The mountaineer and the artist : the Alpine Club of Canada centennial|The mountaineer and the artist : the Alpine Club of Canada centennial exhibition (DVD)
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies collaboration with Alpine Club of Canada. Exhibition catalogue: Barry Blanchard, Brent R. Laycock; Lloyd "Kiwi" Gallagher, Donna Jo Massie; Richard and Louise Guy, Mary Lynne McCuthcheon; Nancy Hansen, Michael Peterson; Brad Harrison, Leona Amann; Marj Hind, Barbara J. West; Pat Morrow, Dominik Modlinski; Mike Mortimer, Glen Boles; Robert W. Sandford, Deborah Lougheed Sinclair; Chic Scott, Ed Bamling; Don Serl, Michael Binkley; Jim Tarrant, Susan Gottselig; Sharon Wood, Alice Saltiel
DVD recording pertains to each artist and mountaineer discussing the work for the exhibition
A detailed list is available for a portion of the material.
Related Material
Material is closely related to expedition material in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs (H. F. Lambart papers and photographs; W. W. Foster photographs). Related oversize display prints can be found in Series I.A.1.j. (AC 00P / 137-147 and AC 00P / 275-280).
File pertains to various papers and correspondence between members of the Alpine Club of Canada, the American Alpine Club, and the individuals of the Mt Logan Expedition. Includes Director's papers, financial records, publicity and public relations records, reports, newsclippings; also telegrams to…
39 cm of textual records (3 boxes ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Scope & Content
File pertains to various papers and correspondence between members of the Alpine Club of Canada, the American Alpine Club, and the individuals of the Mt Logan Expedition. Includes Director's papers, financial records, publicity and public relations records, reports, newsclippings; also telegrams to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lambart.
A detailed list is available for a portion of the material.
Related Material
Material is closely related to expedition material in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs (H. F. Lambart papers and photographs; W. W. Foster photographs). Related oversize display prints can be found in Series I.A.1.j. (AC 00P / 137-147 and AC 00P / 275-280).
Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…
1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy.
In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988.
Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies.
He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.
A detailed list is available for a portion of the material.
Related Material
Material is closely related to expedition material in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs (H. F. Lambart papers and photographs; W. W. Foster photographs). Related oversize display prints can be found in Series I.A.1.j. (AC 00P / 137-147 and AC 00P / 275-280).
Title Source
Title based on material
Content Details
Physically, the file is divided into 2 folders, 17a & 17b
File pertains to Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition team applications [1966-1967] and one pad of blank pink YACE application forms.
Team applications include:
"Good Neighbour Peak" - J. Vincent Hoeman (co-leader), Daniel R. Davis, George H. Denton, John E. (Jed) Williamson, Montague (Monty) Alford…
2.5 cm of textual records (16 volumes ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Scope & Content
File pertains to Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition team applications [1966-1967] and one pad of blank pink YACE application forms.
Team applications include:
"Good Neighbour Peak" - J. Vincent Hoeman (co-leader), Daniel R. Davis, George H. Denton, John E. (Jed) Williamson, Montague (Monty) Alford (co-leader), Glen W. Boles, Dr. Alan Bruce-Robertson, Leslie McDonald. [This team was half American, half Canadian].
(T-Bone Camp) Mt. British Columbia - Ralph M. J. Hutchinson (leader), Andrew Gruft, Byron E.D. Olson, Karl A. Winter.
Mt. Northwest - Patrick D. Baird (leader), James R. Caldwell, James M. Ferguson, Donald C. Morton.
Mt. Yukon - Michael MacCallum (leader), Hugo Hohener, Dr. William Louie, James W. White.
(Prairie Camp) Mt. Alberta - D. Wayne Smith (leader), Philip J. Dowling, Klaus Hahn, Dr. Gerald A. Wright.
Centennial Peak - Waldemar P. (Fips) Broda (leader), Klaus Boeger, Stanley D. Rosenbaum, Jean-Robert (Hans) Weber.
Mt. Manitoba - Patrick (Paddy) Sherman (leader), Dr. Raymond Denson, Donald J. Forest, Duncan McDougall.
Mt. Ontario - Helmut F. Microys (leader), Sev. A. Heiberg, Alex J. Norman, W. Roland Reader.
Mt. Saskatchewan - Miss Gertrude L. Smith (leader), Mrs. Helen Butling, Miss Andrea J. Rankin, Mrs. Wendy F. Teichmann.
(Fundy Camp) Mt. New Brunswick - Peter B. Spear (leader), Stephen A. Bezruchka, Christopher Gardner, Robin Lidstone.
Mt. Newfoundland - Werner Himmelsbach (leader), Dr. Richard H.M. Roe, Donald W. Soughan, Ian H. Stewart.
Mt. Nova Scotia - Robert M. Paul (leader), Commander Frederick W. Crickard C.A.F., Donald M.E. Poole, Maurice A. Tyler.
Mt. Prince Edward Island - Norman Purssell (leader), Albert L. Parke, Brenden M. Moss, Christopher J. Smith.
Mt. Quebec - Claude Lavallée (leader), André Hébert, Peter W. Hutchins, Hans P. Munger.
File consists of a log book created by the Edmonton Section of the Alpine Club of Canada. The log book shows the records of the Section's meeting minutes, beginning with their first meeting on October 15, 1913. The log book also includes names of the Edmonton Section members.
File consists of a log book created by the Edmonton Section of the Alpine Club of Canada. The log book shows the records of the Section's meeting minutes, beginning with their first meeting on October 15, 1913. The log book also includes names of the Edmonton Section members.
File consists of executive and administrative related correspondence between President Cyril Wates and Vice President, Eric Brooks. As well as President Cyril Wates' correspondence with A. O. Wheeler.
File consists of executive and administrative related correspondence between President Cyril Wates and Vice President, Eric Brooks. As well as President Cyril Wates' correspondence with A. O. Wheeler.
File consists of correspondence and reports from the Vancouver Island section of the Alpine Club of Canada, including the Section's disbandment in 1942.
File consists of correspondence and reports from the Vancouver Island section of the Alpine Club of Canada, including the Section's disbandment in 1942.