Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…
62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums
History / Biographical
Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took.
Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.
File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and s…
1 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 7.5 x 11.8 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to the 1907 personal diary/daytimer of Hector Wheeler. Topics include: Diary begins June 30 leaving Calgary for ACC camp. Introductory pages hold geometrical drawings. Short documentation of camp and climbing June 30-July 14. Begins again August 1-October 30. Trip to Golden camp and surrounding camps and climbs. Mention of A. O. and Oliver Wheeler August 14. In and out of Calgary and Golden. Camping and climbing in Ptarmigan, Donald Camp, Beaueumouth [?]. Memoranda at back monetary notations for trip expenses. Notations of expenses for 1907 and 1908 trips.
Alberta - British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. List of Stations. Vol. 1 (1 of 2 volumes). Numbers 1-37. Included is index of stations and reference to bearings and coordinates of each station surveyed
Alberta - British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. List of Stations. Vol. 1 (1 of 2 volumes). Numbers 1-37. Included is index of stations and reference to bearings and coordinates of each station surveyed
Alberta - British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. List of Stations. Vol. 2 (2 of 2 volumes). Numbers 38 - 65. Included is index of stations and reference to bearings and coordinates of each station surveyed
Alberta - British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. List of Stations. Vol. 2 (2 of 2 volumes). Numbers 38 - 65. Included is index of stations and reference to bearings and coordinates of each station surveyed
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Album 1. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
1 photograph album: 178 pages
1 fold out map affixed to second page
Scope & Content
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Album 1. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Album 2. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
1 photograph album: 195 pages
1 map affixed to second page
Scope & Content
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Album 2. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Album 3. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
1 photograph album: 190 pages
1 map affixed to second page
Scope & Content
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Album 3. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Vol 1. Stations 1-9, Howse Pass and vicinity [label affixed to front cover states Howse and Amiskwi Passes]. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Vol 1. Stations 1-9, Howse Pass and vicinity [label affixed to front cover states Howse and Amiskwi Passes]. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Vol 2. Stations 9-18. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Vol 2. Stations 9-18. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph.
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Vol 3. Stations 18 -27. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph. Front cover annotated, "Mistaya/Yellowhead".
Alberta- British Columbia Boundary Commission. Photographs by A.O. Wheeler. Vol 3. Stations 18 -27. Includes list of stations with bearings and coordinates for each related photograph. Front cover annotated, "Mistaya/Yellowhead".