Series consists of textual records pertaining to the creation and publication of the Book of Mortimer, including manuscript drafts, correspondence and notes.
No one has volunteered more time and energy to Canada’s mountain community and to the Alpine Club of Canada than Mike and Heather Mortimer. Beginning their careers as newsletter editors of the Calgary Section of the ACC, Mike and Heather eventually became president and first lady of the UIAA (International Union of Alpine Associations).
Along the way they have organized Mountain Safety Conferences, built the Bow Hut on the Wapta Icefield and organized the Alpine Club of Canada’s Centennial Celebration. This book tells their story.
Scope & Content
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the creation and publication of the Book of Mortimer, including manuscript drafts, correspondence and notes.
Notes
Series consists of four sub-series:
M57 / IX / A: Manuscript Drafts
M57 / IX / B: Correspondence
M57 / IX / C: Interview Notes
M57 / IX / D: Research and Speech Notes
Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Evere…
Sound recordings: 224 audio tape cassettes, 7 audio tape reels. -- 78 CD-ROM. with digital files -- Moving images: 148 videocassettes: 133 Hi8, 15 VHS. ; 149 DVDs -- 4.2 m textual records
History / Biographical
Charles (Chic) C. Scott, b.1945, is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas until the mid-1970s. He guided extensively in the European Alps for five seasons, ca.1970, and worked as a climber for "The Eiger Sanction," a Hollywood movie starring Clint Eastwood. Scott resumed climbing in 1988, after a period working at the University of Calgary. His publications include "Alpinism," editor, "Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies," "The History of the Calgary Mountain Club", "Summits and Icefields", "Pushing the Limits: the Story of Canadian Mountaineering", "Powder Pioneers : Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains", and "Deep Powder and Steep Rock : the Life of Mountain Guide Hans Gmoser".
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of interviews, research notes,manuscripts, printed and digital photographs, and other materials produced and collected by Chic Scott between 1982 and 2021. Content pertains to Chic's various publications and research projects, the Canadian Himalayan Foundation, the Canadian '82 Everest Expedition, and collected and personal materials. Items in fonds are arranged mostly by individual projects/areas of research.
Notes
Fonds consists of 15 series:
Series I : Pushing the Limits
Series II : Mountain Romantics
Series III : Summits and Icefields
Series IV : Powder Pioneers
Series V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock
Series VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies
Series VII : Hans Gmoser Film Collection
Series VIII : The Canadian Himalayan Foundation
Series IX : The Book of Mortimer
Series X : Tommy and Lawrence
Series XI : The Yam
Series XII :Calgary Mountain Club
Series XIII : Young at Heart
Series XIV : Chic Scott personal records
Series XV : A LIFE IN THE WILD: The Story of Mountain Explorer John Baldwin
Access to interviews limited to VHS reference compilations.
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the Canadian Himalayan Foundation; includes research documents, correspondence, administrative records and other related materials.
The Canadian Himalayan Foundation was created by historian and mountaineer Chic Scott in 1978. The Foundation served as a registered charitable organization whose purpose was to promote Canadian mountaineering expeditions. Over a period of 25 years the foundation raised $250,000 to support Canadian climbing expeditions around the world.
Scope & Content
Series consists of textual records pertaining to the Canadian Himalayan Foundation; includes research documents, correspondence, administrative records and other related materials.
Notes
Series consists of seven sub-series:
M57 / VIII / A: Foundation information
M57 / VIII / A / 1 to 4 : Policy and mandate, foundation information
M57 / VIII / A / 5: History
M57 / VIII / A / 6 - 7: Foundation Grants and funds
M57 / VIII / A / 8: Library
M57 / VIII / A / 9: Membership Newsletters
M57 / VIII / B: Correspondence
M57 / VIII / C: Board minutes 1978 - 1998
M57 / VIII / D: Trip research and applications
M57 / VIII / E: Financials
M57 / VIII / F: News clippings
M57 / VIII / G: Journals and Research drafts
Originally, the CMC was the meeting point of Canada's top climbers who gathered together to plan expeditions, plot potential first ascents and discuss the advancement of their chosen sport. Today, it still provides this function but also serves as a means for new climbers to meet.
Scope & Content
Series consists of correspondence, published materials and other textual records pertaining to the Calgary Mountain Club.
Notes
Series consists of four subseries:
M57 / XII / A: News clippings
M57 / XII / B: Correspondence
M57 / XII / C: Newsletters
M57 / XII / D: Collected publications
File consists of one colour poster pertaining to the Calgary Climbers Festival, which was hosted at the University of Calgary in 1988. Includes images of climbers Lynn Hill, Kurt Diemberger, Fred Beckey, Voytek Kurtyka, Wolfgang Gullich, Kevin McLane, Jeff Marshall, Barry Blanchard and Greg Child.
File consists of one colour poster pertaining to the Calgary Climbers Festival, which was hosted at the University of Calgary in 1988. Includes images of climbers Lynn Hill, Kurt Diemberger, Fred Beckey, Voytek Kurtyka, Wolfgang Gullich, Kevin McLane, Jeff Marshall, Barry Blanchard and Greg Child.
Series consists of notes, research materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other personal records collected by Chic Scott. Content pertains to publication projects, biographies, Chic Scott and Kathy Madill's wedding, and the 1982 Everest Expedition.
Series consists of notes, research materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other personal records collected by Chic Scott. Content pertains to publication projects, biographies, Chic Scott and Kathy Madill's wedding, and the 1982 Everest Expedition.
File consists of magazines and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Everest 1982 expedition; and minutes from meetings held with the expedition's project directors [September - November 1983] pertaining to publications about the expedition, finances, and various administrative topics.
File consists of magazines and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Everest 1982 expedition; and minutes from meetings held with the expedition's project directors [September - November 1983] pertaining to publications about the expedition, finances, and various administrative topics.
File consists of 8 cassettes with sound recordings pertaining to interviews with Hans Gmoser. Includes interviews by Phil Dowling, [Vicki] Gabereau and [Joseph] Brooks Dodge. Interview with Gabereau was produced for use by the CBC Radio interview show "Gabereau" [aired 1985-1997].
File consists of 8 cassettes with sound recordings pertaining to interviews with Hans Gmoser. Includes interviews by Phil Dowling, [Vicki] Gabereau and [Joseph] Brooks Dodge. Interview with Gabereau was produced for use by the CBC Radio interview show "Gabereau" [aired 1985-1997].
Notes
S47 / V / C / 1 : "Gabereau - March 26/96 Hans Gmoser"
S47 / V / C / 2 to 4 : "Hans Gmoser - Interview [1, 2 and 3]", n.d.
S47 / V / C / 5 to 6 : "Hans Gmoser Interviewed by Phil Dowling 18 Dec 1978 [Tape #1, Tape #2]"
S47 / V / C / 7 : "Hans Gmoser Interviewed by Phil Dowling 15 Oct 1994"
S47 / V / C / 8 : "Brooks Dodge (M. Gmoser) Feb 18, 2007"
File consists of 10 interviews recorded on 8 cassette tapes and 7 recording tape reels, produced by Chic Scott between 1982 and 1990. Interviews pertain to the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition (including interviews of Al Burgess, Bill March and Laurie Skreslet) and other mountaineers. File al…
File consists of 10 interviews recorded on 8 cassette tapes and 7 recording tape reels, produced by Chic Scott between 1982 and 1990. Interviews pertain to the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition (including interviews of Al Burgess, Bill March and Laurie Skreslet) and other mountaineers. File also includes a CBC Radio interview of Chic Scott by Patricia Naylor, recorded for the "Calgary Eye Opener".
Notes
Contents of individual items in file:
S47 / XIV / A / 1 : Interview with Al Burgess immediately after 1982 Everest Expedition (2 cassettes)
S47 / XIV / A / 2 : Bill March interview recorded immediately after the Everest 82 Expedition (cassette)
S47 / XIV / A / 3 : [Laurie] Skreslet #1 Recorded late autumn 1982 (cassette)
S47 / XIV / A / 4 : Jon Jones interview 1982 by Chic Scott (cassette)
S47 / XIV / A / 5 : CBC Interview about 1990 aired on radio, recorded near Yamnuska Cliffs (cassette)
S47 / XIV / A / 6 : Don Vockeroth July 19, 1988 interview in Calgary (2 cassettes)
S47 / XIV / A / 7 : Glen Boles recorded Monday Sept. 26, 1988 (1 recording reel)
S47 / XIV / A / 8 : Charlie Locke recorded Tuesday Sept. 27, 1988 (1 recording reel)
S47 / XIV / A / 9 : Interview with Bob Hind at his home in Calgary January 12, 1989 Marg Hind present (2 recording reels)
S47 / XIV / A / 10 : Ken Jones May 25, 1990 afternoon. Taped at Ken's house in Nanton by Chic Scott. Ken's son Pat at the table as well (3 recording reels)
Produced by Westmount Records, narrated by Hans Gmoser
Date Range
[1970 - 1980]
Physical Description
1 vinyl record
Scope & Content
File consists of one vinyl record copy of "Ski Better with Hans Gmoser: 29 Skiing Exercises, with Music" instructional recording.
Material Details
File includes vinyl record and original case. Back of case includes brief biography/summary by Elfie Grillmair and John Warren, and a short introduction by Hans Gmoser.