64, S48)
Sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Resaerch 1999 - 2018
List of files
1. 2005 ALBERTA - working texts for book project, early explorers (Henday-Thompson-Henry+)
2. 2009 NAME – working texts for book project following history of the grizzly bear’s name (see #8)
3. 2011 PLAINS GRIZZ…
Sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Resaerch 1999 - 2018
List of files
1. 2005 ALBERTA - working texts for book project, early explorers (Henday-Thompson-Henry+)
2. 2009 NAME – working texts for book project following history of the grizzly bear’s name (see #8)
3. 2011 PLAINS GRIZZ - working texts for book project on the history of the ‘Plains Grizzly’
4. 2012 PLAINS GRIZ - reworking #3 texts; some additional research but some text still ‘messed up’
5. 2015 FUR TRADER RECS – grizzly bears records of Canadian fur traders, tables and lists
6. 2015 TABLES – historic recs, compilations, fur trade, others; best edited versions of many in #18.
7. ABORIGINAL HUNTING – mostly working notes, tables, texts on hunting methods, weapons, religion
8. BOOK NAME Sep 09 – working updated texts from #2
9. BUFFER ZONES – working tables, texts on historic inter-tribal and other buffer zones
10. CA 1850 (1841-60) – Canadian historic records other than fur traders
11. CA 1880 (1861-1900) – Canadian historic records other than fur traders
12. CALIFORNIA – working texts and historic records; note best Portola text in LGH 2018
13. CANADIAN ROCKIES – grizzly bear and other wildlife records and misc
14. CYPRESS HILLS 2010 - working texts for project which expanded into #3,4 project
15. ESGBP GRIZZ POPULATION ANALYSIS* - not included on most discs; analysis of research results
16. GRIZZLY – BIO – ECO – research notes, tables on grizzly biology, behavior, ecology, etc
17. LEIG GRIZ HIST – FUR TRADE MISC – misc. fur trade records, texts, include Fort Colville research
18. LEIGHTON GRIZZLY HISTORY 2018 – files edited, updated, organized and sent out in 2018; BEST
19. NORTH CASCADES – research files, texts on history of grizzly bear in North Cascades Ecosystem
20. SHORT STORY – ALL – various working reiterations of condensed ‘short story’ of grizzly bear history
21. SPANISH CA RECORDS – early Spanish historic records
22. THE MYTH – ALL – various working texts on The Myth, historic pop estimates and historic range maps
23. US NW GRIZZLY RECORDS 1825- US historic records except Spanish and LEWIS and CLARK (in #6,18)
Sous-fonds includes miscellaneous material acquired by the Alpine Club of Canada prior to 1986. Includes letters, cartoons, clippings, printed matter, photographs, articles, scrapbooks, etc.
Sous-fonds includes miscellaneous material acquired by the Alpine Club of Canada prior to 1986. Includes letters, cartoons, clippings, printed matter, photographs, articles, scrapbooks, etc.
Finding Aid
Inventory available in this database; select Alpine Club of Canada - inventory from list
Related Material
Constitutes Sous-fonds IV of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds.
Constitutes Sous-fonds III of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Consists of members' personal papers and photographs accumulated by the Alpine Club of Canada prior to 1986. Material pertains primarily to ACC camps, expeditions, climbs, activities and facilities; and to mountaineering in general. M…
Reference Code
M200 / III
V14 / III
For full list of file numbers, select series III in database search.
For full list of file numbers, select series III in database search.
Physical Description
??? cm of textual records. -- ??? photograpahs.
Scope & Content
Constitutes Sous-fonds III of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Consists of members' personal papers and photographs accumulated by the Alpine Club of Canada prior to 1986. Material pertains primarily to ACC camps, expeditions, climbs, activities and facilities; and to mountaineering in general. Major groups of material include: Paul A. W. Wallace papers and photographs, 1912- 1945; Frank W. Freeborn photographs, 1905-1914; Preston L. Tait photographs, 1911-1946; Phyllis Munday photographs, ca.1920-ca.1940; W. E. Stone photographs, 1912-1921; H. F. Lambart papers and photographs, 1913-1937; and Elizabeth Parker photographs, 1906-1912. Other significant groups of material include: Geoffrey Capes papers and photographs, 1947-1957; Byron Harmon photographs, 1906-ca.1920; J. P. Forde photographs, 1906-1913; George Battell photographs, ca.1909-1915; J. W. A. Hickson photographs, 1909-1919; L. C. Ford photographs, 1919-1932; Edward C. Porter photographs, ca.1950- 1981; Harry Pollard photographs, 1910-ca.1925; W. W. Foster photographs, 1925; A. A. McCoubrey papers, 1906-1937; H. A. V. Green papers, 1953-1958; A. T. Dalton photographs, 1902, 1907; Cora Sutter photographs, ca.1945; George Kinney papers and photographs, ca.1907; Malcolm Goddard photographs, 1912, n.d.; Elliott Barnes photographs, 1907; J. Norman Collie photographs, 1897- 1910. Single items or small groups of items originate with the following: Duke of Abruzzi, H. W. Allan, Allen H. Bent, Frances Arnold Black, Eric Brooks, Neal Carter, Rollin T. Chamberlin, Nick Clinch, Mary Cockerton, H. A. Constantine, Mary Fallis, Willima O. Field, Margaret Fleming, Don Forrester, H. O. Frind, A. L Harkness, Dorothy Hartley, G. Horne, Emil Huber, Ernest A. Jenkins, Mary L. Jobe, Conrad Kain, R. Kelly, F. V. Longstaff, H. MacKay, Claire McIntyre, D. S. McTavish, Edwin W. Mills, S. H. Mitchell, Don Munday, Elizabeth M. Rife, D. A. Sampson, R. A. Schluter, Vaux family, Betty Walker, C. G. Wates, A. O. Wheeler, Frank Yeigh.
Finding Aid
Inventory available in this database; select Alpine Club of Canada - inventory from list
Related Material
Constitutes Sous-fonds III of the Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Material compliments Alpine Club of Canada records, particularly with regards to camps, climbs, expeditions and facilities. Photographs by professional photographers such as Byron Harmon, Harry Pollard and Elliott Barnes may have been produced on behalf of the club and related to I.A.1.j. Administration: photography. Paul A. W. Wallace material is also held by the Glenbow Archives, Calgary.
Sous-fonds consists of personal papers, correspondence, financial, legal and other papers of members of the Robb and Morse families, including those of Catherine Sedgwick Newbury Robb, Patrick Robb, Marion Robb, Robb / Newbury / Bagley family, Russell Robb Sr., Edith Morse Robb, Russell Robb Jr., E…
ca.2 m of textual records (and 7 oversize items). -- ca.3560 photographs (2700 negatives, ca.850 prints, 14 albums of ca.2465 prints).
History / Biographical
The Robb and Morse families of Iowa and Massachusetts, U.S.A. were the maternal and fraternal relatives of Catharine Robb Whyte.
Scope & Content
Sous-fonds consists of personal papers, correspondence, financial, legal and other papers of members of the Robb and Morse families, including those of Catherine Sedgwick Newbury Robb, Patrick Robb, Marion Robb, Robb / Newbury / Bagley family, Russell Robb Sr., Edith Morse Robb, Russell Robb Jr., Edward Sylvester Morse, John Gavit and Julie Morse; and photographs pertaining to Robb and Morse family members, homes, activities and travels. Mainly includes negatives, prints and albums produced by Russell Robb Sr. and Russell Robb Jr., father and brother of Catharine Robb Whyte; also, collected family photographs concerning Robb and Morse family members and travels.
Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.
Finding Aid
Series-level outline is available. Inventory is available in computer database form; select M36INV.
Related Material
Consitutes Sous-fonds II of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds.
Title Source
Title based on contents of sous-fonds.
Content Details
Forms part of Sous-fonds II of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds.
This section of the collection is primarily composed of the photographs of Catharine Robb Whyte's parents Russell and Edith Morse Robb and her paternal grandfather Edward Sylvester Morse. The photographs focus on the Morse-Robb family homes in Concord, Massasschussets, and activities in the New England region. E.S. Morse was a scholar and active traveller who began taking photographs well before the turn of the century. Catharine's father, who was befriended by Morse, also took up photography around 1900, and with the birth of his child, Russell Jr. in 1902, he became a very prolific and competent family photographer. The earliest photographs of Russell Jr. were taken on a 1 1/2 x 2 inch negative format, but by 1904, he had graduated to a much larger 3 1/2 x 6 inch sheet film camera. Individual albums of each of the Robb children were produced, carefully utilizing the large format photographs taken between ca.1904 and 1912. Since she appears in many photographs and Russell is seldom depicted, Edith Morse Robb in not believed to have taken an active part in the early family photography.
Photographs attributable to Russell Robb Jr. begin to appear ca.1916 and continue on through his college years at Harvard University. Subject matter centres on his sister Catharine and her friends, his own friends, activities at Harvard, and sailing trips with friends along the New England coast. Most of these photographs were produced by a roll film camera which exposed a 3 x 4 inch negative. Since he lived at the Robb home following graduation from Harvard, Russell Robb Jr. photographs continue on through the late 1920s.
S57 contains two series:
A. Audio cassette entitled "Everest the Ultimate Challenge - 1922-1982 - A Stereo Sound History of 60 Years of Struggle to Climb the Worlds Highest Mountain" (unopened)
B. Audio reel entitled "Master Tape for Everest Music" - Ampex Precision Magnetic Tape
John Amatt (May 19, 1945 - ) was an educator, expedition leader, public speaker, and founder of One Step Beyond WorldWide. He was a climber, business manager, spokesman and press liason for the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition.
Scope & Content
S57 contains two series:
A. Audio cassette entitled "Everest the Ultimate Challenge - 1922-1982 - A Stereo Sound History of 60 Years of Struggle to Climb the Worlds Highest Mountain" (unopened)
B. Audio reel entitled "Master Tape for Everest Music" - Ampex Precision Magnetic Tape
Notes
There are artefacts in the heritage collection associated with this fonds - logos and pins
Series consists of the following series: A. Dave White Sr. papers, 1887- 1942; B. Annie White papers, 1875-1955; C. Dave (Jack) White papers, 1911- 1955; D. Clifford White notebook, ca.1915; E. John D. Curren papers, 1886- 1940; F. White-Curren family photographs, 1885-1953. Papers consist of pers…
ca. 2 m of textual records (and 36 oversize items). -- ca.3100 photographs (ca.1800 negatives, ca.1300 prints, 5 albums of ca.400 prints).
History / Biographical
The White and Curren families of Banff, Alberta were the maternal and fraternal relatives of Peter Whyte. Dave McIntosh White, 1864- 1940, Peter Whyte's father, came to the Canadian Rockies in 1885 with the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1894 he opened a general merchandise business, the Park Store, in Banff. The success of this business resulted in expansions in 1908-1909 and in 1912-1913. For a short time, Whyte operated a similiar business in Bankhead. White was a long-time friend of the Stoney Nakoda, Annie (Curren) White, 1879-1955, emigrated to Canada from Scotland with her father, John Donaldson Curren, and a brother in 1886. They settled in Anthracite, east of Banff, where J. D. Curren operated a small coal mining business. Annie Curren married Dave White in 1901. Their children, all born in Banff, were Clifford, 1902-1964, Lila, 1903-1961, Peter, 1905-1966, and Dave Jr. (Jackie), 1908-1961. Clifford and Jack worked for the family business, Dave White and Sons.
Scope & Content
Series consists of the following series: A. Dave White Sr. papers, 1887- 1942; B. Annie White papers, 1875-1955; C. Dave (Jack) White papers, 1911- 1955; D. Clifford White notebook, ca.1915; E. John D. Curren papers, 1886- 1940; F. White-Curren family photographs, 1885-1953. Papers consist of personal, legal and financial papers; and records of Dave White, General Merchant, Dave White and Sons and White and Bayne Store. Pertains to Stoney Nakoda First Nations, Banff Indian Days, Highland gatherings, buildings, churches, skiing, coal and coal mines and Lake Minnewanka. Photographs consist largely of negatives and prints produced by various members of the White family, including Dave, Annie, Clifford and Jack White, pertaining to the White family members, travels, activities; the Banff-Lake Louise area; Banff events, places and people; winter sports; social events and friends, 1910- 1953, and glass negatives by J. D. Curren pertaining to Curren and White families and activities, Mount Assiniboine pack trip and Bow Valley scenes; ca.1885-1905. Also includes collected prints of family and friends, family businesses and buildings and winter sports, and albums pertaining to White and Curren families, 1885-1919 and Clifford White photographs, 1917-1921.
Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.
Finding Aid
Series-level outline available. Electronic database available. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only (printed inventory provides more detail than the computer inventory).
Related Material
Consitutes Sous-fonds III of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Forms part of Sous-fonds III of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds.
Photographs in this section begin with the early family portraits of David McIntosh White taken in New Brunswick and those of Annie Curren White taken in Scotland. The earliest negatives attributable to David and Annie White date ca.1908, or approximately the time they moved to their new home between Lynx Street and Bow Avenue. Most of the negatives from the first two decades of family photography are sized 8.3 x 11 cms., with the exception of what appears to be occasional experimentation with other formats, such as vest pocket and 4 x 5 Graflex, and images generated by other family members, such as J.D. Curren and the White children. This body of photography was undoubtedly initiated through the acquisition of a roll film camera on or about 1908.
Judging from subject arrangement and other evidence, including shadow images of the photographer, most White family photography is attributable to Annie Curren White. There are several photographs from the collection showing her holding a camera or photographing family members, while no such photographs exist of Dave White. There can be little doubt, however, that Dave White participated in the photographic process, particularly in the period from 1910 to 1917, when there are numerous photographs of Annie and the children.
On family motor trips, which began around 1917 and lasted until ca.1923, Dave and Annie's son Clifford appears to have shared photographic responsibilities. From this period on, Clifford and Annie, either one or the other, are the only family members who do not appear in group photographs. From this it is assumed that Dave White played a very minor roll as family photographer after 1918.
Photographs attributable to Peter Whyte begin to appear around 1920, but most of his photography appears to be more personal than of a family record variety. None of the photographs in the early part of the collection have been attributed to Lila or Jack (Dave Jr.) White.
After 1923, the point when the White children were grown and beginning to move away from home, Annie White becomes the primary family photographer. In the late 1920s she appears to have experimented with a Graflex camera for a time, but by 1930 had returned to a smaller format roll film camera. She continued to take numerous family photographs, usually group poses of her children and grandchildren, after Dave White's death in 1940 until shortly before her own passing in 1955.
Also included in this section of the collection are a number of personal photographs generated by Clifford and Jackie (Dave Jr.) White. Around 1918, Clifford appears to have acquired his own camera which produced a 3 x 5 inch negative, and from that period until ca.1923, he produced many images of activities shared with friends and brothers, including a number of photographs of early ski tours and ski jumping in the Banff area. One album bears Clifford's initials on nearly all photographs, and these images match with many of the 3 x 5 inch negatives found elsewhere in the collection. Photographs attributed to Jackie (Dave Jr.) date from the late 1940s and early 1950s and may have entered the collection prior to the death of Annie White.
Much of the dating of this collection from 1908 to 1920 was done by estimating the ages of various White children. Beyond that, the usual techniques were utilized, i.e. identification and dates noted on prints by family members, the depiction of specific historical events, changes in physical and cultural features, model dating of automobiles, reading of license plates, etc.
Series includes numerous views pertaining of the Canadian Rockies and other Canadian locations, including Lake Louise area, Victoria Glacier, Mount Athabasca, Mount Assiniboine, Pinnacle Mountain, Mount Collie, Murchison Group and Bobbie Burns Group. Also includes views of Switzerland, including Ze…
Series includes numerous views pertaining of the Canadian Rockies and other Canadian locations, including Lake Louise area, Victoria Glacier, Mount Athabasca, Mount Assiniboine, Pinnacle Mountain, Mount Collie, Murchison Group and Bobbie Burns Group. Also includes views of Switzerland, including Zermatt and Engadine districts and the Matterhorn; Italian Alps (Dolomites); and Teton Mountains. Includes Edward Feuz (#164?, 167, 173, 191?), Eaton Cromwell (#167), Georgia Engelhard (#183, 187, 188), Edmund Petrig (#190), Emil and Rudi Perren and unidentified climbers.
Sub-series of hut registers from the A. O. Wheeler Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1989 and 2016. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, wildli…
The A. O. Wheeler Hut is located at Rogers Pass National Historic Site in Glacier National Park. The hut was built between 1945 and 1946, and it is a Recognized Federal Historic Building. The hut is named after one of the founding members of the Alpine Club of Canada, Arthur Oliver Wheeler. A. O. Wheeler was the first President of the Alpine Club of Canada, and he served as Honorary President of the Club for almost twenty years.
According to the Alpine Club of Canada's website:
"Carrying on the tradition of the Glacier House which was closed in 1925 and now exists only as a few concrete foundation pieces, the Wheeler Hut serves as a base for the legendary powder skiing of the Rogers Pass area. In summer there are numerous opportunities for climbing and hiking.
This is the birthplace of alpinism in North America. Many of the routes are steeped in tradition and history, an interesting fact to remember as you reach for that next impeccable quartzite handhold or take that next footstep along one of the many trails which wind through the lush cedar forests that dominate the region.
This is the one and only ACC hut which can be reached by vehicle in summer. Winter access is a mere 2 km along a well-broken and level trail.
It is difficult to convey to the first time visitor the number and quality of the summer and winter day trips possible from the hut. The potential is outstanding from this single hut including summer hikes to Asulkan Pass or up the Great Glacier Trail to the Illecillewaet Glacier, summer climbs to Sapphire Col, Mt. Sir Donald, and Avalanche Peak; winter ski tours to Young’s Peak, the Seven Steps of Paradise, the Dome Glacier – the list goes on and on. Go and explore for yourself, you will not be disappointed!
The Wheeler Hut is quite luxurious! A propane system provides the cooking and lighting, with two wood stoves for heating. The hut sleeps 30 in summer and 24 in winter."
Scope & Content
Sub-series of hut registers from the A. O. Wheeler Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1989 and 2016. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, wildlife sightings, custodial issues and updates, and related topics.
The sub-series is separated into individual hut registers, arranged by date:
M200 / IV / D / 1: "A. O. Wheeler Hut Register" May 13, 1989 - Sept. 30, 1995
M200 / IV / D / 2: Wheeler Hut register Oct. 6, 1995 - Mar. 28, 1998
M200 / IV / D / 3: Wheeler Hut [1998 - 2000]
M200 / IV / D / 4: A. O. Wheeler Hut Register 2000-2006
M200 / IV / D / 5: A. O. Wheeler Hut 2001 - 2003
M200 / IV / D / 6: A. O. Wheeler Hut Register 2003 - 2006
M200 / IV / D / 7: The Wheeler Hut Registers. Part 1 of 2.
M200 / IV / D / 8: The Wheeler Hut Registers. Part 2 of 2.
M200 / IV / D / 9: [2009 - 2012 Wheeler Hut Register]
M200 / IV / D / 10: 2013 - 2016 Wheeler Hut Register
M200 / IV / D / 11: Wheeler Hut Register [2014-2022]
The Alpine Club of Canada website: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/a-o-wheeler-hut/
The Government of Canada - Parks Canada website: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_fhbro_eng.aspx?id=11716
Consists of mountain climbing and scenic views taken in the Alps of Switzerland and Italy, the Canadian Rockies, the Himalayas and the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. Canadian Rockies views are mainly Lake Louise area and include the Victoria Glacier, Goat Peak and other features. Photographs taken i…
Consists of mountain climbing and scenic views taken in the Alps of Switzerland and Italy, the Canadian Rockies, the Himalayas and the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. Canadian Rockies views are mainly Lake Louise area and include the Victoria Glacier, Goat Peak and other features. Photographs taken in Swiss Alps include Zermatt, the Matterhorn and Val D'Herens. Climbers photographed include Eaton Cromwell, renowned mountaineer (#6, 8, 87) and Edmund Petrig, prominent Swiss guide (#6, 8).
Sub-series of hut registers from Abbot Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1954 and 2017. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, wildlife sightings…
Abbot Pass Hut was built in 1922 and sits at an elevation of 2,926 meters. It is one of the highest structures in Canada. The hut was named after Philip Stanley Abbot who had died from a fall during the first known attempt to reach the summit of Mount Lefroy. The hut was a national historic site, but the hut was closed to visitors in 2018 due to the erosion of the slope beneath the hut. On June 30, 2022 Parks Canada officially removed Abbot Pass Hut, due to those environmental factors.
Scope & Content
Sub-series of hut registers from Abbot Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1954 and 2017. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, wildlife sightings, custodial issues and updates, and related topics.
The sub-series is separated into individual hut registers, arranged by date:
M200 / IV / A / 1: Abbot Pass Hut register [1954 - 1960]
M200 / IV / A / 2: [Abbot Pass Hut Register 1954 - 1970]
M200 / IV / A / 3: [Abbot Pass Hut? loose register 1972 - 1974]
M200 / IV / A / 4: [Abbot] Pass Hut [register 1974 - 1978]
M200 / IV / A / 5: Abbot Hut [register 1979 - 1980]
M200 / IV / A / 6: [Abbot]'s Hut Registry [1980 - 1982]
M200 / IV / A / 7: [Abbot Pass Hut Register 1982 - 1983]
M200 / IV / A / 8: [Abbot Pass register 1983]
M200 / IV / A / 9: [Abbot Hut Register 1987]
M200 / IV / A / 10: Abbot's Hut Bible [register, 1988 - 1992]
M200 / IV / A / 11: Abbot Pass Hut 1992 - 93
M200 / IV / A / 12: "Abbot Pass Hut Log Book" Aug. 24, 1993 - July 20, 1995
M200 / IV / A / 13: Abbot Pass hut register Aug. 11, 1995 - July 30, 1996.
M200 / IV / A / 14: [Abbot Pass] hut register July 30, 1996 - May 4, 1997
M200 / IV / A / 15: "Abbot Pass Hut Register" June 26, 1997 - September 3, 1998
M200 / IV / A / 16: Abbot Pass Hut [1998- 2000]
M200 / IV / A / 17: Abbot Pass Sep 6, 2000 - July 26, 2002
M200 / IV / A / 18: Abbot Hut Register 2002 - 2003
M200 / IV / A / 19: Abbot Pass Aug 31, 2003 - Aug 20, 2005
M200 / IV / A / 20: Abbot Pass Register 2004 - 2007
M200 / IV / A / 21: Abbot Hut Register 2007 - 2009
M200 / IV / A / 22: [2011 Abbot Hut Register]
M200 / IV / A / 23: Abbot Hut Register [2012 - 2014]
M200 / IV / A / 24: Abbot Pass Hut Register [2014 - 2016]
M200 / IV / A / 25: Abbot Pass Hut Register, 2016 - 2017
M200 / IV / A / 26: [Abbot Pass Hut Register: 2017-2018]
The Alpine Club of Canada website:
https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/abbot-pass-hut/
The Government of Canada website:
https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/culture/abbot
Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, chur…
84 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.1 x 20.1 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, churches, school programs, the 1967 Mount Royal Hotel fire, Banff Indian Days, high altitude mountaineering, conferences, boating on the Bow River, and rodeos.
Sub-series pertains to ca. 436 black & white negatives and b&w and colour prints pertaining to various activities and events, including hosptial tours, Banff Elementary School activities, study groups, Banff Indian Days parade and grounds, winter activities, ski jumping, banquets, conferences, wedd…
Art : includes cards, letters, invitations to openings and other events, poem tribute to Jimmy Simpson, articles, newsclippings, pamphlet (Notes on Organization) by Russell Robb; misc. photographs; 1946-1968 (M78 /109, 110).
Mother's Art : drawings by Billie Simpson?, n.d. (M78 / 111).
Alfred Castle : correspondence, 1964-1971, n.d. (M78 / 131).
D : greeting card from Frank Dennison, n.d. (M78 / 132).
Dad's Early Letters To Mother : letters from Jimmy Simpson Sr. to Billie, 1913-1920, 2 cm; combined contents of several files, titled and untitled (M78 / 133, 134).
Dog Case (NIX) 1930 : re shooting of Jimmy Simpson's dog, includes pedigree papers, 1929-1930 (M78 / 136).
Drama Club : letter from Captain Ramsay, articles re Henry Ibsen, Richard Sheridan and the English theatre (written by Billie Simpson?), n.d., 1934 (M78 / 137).
Dysan Duncan : greeting card, 1938 (M78 / 138).
E : correspondence, n.d., 1942 (M78 / 139).
F : greeting cards and letters, 1966-1972, n.d. (M78 / 140).
Fan Mail : letters, mainly re Simpson Sisters skating, 1937-1943 (M78 / 141).
Bill Field : greeting cards from W. O. Field, 1960-1966 (M78 / 142).
Hockey : newsclippings, some re Jimmy Simpson Jr. (M78 / 163).
J. K. Howard : greeting cards, also letter re death, 1963-1965, n.d. (M78 / 164).
I : file is empty.
Mother - Interesting Pictures etc. : misc. letters, cards, newsclippings, painting, photographs, re Jimmy Simpson Sr., Billie Simpson and friends, 1960-1969 (M78 / 165).
J : greeting cards, 1935, n.d. (M78 / 166).
1913 H. Johnson : one letter to Wilhelmina Reid, Sept.3, 1913 (M78 / 167).
Dr. Rbt Johnson : greeting cards, letters, 1957-1962 (M78 / 168).
K : greeting cards and letters, 1955-1962 (M78 / 169).
L : greeting cards, n.d. (M78 / 170).
Lander, Harry : letter to Wilhelmina Reid, 1910 (M78 / 171).
Leighton : A. C. Leighton greeting cards, newsclipping, etc., 1963, n.d. (M78 / 172).
Literature : misc. items incl. brochures, envelopes, greeting cards, business cards, etc. re Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, skating, Fort St. John, other, 1949-1964 (M78 / 173).
Longstaff : greeting cards, letter, photographs, re Jimmy Simpson Sr., F. V. Longstaff, 1952-1960 (M78 / 174).
Patterson, Raymond : correspondence, articles, 1954-1967 (M78 / 195).
Peabody, Sam : greeting cards, 1932-1934 (M78 / 196).
Re Peg : letters re death of Margaret Simpson, Sept. 1941; list of names of people who had sent letters re Margaret's death; Margaret Simpson's momentos and those to her family; other documents incl. death certificate; newsclippings; etc.; 1923-1987 (M78 / 197 - 201).
Special Letters : sympathy cards, letters, telegrams and list re deaths of Margaret Simpson, 1941, and Jimmy Simpson, 1972, includes items from political officials incl. Pierre Trudeau; letters, greeting cards and photographs sent to Jimmy, Billie and Mary Simpson; incl. Christmas card from Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Russell to James Simpson, photographs, 1924-1987 (M78 / 214 - 216).
Swiss Guides : greeting card from Rudolf Aemmer, 1934 (M78 / 217).
T : greeting cards, 1959, n.d. (M78 / 218).
R. Thompson : correspondence, 1960-1967, n.d. (M78 / 219).
Williamina Simpson - Vital Statistics : birth certificate, marriage licence, obituary, items re baptism of Mary and Margaret Simpson, 1891-1968 (M78 / 231).
Sub-series consists of integrated files from three separate original filing series: 1. Alphabetical files, 1976-1983, 256 original files; 2. Alphabetical files, [ca.1970-1991]; predominant 1980s, 184 original files; 3. Alphabetical files, [ca.1985]-1991; predominant 1989-1991, 68 original files; as…
II.C. Jon Whyte personal/professional papers - alphabetical files
Accession Number
6283
Reference Code
M88 / 289 - 774
Physical Description
169 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of integrated files from three separate original filing series: 1. Alphabetical files, 1976-1983, 256 original files; 2. Alphabetical files, [ca.1970-1991]; predominant 1980s, 184 original files; 3. Alphabetical files, [ca.1985]-1991; predominant 1989-1991, 68 original files; as well as appropriate loose files found throughout the fonds before arrangement. Includes files established and maintained both by Jon Whyte and by Whyte Museum staff on his behalf. Files contain both textual and photographic material
Original series 1: Alphabetical files, 1976-1983, 256 original files, include mainly published materials in reference files and correspondence files by correspondent. Includes magazines articles, periodicals, conference materials, etc. with notes; some incoming correspondence, poetry by others, photographs.
Original series 2: Alphabetical files, [ca.1970-1991]; predominant 1980s, 184 original files, consists of reference files established to organize Whyte's reference materials of people, organizations and topics. Includes Whyte's letters, articles, writings, and notes; research photocopies and photographic copies (of material dating from after 1880); published ephemera; incoming letters, etc. Files pertain to Canadian Rockies personalities; conservation and heritage organizations; Jon Whyte projects; Banff history and heritage; national parks; mountains; Canadian Rockies natural and human history. Includes some Whyte Museum records and some personal papers. Jon Whyte projects include "Rumours of a Parade (Banff history); "Ford on Bow" (Canadian Rockies human history); St. George's in the Pines Anglican Church history; Mount Logan trip. Numerous individuals are represented.
Original series 3: Alphabetical files, [ca.1985]-1991; predominant 1989-1991, 68 original files, includes files pertaining to writing, conferences, Bow Valley Naturalists, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies duties, correspondents, manuscripts, published materials. Some file titles were assigned by J.W., others were assigned by Whyte Museum staff.
Alphabetical files, other - appropriate loose files found throughout the fonds before arrangement.
An integrated alphabetical list of files follows.
Notes
Aside from the removal of some full-sized publications, the files in this sub-series have been maintained intact as a representation of Whyte's interests and habits pertaining to collecting and filing
Finding Aid
Sub-sub-series descriptions and file list available
Title Source
Title based on contents
Content Details
CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING FILES (letter a, b or c after title indicates original filing system):
Mary Ogden Abbott [b] - M88 / 289
Acorn, Milton [a] - M88 / 290
Adaskin family [b] - M88 / 291
Ads with Rockies [a] - M88 / 292
Advertising - Rockies [b] - M88 / 293
Afghanistan [a] - M88 / 294
Africa [a] - [publication removed] - M88 / 295
Africa - Paleontology [a] - M88 / 296
Mount Alberta - Weber account [b] - M88 / 297
Alta Art Fdn [Alberta Art Foundation] [a] - [publication removed] - M88 / 298
Alberta College of Art [a] - M88 / 299
Alberta Culture working title [c] - [publications removed] - M88 / 300
Alberta Film and Literary Arts [c] - [publication removed] - empty
AFLA application '91 J. Whyte [c] - M88 / 301
Alberta Foundation for the Literary Arts [c] - M88 / 302
Photographs pertain to ranch and Waterton Lakes areas; hunting trips, fishing, packtrains, camps, clients, friends and associates, Russell family members; sheep and grizzly studies; wildlife, trips in British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska; later trips in U.S., New Zealand and Mexico.
Photographs pertain to ranch and Waterton Lakes areas; hunting trips, fishing, packtrains, camps, clients, friends and associates, Russell family members; sheep and grizzly studies; wildlife, trips in British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska; later trips in U.S., New Zealand and Mexico.
Access Restrictions
Access restricted - see Head Archivist.
Finding Aid
Detailed lists available for some slides. Photographs were placed in folders and titled by Valerie Haig-Brown. Notes and item lists for some material were prepared by VHB. Valerie Haig-Brown lists are accompanied by a list of Andy, Dick and Charlie Russell slides used for Akamina-Kishinena slide show assembled by Charlie Russell in 1989 for Crown of the Continent campaign. The slide show was destroyed in Charlie Russell house fire, 1991.