Fonds consists of three series: I. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada (A. Trips and activities, 1931-1992; B. General, between 1928 and 1960). II. Personal (A. Photography notes, 1938-1996; B. World travel, ca.1930-ca.1950; C. Personal photographs, 1927-ca.1955). III. Other, between ca…
Robin Cyril (Bob) Hind, 1911-2000, was an electrical engineer and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Hind was born on a farm in northern Alberta was educated at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. He was a Life Member of ACC, joining in 1933, and attended over 30 ACC camps, often with his family. Hind received the Silver Rope Award in 1935, was recipient of Centennial Medal, and served the ACC in offices of President, Vice-President and Chairman of Hut Committee.
In 1948, Bob Hind married Margaret (Peggy) Trotter, a fellow mountaineer and skier. Together they had two children. After Peggy Hind was killed in an avalanche in 1955, Hind married Marjory Bugler, and the couple had three more children. Marjory (Marj) Hind was a homemaker and mountaineer.
During his extensive mountaineering career, Bob Hind climbed most of the significant peaks in Rockies and Selkirks, including some first ascents. He also climbed in Wales and the Alps. Hind was active in the Calgary Tennis Club, the Boy Scout movement and was a member of the American Alpine Club and The Alpine Club, London. Bob Hind worked on electrical projects in Canada and Europe.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three series: I. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada (A. Trips and activities, 1931-1992; B. General, between 1928 and 1960). II. Personal (A. Photography notes, 1938-1996; B. World travel, ca.1930-ca.1950; C. Personal photographs, 1927-ca.1955). III. Other, between ca.1925 and ca.1955.
Series I consists of photographs, motion pictures and textual records pertaining to mountaineering, hiking, travel, Alpine Club of Canada camps and activities in western Canada by Bob Hind, Bob and Marj Hind, and the Hind family.
File pertains to travel, climbing, skiing, landscapes, rural and urban views, buildings, huts, and military views in Canada, United States, Great Britain and Europe
File pertains to travel, climbing, skiing, landscapes, rural and urban views, buildings, huts, and military views in Canada, United States, Great Britain and Europe
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Europe
United States of America
Content Details
LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 64) :
* Glaciers, mountain scenes, train, Quebec - 1938
* Rural and urban views and buildings of England and Europe, including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland - 1939
* England - 1940
* Climbing and mountain landscapes of western Canada; scenes from central and eastern Canada - 1942
* Montreal buildings and views; Ottawa and area views and climbing - 1943
* Mountain views of western Canada; Ottawa, Quebec (skiing), eastern Canada; Washington, New York; men in military - 1944
* Buildings in Wales, England and Ottawa - 1945
* Bragg Creek, Alberta; mountain views of western Canada; skiing and hut - 1946
* Climbers and mountain landscapes in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. Pertains to the areas of Banff, Canmore, Jasper, Yoho and Glacier. Includes views of Mount Alberta, Takakkaw Falls. Dawson Range, Mount Sifton, Three Sisters, Mount Sparrowhawk, Fairholme Range, Mount Rundle and others - 1947
File pertains to trips to areas in the Rocky Mountains, including Kananaskis Valley area, Mount Rundle, Mount Lefroy, North Twin, Mount Alberta, Saskatchewan Glacier, Panther Falls, Valley of the Crooked Trees (Jasper area); as well as trips to the Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, including Mou…
I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / 27 (NA)
Date Range
1947
Physical Description
44 photographs : negatives
Scope & Content
File pertains to trips to areas in the Rocky Mountains, including Kananaskis Valley area, Mount Rundle, Mount Lefroy, North Twin, Mount Alberta, Saskatchewan Glacier, Panther Falls, Valley of the Crooked Trees (Jasper area); as well as trips to the Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, including Mount Vaux, Mount Tupper and Mount Sir Donald
File pertains to climbing, climbing school, ski camps, ski touring, groups, cabins in the following areas: Skoki Valley, Peyto Lake, Wapta Lake, Jasper, Saskatchewan Hut, Sunshine ski area, Big Bend Highway, Banff, Kananaskis Valley, Nordegg, Mount Yamnuska
File pertains to climbing, climbing school, ski camps, ski touring, groups, cabins in the following areas: Skoki Valley, Peyto Lake, Wapta Lake, Jasper, Saskatchewan Hut, Sunshine ski area, Big Bend Highway, Banff, Kananaskis Valley, Nordegg, Mount Yamnuska
Film pertains to Alpine Club of Canada activities, including camp in Glacier National Park. Includes climbing, back-country skiing and Swiss guides in [Skoki?] and Lake O'Hara areas
Film pertains to Alpine Club of Canada activities, including camp in Glacier National Park. Includes climbing, back-country skiing and Swiss guides in [Skoki?] and Lake O'Hara areas
Film pertains to Alpine Club of Canada camp in the Bugaboos. Film has text captions. DVCassetteDigital betacam video transfer copy from original 35mm film available and DVD-R reference copy available.
Film pertains to Alpine Club of Canada camp in the Bugaboos. Film has text captions. DVCassetteDigital betacam video transfer copy from original 35mm film available and DVD-R reference copy available.
File consists of climbing and landscape views in Banff National Park. Views are titled: 1. Peyto tongue 2. Hector 3. Rhondda (2) 4. Thompson (2) 5. Towers on Dolomite
File pertains to Banff, Lake Louise and Canmore areas. Banff views include: Banff Avenue, Banff Springs Hotel and tennis courts, Banff Zoo, events and activities, ski jumping, Homestead Hotel, views of townsite from valley sides. Banff, Lake Louise and Canmore area views consist of landscapes, ro…
File pertains to Banff, Lake Louise and Canmore areas. Banff views include: Banff Avenue, Banff Springs Hotel and tennis courts, Banff Zoo, events and activities, ski jumping, Homestead Hotel, views of townsite from valley sides. Banff, Lake Louise and Canmore area views consist of landscapes, roads and motoring, people feeding bears, wildlife, climbing and fishing
File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.
Alternate title: Banff, Yoho etc from 1950, Gl lake
Date Range
1944-1990
Physical Description
493 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.
* Banff climbing, landscape views, Lake Louise area, camps, Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1954
* Climbing, Skoki Lodge, landscape views - 1955
* Ski touring, Sunshine area, Mount Temple and Skoki areas, landscape views, Skoki Lodge. Includes label: Class III, Marj Bugler - 1956
* Mount Cory, climbing and landscape views - 1957
* Mountain rescue - 1957
* Banff area, climbing and landscape views - 1958
* Mount Ishbel, Pilot Mountain, climbing - 1959
* Ice school, snow school, Banff townsite, Yoho area, climbing Mount Cory, Mount Edith, Mount Ishbel, St. Nic - 1960
* Skoki : includes Skoki Lodge, ski touring - [1960?]
* Banff : Vermilion Lakes, Bow Falls, wildlife, Mount Norquay - [1960?]
* Banff : Banff area, Mount Norquay, chairlift - [ca.1960]
* Yoho : group at Stanley Mitchell Hut - [ca.1960]
* Lake Louise - [ca.1960]
* Emerald : Mount Burgess, Kicking Horse River, ski touring at Sunshine
and Mount Temple areas, Mount Norquay ski area, landscape views and people, Peyto Lake, Emerald Lake, Banff-Jasper Highway - [ca.1960]
* Yoho area, Stanley Mitchell Hut, climber, snowman, climbing Mount Cory, Banff views - 1961
* Bow Lake - 1962
* Mount Temple, Banff area - 1963
* GL recce : Glacier Lake area reconnaissance views, horses and ski touring - 1964
* Glacier Lake, Alpine Club of Canada camp, botany, glacier climbing - 1965
* Larch Valley, Moraine Lake, Mount Inglismaldie, Dolomite Peak - 1966
File pertains to landscapes, climbing, hiking and group camps in areas of British Columbia, including the Columbia Valley, Bugaboo mountains, Bobby Burns area, Lake of the Hanging Glacier and Selkirk Mountains
I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / 39 (NS)
Date Range
1954-1989
Physical Description
170 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col
Scope & Content
File pertains to landscapes, climbing, hiking and group camps in areas of British Columbia, including the Columbia Valley, Bugaboo mountains, Bobby Burns area, Lake of the Hanging Glacier and Selkirk Mountains
Geographic Access
British Columbia
Content Details
LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 38) :
* B : hiking, climbing, mountains and glaciers in the Bugaboos and Columbia Valley - 1954
* Bugaboo Mountains area, including Bugaboo Spire and Marmolata Mountain, mountains and glaciers, climbing and group camp - 1959
* Group camp - 1961
* Mount Farnham and Lake of the Hanging Glacier, camp and hiking - 1971
* Group hiking and landscape views - 1982
* Group hiking and landscape views - 1987
* Battle Abbey hut area, Selkirk Mountains; Mount Butters hiking group. Includes Hans Gmoser and Battle Abbey hut - 1988
* Battle Abbey hut area, Selkirk Mountains landscapes and hiking group. Includes Hans Gmoser and interior of Battle Abbey Hut - 1989
File pertains to Bob and Marj Hind, family and friends, climbing, hiking and views in and around Calgary, Bragg Creek, Kananaskis Valley, Mount Yamnuska, Banff National Park, Jasper National Park and southern Alberta, including Waterton, Lethbridge and Fort Macleod
I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities
Accession Number
7181
Reference Code
V46 / 33 (NS)
Other Title Info
Alternate title: Calgary 1951, Bragg Ck, Kananas, Canmore etc.
Date Range
1948-1992, predominant 1951-1978
Physical Description
272 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col
Scope & Content
File pertains to Bob and Marj Hind, family and friends, climbing, hiking and views in and around Calgary, Bragg Creek, Kananaskis Valley, Mount Yamnuska, Banff National Park, Jasper National Park and southern Alberta, including Waterton, Lethbridge and Fort Macleod
Geographic Access
Alberta
British Columbia
Content Details
LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 32) :
* Calgary Stampede parade, wedding? couple - 1948
* Calgary - 1959
* Kananaskis Valley, Ribbon Creek - 1951
* Fort Macleod stampede - 1953
* Kananaskis Valley - 1954
* Climbing at Mount Yamnuska; mountain landscapes, BC - 1955
* Nordegg; classmate group; G. H. Farm - 1956
* Mount Freshfield area - 1957
* Climbing [at Big Rock near Bragg Creek?] - 1958
* Canmore area, Bragg Creek, climbing - 1960
* Calgary - 1961
* Climbing, Elk Lake (near Banff), Kananaskis Valley - 1962
File pertains to trips to Clemenceau Glacier area. Includes Mount Shackleton and Shackleton Glacier (1963), and Mount Rhodes, Mount Cummins area landscape views. flora, group camp and hiking (1920) File includes good close-ups of Bob Hind and dog Chance, and annotated slides by both Bob Hind and M…
File pertains to trips to Clemenceau Glacier area. Includes Mount Shackleton and Shackleton Glacier (1963), and Mount Rhodes, Mount Cummins area landscape views. flora, group camp and hiking (1920)
File includes good close-ups of Bob Hind and dog Chance, and annotated slides by both Bob Hind and M. G. Hind