File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …
7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter.
M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers.
M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers.
M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954.
M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs.
M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest.
Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
File pertains to seven diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1957-1967 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 4 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 57 58 59 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of the summer 1957 trip …
7.8 cm of textual records (7 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to seven diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1957-1967 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 4 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 57 58 59 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of the summer 1957 trip carried over from M67 / 3 - 6, a trip in 1958 involving travel to Banff, the annual Alpine Club of Canada hike, staying at the Chateau Lake Louise, hiking in Lake O'Hara, and travel back to Pennsylvania. Trip details for 1959 include travelling by train from the United States to Montreal before continuing on to Banff where she took trips to Lake O'Hara and Skoki - entries for 1959 seem to end abruptly. Also includes lists of people met over the three years, equipment used for various trips, and a list of events since Sept. 1958 including the opening of the new Sulphur gondola on July 28, 1958, the tearing down of the Brewster stables on Spray Ave, and the conversion of the ski lodge to the Post Hotel in Lake Louise.
M67 / 4 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 59 in red paint and end 1959-1962 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of August 1959 (carried over from M67 / 4 - 2), and summer trips taken during 1960-1962 consisting of time spent around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and Bow Lake areas, annual organized hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, as well as travel to and from Pennsylvania - usually by train. Also includes lists of people she met, new additions to staff at hotels Lillian Gest stayed at, luggage details, and events pertaining to Banff like construction projects, births, marriages, and deaths (including the death of Jack White in 1962, his house now being a library, and the fate of the grocery store he ran).
M67 / 4 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 1962-1964 in red paint on the cover. Pertains to the end of Lillian Gest's 1962 summer trip (carried over from M76 / 4 - 2) and trips taken during the summers of 1963 and 1964. The 1963 summer consists of travel from Pennsylvania to Banff by train, stays at various hotels (including the Club House [possibly the Alpine Club of Canada Club House], Moraine Lake Lodge, and Emerald Lake Lodge), hiking trips in Revelestoke Park and Lake O'Hara, the annual Sky Line Trail Hikers trip, and alternating between stays in Lake O'Hara and at the Club House before returning home. The 1964 summer followed a similar pattern, with stays at various hotels, hikes (both with and without organizations like the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the ACC), and travel between Pennsylvania and Banff by train. Also includes lists of people met during all three summers, equipment left in Banff (1963), a poem titled How To Die in the Mountains, evelvation of Golden, milages, and rates at the Lake O'Hara Lodge and Chateau Lake Louise. Pertains to trip to the Canadian Rockies during the summer of 1965. Includes stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, and Icefield Chalet areas as well as hikes with and without organizations such as the Alpine Club of Canada and the Skyline Trail Hikers. Also includes details about booking information throughout Yoho National Park, a list of mileages, and a list of events.
M67 / 4 - 4 : gold embossed red plastic spiral bound diary titled Can R. 1965 on adhesive paper on front cover. Pertains to the summer of 1965 and includes time spent in Banff, trips to and around Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, the Icefiled Parkway, and Mt. Robson areas as well as stays at the The Club House (possibly the Alpine Club of Canada Club House), a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers in Little Yoho (Aug 1-5) and the annual ACC Camp (Aug 23 - Sept 3). The trip back to Pennsylvania was completed by train as far as Winnipeg, from where Gest took a plane. Also includes Lake O'Hara register notes, details on Yoho National Park, lists of mileages, books at the ACC Club House and its staff that year, 1965 events (unclear if entirely dedicated to Banff), and people met.
M67 / 4 - 5 : gold embossed red plastic spiral bound diary. Pertains to a trip to Alaska during the summer of 1966 and a trip to Expo 67 in Montreal from June 21-26. Also includes details on animals and birds spotted in Alaska, people met, and names of staff at places Lillian Gest stayed.
M67 / 4 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 1966 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of Lillian Gest's summer 1966 travels throughout the Canadian Rockies (an extension of the Alaska trip detailed in M67 / 4 - 5). Also includes lists of items left in Banff and items purchased in both Alaska and Canada, reminders about correspondence, notes about Lake O'Hara, and events from Banff.
M67 / 4 - 7 : brown cardstock diary with black fabric tape on spine. Pertains to a trip to the Canadian Rockies in the summer of 1967 and includes hiking trips with and without organizations like the Alpine Club of Canada and the Sky Line Trail Hikers, as well as stays in Banff, Lake Louise, Glacier, Lake O'Hara, and the [probably ACC] Club House. Also mentions Expo 67 (details of that trip in M67/ 4 - 5), and contains lists of staff at the Lake O'Hara Lodge, Chateau Lake Louise, and the Club House, as well as events from around Banff, including the Mount Royal Hotel burning down.
Also includes loose items consisting of a brochure for the 1965 Sky Line Trail Hikers and address list, a letter from Caroline HInman regarding a 1959 trip plan, notes written by Lillian Gest [possibly reminders], a postcard, a Chirstmas letter from Peter and Catharine Whyte, and newspaper clippins.
Notes
Blank pages not scanned.
To read M67 / 4 - 7 start on the right-hand pages to the end, return to the front, flip the book upside-down and continue back to front.
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies.
Includes:
M67 / 5 - 1 : black leather diary. Pertains to summer trips taken during the summers of 1968 and 1969. Summer 1968 includes travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by airplane and …
7.5 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.7 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies.
Includes:
M67 / 5 - 1 : black leather diary. Pertains to summer trips taken during the summers of 1968 and 1969. Summer 1968 includes travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by airplane and hiking and visiting around Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara and the Icefields Parway areas. Summer 1969 time spent in Banff, along the Icefields Parkway, and in the Golden and Lake O'Hara areas as well as various club activities as part of the Alpine Club of Canada. Also includes lists of birds seen, reservation details, people met and staff of various places, events from Banff (including the death of Fred Brewster and Catharine Whyte receiving an honourary degree), song lyrics, and [what is possibly] a joke.
M67 / 5 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 1970 in white ink (possibly white out) on the front cover. Pertains to a 1970 trip to the Canadian Rockies and includes hikes with and without organizations like the Alpine Club of Canada and the Sky Line Trail Hikers as well as stays at the Banff Springs Hotel, the ACC Club House, Lake O'Hara, and the Bugaboo Lodge, BC. Also includes transcriptions from the Abbot Pass Hut Register from 1926-1939 (presumably only of people Lillian Gest knew personally), reservation details, lists of people met, and a list of events from 1970, including the sale of the ACC Club House for $70, 000 (does not mention to who).
M67 / 5 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 1971 in ink on masking tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to a summer visit in 1971 to the Canadian rockies and includes stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, hiking trips with and without organizations like the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada, and travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by air. Newspaper clipping on page 125 pertaining to the death of Edmee Brewster. Also includes lists of people met and staff (Lake O'Hara Lodge, Chateau Lake Louise, ACC Club House), events from Banff, list of birds, details for a Bow Valley Naturalists trip, and the plaque dedication ceremony for Lawrence Grassi at Lake O'Hara, June 26, 1971.
M67 / 5 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 1972 in black ink on fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the summer of 1972 spent in the Canadian Rockies time spent in and around the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, Jasper, and Tonquin Valley areas as well as travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by air. Insert pertains to diary entries for the final few days of September as the book ran out of pages. Also inlcudes lists of people met, birds spotted at Lake O'Hara, and list of events from Banff (including the move of the Moore house to its current location).
M67 / 5 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 1973-1974 To July 20 in ink on a piece of masking tape adhered to the front cover (1973 to 7-20 1974 in faint red paint directly on leather of cover). Pertains to the summers of 1973 and 1974 spent in and around the Canadian Rockies. Summer 1973 includes stays in the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Bow Lake areas as well as hiking trips with and without organizations like the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada. Summer 1974 includes stays at various hotels around Banff and in the Lake Louise and Lake O'Hara areas, a helicopter trip to and from Mt. Assiniboine and region, and organized hiking trips with the Sky Line Trail Hikers. Also includes lists of staffs and people met, birds spotted at Lake O'Hara, distances, and a list of events from 1973.
M67 / 5 - 6 : black leather diary, titled Sat July 20 1974 to 1975 - Thurs July 14 in ink on fabric [possibly plastic] adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1974 trip (July-September) continued from M67 / 5 - 5 and details from June and July, 1975. The summer 1975 trip included travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by train [heading west] and plane [headed east], stays around Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Lake Louise, and hiking trips with and without organizations like the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada. Also includes lists of people met, reservation details, ACC Camp details for 1975, Sky Line Hikers trip dates and locations, and events from Banff 1975 including the ACC Club House being completely torn down.
Also includes loose items consisting of notes (to Lillian Gest from others and to herself), reminders, invoices, itineraries, and newspaper clippings.
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies.
Includes:
M67 / 6 - 1 : black leather diary, titled July 15 - 1975: 1976 - July 25-76 on fabric adhered to the cover with tape. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1975 trip (carried o…
7.5 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies.
Includes:
M67 / 6 - 1 : black leather diary, titled July 15 - 1975: 1976 - July 25-76 on fabric adhered to the cover with tape. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1975 trip (carried over from M67 / 5 - 6) and the first few months of the summer 1976 trip to the Canadian Rockies. Includes stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas as well as hiking trips with and without the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada. Also includes a list of Lake O'Hara staff for 1975, reservation details for 1976, song lyrics, and lists of people met.
M67 / 6 - 2 : black leather diary, dated July 26-1976 - Sept 8-1976 on fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1976 trip (carried over from M67 / 6 - 1) and contains details about club activity as part of the Alpine Club of Canada, various hikes, travel around the Canadian Rockies, and travel back to Pennsylvania. Also includes reservation details for 1977, names and phone numbers, people met, and information from a letter sent to Dr. Link from Edward Feuz in 1960 that included details about the Feuz family (including when they came to Canada and when they retired) and other matters relating to Lake O'Hara.
M67 / 6 - 3 : black leather diary, titled June [illegible] - Sept 2-1977 on badly damaged fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the summer 1977 trip to the Canadian Rockies with stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, hikes with and without the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada, and between Banff and Pennsylvania. Also includes birds seen at Lake O'Hara, lists of staffs and people met, and events from Banff in 1977 (including the construction of the Sundance Mall and Elizabeth Rummel's 80th birthday that March).
M67 / 6 - 4 : black leather diary, titled June 21, 1978 to June 26, 1979 to Aug 5, 1979 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the summer trips of 1978 and 1979 to the Canadian Rockies. Summer 1978 includes stays in the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Field BC areas as well as many hiking trips with and without organizations like the Alpine Club of Canada and the Sky Line Trail Hikers. Summer 1979 includes stays in the Banff and Lake O'Hara areas, hiking trips, and travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by air. Also includes lists of staff names, phone numbers, and people met, histories and timelines for the Lake Louise area and Simpson's Ranch, distances, and events (including the marriage of Carole Harmon to Stephen Hutchings, summer 1978).
M67 / 6 - 5 : black leather diary, titled August 5-25 1979 - Sun July 6-1980 to Aug 2 1980 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the last few weeks of the summer 1979 trip (carried over from M67 / 6 - 4) and the summer 1980 trip. The summer 1980 trip included time spent in and around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, as well as hiking trips and details pertaining to travelling between Banff and Pennsylvania. Also includes detailed lists of equipment for 1980 &1981, a small list of notes (including selling prices for a book called "Mt. Assiniboine" written by Lillian Gest), and lists of people met.
M67 / 6 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 1981 on an adhesive paper label torn in half. Pertains to first two weeks of July 1924 summer trip and summer 1981. Summer 1924 consists of early details for a trip organized by Caroline Hinman and mainly of lists of names of those included. Summer 1981 consists of time spent predominantly in and around the Lake Louise and Lake O'Hara areas, with shorter stays in Banff at the beginning and end of the trip. Also includes details of a climbing trip two people took over Wenkchemna Pass on Aug 9, lists of people met, staff of businesses around Banff, and telephone numbers.
Also includes loose items consisting of notes to self, a postcard, a photograph, guest lists and itineraries for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and newspaper clippings.
File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937.
The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell.…
1 album (414 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 19 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937.
The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell. Also includes a few photographs of mountains around the Banff town area.
The 1935 trip was part of the ACC Annual Camp in the Mt. Assiniboine and East Kootenay areas. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Club activities and greeting cards from Club members.
The photographs associated with the Yoho Icefields from Bow Lake trip are most likely from the summer of 1936 based on greeting cards labelled as such, but very few of the photographs themselves are annotated.
The remainder of the album is dedicated to the 1937 trips to Mt. Trident, Mt. Bryce, the Columbia Icefield area, Bryce and Zion, Utah, the Boulder Dam, Arizona, and Colorado. Also includes Christmas cards from 1937 from various friends and Club members.
Inserts pertain to the overview/advertisements for the summer 1937 and 1938 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices ; a small photograph with a written note on the back, a letter addressed to Lillian Gest from the Springfield Television Broadcasting Corp, and a handwritten list of details pertaining to the summer 1934 trip orgainized by Caroline Hinman.
Notes
Blank pages not scanned.
Inserts 4 and 5 are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.
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.
Locate original copies of inserts 4 & 5 and return them to PD - 10 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.
File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric…
File pertains to 172 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Pertains to rodeo events; views from around Glacier National Park, U.S.A.; A.C.C. Goodsirs summer camp, 1939; Prince of Wales Hotel; friends and associates including Polly Prescott, Kay [Prescott], Lillian Gest, Eric Brooks, Phyllis Munday, John Wheeler, the Kingmans, Walter and Paula Bloch-Hiller, Sig[?], B.H.G., Andrew Kramer, Ernest [Feuz], and Rudolph [Aemmer?].
Titles:
Reel 3 1939?
8 - Horses on road near [illegible]
9 - Road near St. Mary's w. clouds
16 - [Rodeo bucking]
17 - [Rodeo bucking]
18 - Rodeo people on fence
19 - [Rodeo] fence and chutes
20 - [Rodeo fence and chutes]
21 - [Rodeo fence and chutes]
Reel 4
2 - Calf-roping
3 - Two med. Lake fr. Mt. Henry
7 - Meadow of flowers
8 - Shooting star [flower]
9 - Rabbit
10 - Fishermen by bridge
11 - Lower Two Med. Lake
12 - Pompeely's [?] Pillar?
15 - [Beargrass] (best)
16 - Queen cup
17 - [Queen cup]
19 - BH.G. - Trick Falls trail
Reel 5 1939?
1 - Trick Falls best
2 - [Trick Falls] more to left
3 - BH.G. arm on stump
4 - BH.G. on bridge - Trick Falls trail
5 - Old tree above Two Med.
7 - Two med Lake fr. Astor Creek shoulder
8 - Mary [?] glacier Lake from our balcony - South [?]
9 - Looking across lake [from our balcony] west
10 - Lake Josephine and wharf w. boats
11 - Same without Mt. [illegible]
12 - Trail to Grinnell Gl.
13 - Grinnell Lake
14 - Grinnell Lake
15 - Ptarmigan Lake - Polly and Kay
16 - [Ptarmigan Lake] fr. trail to tunnel
17 - At [Ptarmigan Lake] tunnel - Polly, Kay, L.G. [Lillian Gest]
18 - [At Ptarmigan Lake tunnel] CCC and Polly
Reel 6
1. A[?] Pass and Lake Helen
2. Crossley Lake and tents
3. [Crossley Lake] no tents
4. Towards Indian Pass
6. Towards Ahew[?] Pass - Lake
7. Lake Elizabeth (?) Kay and Polly
8. Polly wading
9. [Polly wading]
10. [Polly wading]
11. Kay [wading]
12. [Kay wading]
13. [Kay wading] w. foot up
14. [Kay wading] near shore
15. Lake Helen - reflections - down valley
16. Mt. and snow bank Ahew[?] Pass
17. At hell on Swift current pass - P. and K.
18. Polly on trail to marry[?] from pass
Reel 7 1939
1. People under eating fly
2. Ms. Munday and Kingmans
3. Boys pealing potatoes
4. N. Tower w. clouds
5. Aletta[?] at tent
6. Laundry at lady's quarters
7. Sauna
8. Sox and boots near tent
9. Tent and stream
10. Survey station peak - "Black and white"
11. Party leaving camp
12. Same - Ennis party before leaving
13. Head of valley fr. rocky flats
15. Hanbury fr. rocky flats
16. Chancellor in clouds
17. N. Tower and clouds
18. Mt. Hanbury[?]
19. N. Tower
20. Mt. Hanbury[?] fr. nearer camp
Reel 8 1939 Camp ACC
1. Goodsir N. Tower at sunset
2. Party on alplands[?] en route to Vaux
3. Chancellor from [alplands[?] en route to Vaux]
4. N. Tower and G. from same
5. Party on rocks - Roger getting out rope
6. Chancellor - twin peaks appear
7. Up the route to High Camp
9. Party standing on Vaux Glacier
10. High Camp - Roger in distance
12. Party on glacier
13. [Party on glacier] closer - diff background
14. [Party on glacier] on ice axes
15. Lunch on top
16. Chancellor fr. Vaux
17. Church Service
18. [Church Service] sun out
19. N. Tower at sunset
20. N. Tower [at sunset]
Reel 9
1. Aylards [?] and Miss Gullion
2. Mr. Laird and Miss Burns
3. Eric Brooks
4. Grahams and party
5. [Grahams and party]
6. [Grahams and party]
7. Peckham, Helen Yellmer [?] and John Wheeler
8. Packers and horse
9. Mrs. Forbes, Peckham, Kingman
10. Woodie Kingman
11. Walter Bloch-Hillen and Miss Gullion
12. Woodie Kingman - close up
13. Andrew Kiamer
14. Packer and horse
15. Group watching packing
16. ? , Ernest, Rudolph
17. Ernest and clincher on trail by tent
18. Major Tweedy - hand out
19. [Major Tweedy] close-up of same
20. Paula Bloch-Hillen
Reel 10
1. Head of Ice RIver valley
2. Party on trail to zinc Creek camp
3. Mt Chancellor
4. [Mt Chancellor] with cloud
5. [Mt Chancellor] and Kay on trail
6. S. Tower Goodsir fr. zinc Creek
7. N. [Tower Goodsir fr. sinc Creek]
8. Chancellor fr. zinc Creek trail w. Polly
9. Tent and figure - Zinc Creek camp
10. S. Tower fr. Zinc Col.
11. Chancellor [fr. Zinc Col.]
12. Zinc Mt.
13. Goodsirs from Martius Ridge
14. Rex's rope on [Martius Ridge]
15. Same and Martius Peak
16. View probably towards wash[illegible]
17. Andrew on summit
18. Goodsirs again
19. Rex;s rope
20. Eric on horseback
Reel 11
1. Hans Fuhrer
2. Taking down tent
4. Eating fly supports
5. Pile of duffle
6. Tweedy and one of men taking down fly
7. Rangers cabin and guides
8. Kay on bridge over Lodalite Creek
9. Car on road, Yoho in distance
10. Same further to right - less of car
11. Mt. Hector from road
12. Polly and Katie
13. Mt Chephron and road
14. Road working up Mistaya bel. Patterson[?]
15. Mt Weed from lower Mistaya valley
16. Polly Kay Phyl - up Mistaya valley to Chephron
18. Waterfowl lake and up Mistaya valley
19. Same - but more to left
20. Mt. [illegible] ?
Reel 12
1. Peyto Lookout - view to north
2. Katie w. movie camera; Peyto lookout
3. Up Peyto glacier to Mt. Rhonda (?)
4. Banff and Mt. Cascade
5. Gopher and lunch box gimmell[?] gl.
7. Jim Whilt
8. Jim and party at lunch place - gimmell gl.
9. Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake
10. [Tickle grass at Sherbourne Lake]
11. Sherbourne Lake and view up valley
12. Flowers along road to many[?]
13. Annette, Sam and rig
14. [Annette, Sam and rig]
15. Chief Mt. and road
16. Brown eyed Susan
17. Close up [Brown eyed Susan]
19. Mother at Price of Wales
Reel 13
1. Prince of Wales Hotel
2. Waterton Lake, Mt. Cleveland in dist.
4. [Waterton Lake] village fr. Prince of Wales
5. [Waterton Lake village fr. Prince of Wales]
6. Fawn by tree
7. Fawn in bush
8. Chief Mt. and tiny lake
9. Appekunny Falls
10. [Appekunny Falls] lower part
11. Falls aobve Appenkunny
12. Flower decked falls ab. Appenkunny
13. Flowers by falls
14. Same - nearer
15. Fireweed by stream
16. Meadow of flowers by stream
17. Monkey flowers
19. Coffee pot, fire, cup and rucksask
Notes
Titles on box lid: Glacier before camp; Camp; Camp - trip back; Glacier after camp.
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
File pertains to 173 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in carboard sleeves. Pertain to Waterton Lakes National Park region; Grandview Ranch; Frank Slide; Grand Coulee Dam; Mason City; Mount Rainer; Crater Lake; Mount Hood; fish hatchery; Columbia River area; [Bonneville?] Dam and salmon ladde…
File pertains to 173 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in carboard sleeves. Pertain to Waterton Lakes National Park region; Grandview Ranch; Frank Slide; Grand Coulee Dam; Mason City; Mount Rainer; Crater Lake; Mount Hood; fish hatchery; Columbia River area; [Bonneville?] Dam and salmon ladders; friends and associates, including B.H.G., Charlie Hunter and Caroline [Hinman?]. -- See notebook SL I for more information (M67/51).
Notes
Titles on box lid: Glacier Park; After camp; Auto trip; Auto trip.
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see notebook SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Titles:
Reel 14
1. Appekunny Lake and goldenrod
2. Boots, glasses, ice ax
3. Many gl. Hotel from Mt. Altyn
4. [Many gl. Hotel from Mt. Altyn]
5. Charley's - house and chicken houses
6. The pigs - five little ones and mother
7. Charley's house - front view
8. Barn - grandview Ranch
9. Charley's house - front view
11. Wheat fields and Charley on horseback
12. Farm houses and cow
13. Charley riding in
14. Caroline weeding garden
15. St. Mary's Lake fron Sun Chalet
16. BH.G. and "Sig" - porch at Sun Chalet
17. Going-to-the-Sun Mt.
18. Hills point and cottage fr. Sun Chalet
19. Chipmunk at Caroline's feet
20. [Chipmunk at Caroline's feet]
Reel 15
1. Logan Pass Highway w. of summit
2. Same - further view to left
3. Porch and flower boxes, Mac P. Hotel
4. St. Mary's lake
6. Same view fr. nearer edge of road
7. Cracker[?] Lake first view
8. [Cracker[?] Lake] fr. near end
9. Cracker Lake fr. side of Red Rock
10. Cracker Lake reflections
11. Caroline at lunch place - Cracker Lake
12. My foot
13. Cracker mine mines
14. Caroline is swimming
15. Red Rock fr. across lake
16. Down the stream fr. lake
18. Auto Road and Chief Mt.
19. Cameron Falls
Reel 16
1. Down valley to [blank] Lake
2. Charley and fire in bushes
3. Upper lakes and fishermen in dist.
4. Charley on upper trail
5. Waterton and lake from trail thru trees
6. Same without mt.
7. From Spray glacier
8. Party on Spray glacier
9. Party at lunch place - Spray gl.
10. Deer on lawn
12. Deer and tourists
13. Launch at wharf - Mac D. Lake
14. Mac D. Hotel - BH.G. on balcony
15. Close-up of deer
16. Town of Frank and rockslide
17. Train at site of Frank
18. Road through boulders of slide
19. Grand Coulee Dam - first view Same as 1714
Reel 17
1. Dam at night
2. Dam fr. below - Mason City side (E)
3. Dam fr. bridge below
4. Part of Coulee Dam and dam from bridge
5. Part of east side and dam [from bridge]
6. Gov't village and children on lawn
7. Dam fr. below [?] east side fr. [illegible]
8. Dam fr. below same as 7 - [illegible]
9. Dam [fr. below] sae as 7, less foreground
10. Dam fr. above taken at w. side viewpoint
11. Same from avobe the dam, on west side
12. Same - shows full dam and east side above dam
13. From w. side viewpoint - shows east side
14. Dam and villages from hill (same as first view)
15. Villages fr. hills on west side
16. From west side looking up Col. R.
17. Road down hill into grand Coulee
18. Coulee Dam villages fr. hill
19. Road into Grand Coulee
Reel 18
1. Lakes at foot of Dry Falls
2. Looking down Lower Coulee - lake[?]
3. Road - looking down lake in Lower Coulee
4. Looking up same lake of Lower Coulee
5. Mt. Rainier fr. our camp site
6. Outlying peaks - Mt Adams ?
7. [Outlying peaks] further to right
8. Slopes of Rainier - Gibralter[?] Rock
9. C.H. on glacier
10. L.S. [on glacier]
11. Mt Rainier with cloud
12. Clouds in valley - Mt. Hood ?
13. Outliers[?] and clouds in valley - further to left
14. Similar Mt. better than 12
15. Mt. Rainier fr. road around to west
16. C.H. on stone seat - fr. same place
17. Surf on rocks
18. Surf on rocks below Furistone[?]
19. [Surf on rocks below Furistone[?]]
20. Furistone[?] Cottage - C.H.
Reel 19
1. Rocks and surf at Sporting rocks
2. View further to right
3. [View further to right] again
4. Seal rocks
5. Bay above seal rock and parth to cave
6. Seal cave (best)
7. Seal cave
8. Double exposure - cave
9. Chipmunks at oregon caves w. children
11. Crater Lake from Summit Memorial
12. Crater lake and Wizard Is. [from Summit Memorial]
13. Same further to left [from Summit Memorial]
14. Lake, and still further to the left [from Summit Memorial]
15. Lake fr. terrace below hotel
16. Caroline on trail by tree
17. Lodge fr. across valley on trail up Mt.
18. Lake and Wizard Island thru trees
19. Trail up Mt.
20. Trail and lodge beyond
Reel 20
1. Crater Lake and phantom ship
2. Crater Lake and Wizard Is. thru trees
3. [Crater Lake and Wizard Is.] no trees
4. Caroline on seat
5. L.S. [on seat]
6. View over pummice (?) flats
7. Rim trail and lake
8. Bears at feeding grounds
9. Same nearer
10. Lake through trees - from trail detours to lake
11. [Lake through trees] C.H. on trail [detours to lake]
12. Lake [through trees] dark
13. Shore of Crater Lake - boats
15. Trees and figure walking around crate[?]
16. C.H. on crater [illegible] of Is. - trees and lake
17. Dead trees against sky
18. Trail in deep woods on Wizard Is.
19. Lake and shore of Wizard Island
20. C.H. in boat
Reel 21
1. Crater Lake through dark trees
3. Road around lake, and bluff beyond
4. Lake and reflection - morning we left
5. Wheat fields and Mt. Jefferson in dist.
6. Mt. Hood and Mount Winter
7. CH. at parapet of TImberline Lodge Mt Jeff. in dist.
8. Mt. Hood from Timberline Lodge
9. Timberline Lodge
10. Mt. Hood fr. Cloud Cap Inn
11. Distant view from same towards Adams and Rainier
12. Bonneville Dam - spillways
13. Part of dam - looking straight down
14. Bonneville Dam from above
15. [Bonneville Dam from] below
16. Power plant - building in process
17. Salmon ladders
18. Salmon
19. Salmon (better)
20. Lock - highest lift in world ?
Reel 22
1. View above lock - Bonneville Dam
2. Gov't town and baby Salmon waterway
5. Pool in fish hatchery and fish
6. Sturgeon in pool
9. Horsetail falls - dark
10. Down Columbia R. fr. Vista Point
11. Up [Columbia R. fr. Vista Point]
12. Falls where we lunched
13. Upper part Col. R. Highway
14. Down river at same point
15. Falls in river
16. Forest fire [illegible] at St. Mary's
17. [Forest fire [illegible] at St. Mary's]
18. Cape Myrtle at Merion
19. Merion - B.H. G. and cape Myrtle
20. Merion - B.H. G. that oh don't look
File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…
File pertains to 50 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1943 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 79 Aug 1 - 1943
1. Rams on cliff morning
8. Mt. Rundle and lake shore
13. Cascade and meadow
14. Sheep in swamp
16. Mama sheep and baby - again
17. one baby sheep
18. 2 baby sheeps
19. 2 baby sheeps flaw in film
Reel 80 Aug 15 - 1943
3. Ewe and others [in swamp - Rundle]
4. Ews and lams in swamp [Rundle]
5. Moose in Vermilion sundown
7. Goat at animal paddock
9. Crowd on opabin glacier
10. Crowd at Mac Arthur Lake at lunch
11. Crowd on opabin glacier
13. /Same not so good\ Crowd strung out on glacier
14. Same - end of line of people
16. Emmy[?], Big Tom and Denny near lake
17. Crowd on meadows - opabin
Reel 81 Aug 21 - 1943
3. Crowd around the dining table
7. Mt. Biddle from Yukness ridge
12. Phyl and Aletta on Yukness
13. Towards Yoho and Balfour fr. Yukness over Wiwaxy col.
15. Ronny with pot at fire Linda Lake
16. Ronny with fish at Linda Lake
17. Walter's T. Model Ford - W. and Ronny and Mr. Stewart[?]
Reel 82 Sept 2 -1943
1. Gopher by tree en route to Linda Lake
2. Ronny w. rucksack
3. Tom, Aletta, Phyl starting for Abbot Pass
4. Mother and Sig[?] looking out window
5. Spray River when I fished - Cascade Mt.
7. Mother at bearspaw table better
12. Mother and bear alarms[?] on step
13. L.G. bringing in faggots [sticks] from yard
14. Fish in pond
15. Fish hatchery fr. viewpoint [illegible]
17. Doe in backwater down Bow R. [illegible]
19. View across BOw to Hoodoos and Cascade
Reel 83 Sept 7 - 1943
1. Boe valley fr. Lake Agnes
4. Trail boulders and Lake Agnes
8. Victoria ridge fr. Fairview slopes
10. Same nearer
15. Sig - and Mt. Rundle fr [Admin gardens]
16. Browne porch and BNG reading [illegible]
17. SIg and 2 companions starting fr. Spray V.
19. DH.G. on hammock
20. ALong the Great Divide by B. Browne.
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
File pertains to 57 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1944 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various…
File pertains to 57 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1944 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 84 Aug 4 - 1944
1. Diamond pines
2. Lou and Richard in arms
3. Richard on our porch
4. [Richard] in coach
5. Lou and Richard on chair - their barn
6. [Lou and Richard on] lawn
7. [Lou and Richard on lawn]
8. Richard on blanket on lawn
9. Same
10. Nearer of same
11. [Nearer of same]
12. [Nearer of same]
14. Buffaloes in paddock
15. Ewe and lamb
17. Bow R. backwater opp. Hoodoes.
Reel 85 Aug 12 - 1944
3. [Cos moose and calf at Sundance Cr.
4. Mt Pinnacle fr. Paradise Valley
5. Mt. Eiffel [fr. Paradise Valley]
6. Part of Hungabee [fr. Paradise Valley]
7. Mt. Lefroy [fr. Paradise Valley]
11. Twin avalanches fr. Lefroy starting
13. Cow elk and baby Louise Road
19. Beaver swimming
Reel 86 Aug 21 - '44
1. Sentinel on the pass and Mt. Lefroy
2. Sentinels on pass early am
3. Ptarmigan on slopes of Eiffel
8. Charley and ptarmigan
10. Crowd watching on hillside
14. Mt. Aberdeen above supply tent
18. L.S. same place [Paradise boulder]
Reel 87 Aug 22, 1944
3. L.S. [on Paradise Peak]
6. [Canfield and H. Kingman w. Eric]
7. Kingman and Ken Jones
11. [Sunday service] closer, gabeline up.
12. Same - tents in background
15. Girls on log - tea party upper valley
16. The Richards and red paracol
17. Emmie and chips
19. Col. west moreland - nailing boots
22. Polly meniet[?] gift of Mr. Sampson
Reel 88 Aug 22 - 1944
2. [On] summit Dorothy Richards
5. [View fr. Temple] Yoho
6. Party on Suentinel Pass
7. Trail Ride - D[?]erty etc at start
9. Tepee poles at first camp - Fatigne Creek
10. Cook tent and pots - first camp
13. Crowd riding over summit
14. Crowd on aeplands
15. Helen Zilmer[?] on pass - Assin in rear
19. Porky in tree at lunch
Reel 89 Sept 15 - 1944
1. BHG at gardens - Mt Cascade
2. Helen Harbison and BH.G. Admin gardens
3. Emmie on Rundle ridge
8. Dan and Mary by back door
9. Dan and his cabin - Mt. Rundle
10. B.B. picture "Along the great Divide"
11. Same
12. BH.G. in chair by porch
13. Browne House Mother in chair
14. Same over exposed
15. BH.G. Admin gardens on bench
16. L.S. Admin gardens
17. Same further away
18. [Illegible] in Mt. Norquay fr. Sundance Rd.
19. Beavers at feeding grounds eve
21. Cow and calf Vermilion Lakes - eve
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1945 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…
File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1945 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook.
Titles:
Reel 93 Aug 21-1945
5. Clay bank and swallow holes
6. Butter and eggs ; 3 people (dans and Sig) ; Rundle
8. [Butter and eggs] single stalk
9. Peaks beyond 3 Sisters and moon
10. 3 Sisters, alpine glow and moon
11. Jim, gordon and packs - backs to us
12. Same, faces towards us - towards Bow
13. Gordon and 2 packs - looking towards Bow
14. Moose - better
15. [Moose - better]
16. Phacelia and arnica
20. Charlie Whenchemna Pass
Reel 94 Aug 21 - 1945
3. [Ice scaned peaks fr. Winchemna P. trail]
4. Eiffel and Tower fr. Winchemna Pass Trail
5. Fay and Little? thru tree across lake
6. LG on aeplands - Neptuark[?] in b.g.
7. C.S.H. on [aeplands]looking across valley
8. C.S.H. and Dave on aeplands
11. Measurocles[?] and C.S.H. on skyline
12. M's and CSH on top Eiffel close
14. Goodsirs across Wenchemna Pass
15. Hungabee from Eiffel
18. [Helen and Dave] ditto for them
19. Helen on aeplands Eiffel in b.g.
Reel 95 Aug 21-1945
1. Three on trail lake below
2. Hungabee fr. slopes of Paradise
3. Same Dave and Helen in fore
6. Eiffel and Tower
7. Helen on trail - Fay in b.g.
9. Jane Nearmello[?]
10. Conner on Temple and view towards Bow[?]
11. View over Popes to Habel etc
12. C.H. and Dave on snow on Temple
13. L.G. on Temple Saller[?] in b.g.
14. L.G. [on Temple] Fay in b.g.
16. Measurolls[?] in front of tent
17. C.H., Dave and LG in front of cook tent
Reel 96 Sept 10-1945
2. Helen on stumps near tent
3. Helen and Dave bet. boulders above camp
4. Dave on top of boulder
8. Avalanche on quadra fr. Cres. Lake
10. C.H. Helen and Dave in front cooktent
11. C.H. L.S. [and Dave in front cooktent]
12. Mt Allen through trees
13. L.S. in front of her tent. no good
Reel 97 Sept 10-1945
5. [Camp across lake] brighter sun
6. Cooktent and crowd across meadow. Pack in b.g.
7. Crowd at breakfast
8. [Crowd at breakfast] closer, Ruth near fire
9. Ruth Brewster at cooktent
10. Crowd at breakfast. Fred L. in fore
12. Helen at breakfast on lg
13. Crowd on log at breakfast
16. Crowd at campfire and tepees in rear
17. Crowd approaching MacArthur
18. Jimmie's gang at MacArthur
19. [Jimmie's gang] looking for goat w. glacier
20. Blue MacArthur and Cliff on lake shore
Reel 98 Sept 10 - 45
1. Mr. Gibbon leaving camp
2. Trav. Coleman and Michael
3. Glacier Peak fr. Odaray Plateau thru trees
5. Jimmie Hendrie and party [Odaray Plateau]
6. Hickens on Odaray Plateau
7. L.S. on Odaray P. Delta and Hung. in b.g
8. L.S. on edge pleateau
9. Mrs. Link and Green on edge plateau
10. Hikees[?] on end plateau
12. Mr Sampson leaving camp
13. Tepees at packing time
16. [Packing at O'Hara]
17. Packing at O'Hara, blankets
18. Jimmie Hendrie by tent
19. Jean Stewart
20. Tent mates at O'Hara
Reel 99 Sept 10-1945
1. Tentmates at MacArthur camp
5. Ronnie fishing f. boat front view
6. Helen [fishing]
7. Ronnie [fishing] Odaray in b.g
8. [Ronnie] in boat, reflection
10. [Ronnie] and Helen fishing fr. shore
11. [Ronnie and Helen] in boat
12. Soapy, Michail and outfit etc
13. Jane Dwirty[?] on bus
14. Ranger's cabin at graveyard
15. Sae nearer
16. Aileen taking picture fr. Lookout
17. View fr. Lookout towards Mt. Sir Allen[?]
18. Deer and fawn in corral. dark
Reel 100 Sept 1945
1. Deer by corral
2. Two fawns in grass beyond road
4. Close-up of same
5. Two does in corral log barn
8. Sillouette of deer on front lawn
10. Sillouette of deer on front lawn
11. Moose on bank Echo River
13. Moose on bank Echo River
14. Wild geese on Bow R. flats
15. Same in flight
18. Sun recorder[?] on lawn
20. Mt Rundle and S[illegible] in gardens
Notes
Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1).
Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists.