Research Collections

Expedition records. -- 1887-1934; predominant 1923-1926.

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Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Records consist of: i. Mount Logan Expedition (1925) records, 1923- 1926, ca.33 cm of textual records and ca.580 photographs. Includes Director's papers, correspondence, financial records, reports, speeches, publicity, telegrams, newsclippings and photographs. Photographs pertain to site, surveys…
Reference Code
M200 / I.A.1.e.
V14 / I.A.1.e.
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Series
I.A.1.e.
Accession Number
5200
Reference Code
M200 / I.A.1.e.
V14 / I.A.1.e.
Physical Description
ca.34 cm of textual records. -- ca.670 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies, albums.
Scope & Content
Records consist of: i. Mount Logan Expedition (1925) records, 1923- 1926, ca.33 cm of textual records and ca.580 photographs. Includes Director's papers, correspondence, financial records, reports, speeches, publicity, telegrams, newsclippings and photographs. Photographs pertain to site, surveys and operations and include a lantern slide set of 231 transparencies accompanied by inventory. Photographs were produced mainly by H. F. Lambart; also some by A. H. MacCarthy. ii. Other expeditions, 1912- 1934. Includes photographs and a some papers pertaining to Strathcona Park Expedition, 1912; glacier research expedition, 1931; and Mount Waddington Expedition, 1934.
Access Restrictions
Access to negatives is by appointment only
Finding Aid
Inventory available in this database; select Alpine Club of Canada - inventory from list
Related Material
Forms Sub-sub-series I.A.1.e. of the Alpine Club of Canada administrative records, 1906-1949 (predominant dates), Alpine Club of Canada fonds. Additional Mount Logan Expedition (1925) records are found in the H. F. Lambart papers and photographs and in the W. W. Foster photographs (both in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs). One file of Mount Logan records are found in Administrative records, sub-series 2 (I.A.2.d.) Mount Robson Expedition (1913) records are part of the Paul A. W. Wallace papers and photographs (Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs). Related records are also found in other sub-sub series and subsequent series.
Title Source
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Processing Status
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