Series includes: A. Diaries and trip notes, B. Correspondence, C. Other. Diaries document Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Accompanied by sound recordings of portions of diaries. -- Title taken from contents of series.
36 cm of textual records. -- 7 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes.
Scope & Content
Series includes: A. Diaries and trip notes, B. Correspondence, C. Other. Diaries document Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Accompanied by sound recordings of portions of diaries. -- Title taken from contents of series.
Content Details
"1915 trip to Mt. Sir Alexander and 1921 Trip as far north as [K---?] Creek at headwaters of Sulphur River," annotated topo map, 1 item; fragile condition; may be Caroline Hinman map.
"1921 Trip in Jasper Park," hand-drawn, 1 item (in 2 pieces); fragile condition.
International Boundarty Commission, Boundary of Alberta and British Columbia maps #9, #12, #20, #22, #28, annotated, n.d., 5 items.
Mistaya, British Columbia and Alberta, annotated topo map, n.d., 1 item.
Glacier Park, B.C., annotated topo map, n.d., 1 item.
Letters and postcard to Lillian Gest from various people, including A. C. Faberge, Joseph H. Walsh, Maynold M. Miller, State of Michigan Department of Conservation, National Audubon Society, Fred Ayres, Eric Brooks (re accidental death of Rex Gibson), National Parks Branch of Canada (re naming of m…
1 cm of textual records. -- 6 photographs : prints; b/w, 13 x 17 cm
Scope & Content
Letters and postcard to Lillian Gest from various people, including A. C. Faberge, Joseph H. Walsh, Maynold M. Miller, State of Michigan Department of Conservation, National Audubon Society, Fred Ayres, Eric Brooks (re accidental death of Rex Gibson), National Parks Branch of Canada (re naming of mountain for Christian Hasler), Pete and Catharine [Whyte], Tommy [Link?], Irene Spry and Kingman family (re Henry S. Kingman). The latter are accompanied by biographical information on Kingman, including expeditions etc. Faberge letters are accompanied by manuscript "Neptune and the Windy Range" by A. C. Faberge, 10 p., 1950, and 6 photographs. -- Includes enclosures and some envelopes.
Letters, cards and telegrams to Lillian Gest from various people, including Bill [Putnam], John Linn, Jeannette [?], Muriel Gratz, Fiona [Green], Aileen [?], John Watzek (re death of Aubrey Watzek), Dorothy [Whyte?], Alice I. Wright, Christopher [Penn], Dorothy and Jim Boyce, W. C. Taylor, Harriet …
Letters, cards and telegrams to Lillian Gest from various people, including Bill [Putnam], John Linn, Jeannette [?], Muriel Gratz, Fiona [Green], Aileen [?], John Watzek (re death of Aubrey Watzek), Dorothy [Whyte?], Alice I. Wright, Christopher [Penn], Dorothy and Jim Boyce, W. C. Taylor, Harriet [Kruszyna] and Margaret Hart. -- Includes enclosures and some envelopes.
Letters to Lillian Gest from various people, including Tim Wake, Brian Lilley (Banff Springs Hotel), T. C. Price Zimmerman (American Alpine Club), Chateau Lake Louise, Harriet Kruszyna, M. "Goldy" Goldstrom and Bill Putnam; also note from John [Linn?]. -- Includes enclosures and some envelopes.
Letters to Lillian Gest from various people, including Tim Wake, Brian Lilley (Banff Springs Hotel), T. C. Price Zimmerman (American Alpine Club), Chateau Lake Louise, Harriet Kruszyna, M. "Goldy" Goldstrom and Bill Putnam; also note from John [Linn?]. -- Includes enclosures and some envelopes.
Correspondence between Lillian Gest and Henry S. Kingman Sr.; includes originals of Gest's letters to Kingman and copies of Kingman's letters to Gest. Material was given to Gest by the Kingman family in 1969, after death of Henry Kingman Sr.
Correspondence between Lillian Gest and Henry S. Kingman Sr.; includes originals of Gest's letters to Kingman and copies of Kingman's letters to Gest. Material was given to Gest by the Kingman family in 1969, after death of Henry Kingman Sr.
1 cm of textual records. : includes 2 oversize items
Scope & Content
Programs, invitations, funeral notices, certificates and miscellaneous notes.
Content Details
Certificate, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies membership, 1956, 1 item. Certificate, Wien Alaska Airlines, re. Lillian Gest crossing the Arctic Circle, 1966, 1 item. Held in oversize storage "B"