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.
Film pertains to view from the Alpine Club of Canada clubhouse at Banff; climbing camp at Bow Lake, 1937; Paradise Valley; ski-out at Lake O'Hara; Columbia Icefield; ACC camp at the Columbia Icefield, 1938
Film pertains to view from the Alpine Club of Canada clubhouse at Banff; climbing camp at Bow Lake, 1937; Paradise Valley; ski-out at Lake O'Hara; Columbia Icefield; ACC camp at the Columbia Icefield, 1938
File pertains to locations and activities in city of Edmonton, Alberta and area. Content includes activities, students and campus of the University of Alberta; activities, including climbing, skiing, ski joring, ski jumping; exterior and interior views of ACC? hut; electrical machinery, likely at …
File pertains to locations and activities in city of Edmonton, Alberta and area. Content includes activities, students and campus of the University of Alberta; activities, including climbing, skiing, ski joring, ski jumping; exterior and interior views of ACC? hut; electrical machinery, likely at the University of Alberta; Bob Hind and friends; river and landscape views
Includes a set of prints titled "Set of U of A" pertaining to University of Alberta campus, machinery, faculty and students, 26 items
File consists of mountain views in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Glacier National Parks. Includes landscapes; camps, alpine huts and cabins, including Abbot Hut (exterior and interiors); climbing and ski touring; winter scenes (Glacier?); Glacier station, people in bathing suits. Includes wedding pho…
File consists of mountain views in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Glacier National Parks. Includes landscapes; camps, alpine huts and cabins, including Abbot Hut (exterior and interiors); climbing and ski touring; winter scenes (Glacier?); Glacier station, people in bathing suits. Includes wedding photograph (Rose and Elture), and Bugaboo Valley ACC camp photograph by Major F.V Longstaff, 1946
1. Lake O'Hara area, 1931 to 1938, ca.35 prints. Prints are labeled: O'H31, O'H34, O'H36, O'H37, O'H38, or are undated. Content includes landscape, climbing views, ski touring, Elizabeth Parker hut. Related to negatives in V46 / 2, 7, 15, 22
2. Glacier BC area, 1932, 1936, 1946, ca.25 prints. Prints are labeled: G32, G36 (1 item), G48 (1 item), or are undated. Content includes Mount Macoun, Mount Tupper, Mount Selwyn, landscapes, climbing, ski touring and ACC? camp. Related to negatives in V46 / 1, 4
3. Jasper area, 1933 to 1946, ca.215 prints. Prints are labeled: J33 (folder 3A); J34, J35, J36, J38 (folder 3B); J45 or J46 (folder 3C); or are undated (folder 3D). Content pertains to landscape, climbing, ski touring, camps, individuals and groups. Includes photographs by E.L.W. (Woolf), A. Harmon and G. Norris Taylor. Related to negatives in V46 / 6, 9, 12, 19, 20, 21, 25, possibly 23
4. Paradise Valley area, 1934 to 1937, 22 prints. Prints are labeled P33, 1933, P34, or are undated. Content includes Mount Aberdeen, The Mitre and Hungabee Mountain, interior of Abbot Hut. Related to negatives in V46 / 5
5. Mount Assiniboine area, 1935, 11 prints. Prints are labeled A35. Content includes landscapes and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 8
6. Mount Clemenceau area, 1936, 1938, ca.30 prints. Prints are labeled C36 and C38 (1 item). Content includes Mount Clemenceau, Mount Chettan, Chaba Glacier, Athabasca Falls, Athabasca Glacier, Maligne Lake, landscapes and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 10
7. Mount Robson area, 1936, 18 prints. Primarily prints labeled J36 or R36. Content includes Berg Lake, Resplendent Mountain, Mount Kinney, landscapes, ski touring, climbing and cabin. Related to negatives in V46 / 13
8. Mount Fryatt and Mount Forbes, Jasper area, 1936, 1938, ca.40 prints. Prints are labeled F36 or F38. Content pertains to landscape and climbing. Related to negatives in V46 / 11, 18
9. Banff area, 1937, 6 prints. Prints are labeled B37. Content includes Paradise Valley, Mount Rhondda, Mount Hector, Bow Lake. Related to negatives in V46 / 14
10. Bugaboos, 1946-1947, 21 prints. Prints are labeled B46, 1947, or are undated. Content pertains to ACC? camp and Bugaboo Spire. Related to negatives in V46 / 24
11. 1947 trips, 1947, 37 prints. File pertains to trips to areas in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. Related to negatives in V46 / 27
File pertains to landscape, climbing, Alpine Club of Canada camp/s, hiking and groups in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains Items are identified with alphanumeric code for locale and year
C36, C38 : Columbia Icefield area - glacier view, ice climbers, camp, landscape, hikers, skiing (V46 / 53 - 8 to 31)
E37 : waterfall (V46 / 53 - 32)
Edith 36 : climbers on cliff (V46 / 53 - 33)
G32, G36 : Glacier area - Uto Peak, Mount Sir Donald, Mt. Sir Donald camp, climbing, glaciers and glacier travel, hut (V46 / 53 - 34 to 49)
J33 : Jasper area - Jasper-Wates outpost, hut, climbing, glacier travel, landscapes in Jasper National Park, incl. Chrome Lake and Outpost Lake areas (V46 / 53 - 50 to 68)
J34, J35, J36, J38 : Jasper area - Chrome Lake ACC camp, Jasper National Park, skis in snow, landscape, stone hut, possibly Memorial Hut (Eremite Valley)? or Disaster Point Hut (Pocahontas)? (V46 / 53 - 69 to 78)
OH34, OH 35, OH 36, OH37, OH38 : Lake O'Hara area - landscape, campers, climber/s on glacier (V46 / 53 - 79 to 86)
P33, P34, P37 : Paradise Valley area - climbing, landscape and climbing, hiker on bridge (V46 / 53 - 87 to 95)
R36A : Mount Robson (V46 / 53 - 96)
Cal : Calgary area? - prairie and mountain landscapes (V46 / 53 - 97)