File pertains to 132 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1960, consisting mostly of shots of people hiking, climbing, and mountaineering in and around the Lake O'Hara and Mt. Assiniboine areas.
Contents include:
1950 - Maligne (1-19)
1951 - Lake O'Hara (21…
File pertains to 132 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1960, consisting mostly of shots of people hiking, climbing, and mountaineering in and around the Lake O'Hara and Mt. Assiniboine areas.
Contents include:
1950 - Maligne (1-19)
1951 - Lake O'Hara (21-69)
1952 - Mt. Assiniboine (71-124)
1952 - Mt. Assiniboine from Monica & Dudley (126-129)
1950 - Sent to [Bill Goodrich] from '50 Maligne Camp, [Bill Goodrich] on trail to glacier (131)
1960 - B-J HWY (Sent to [Bill Goodrich])
Mt. Saskatchewan (133)
Mt. Chephren (134)
Athabaska River (135)
Pyramid Mt. (136)
Athabaska Hotel (137)
File pertains to 121 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1953-1955 & 1957, consisting of scenic shots of mountain scenes and people climbing, portraits of various camp members, group portraits, waterfalls, glaciers, summit poses, and more.
Contents include:
1953 - Mt. Hooker (&…
File pertains to 121 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1953-1955 & 1957, consisting of scenic shots of mountain scenes and people climbing, portraits of various camp members, group portraits, waterfalls, glaciers, summit poses, and more.
Contents include:
1953 - Mt. Hooker (& Edith Cavell): 1-47
1954 - The Goodsirs: 49-58
1955 - Mt. Robson: 60-120
1957 - Robson from JEAN: 121-123
Robson Glacier: 124
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1973 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains, mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife [including elks, goats, pekas, ground squirrels, …
1973 Can R series IV No 1. -- [before 1973]
V225 / NS 21
Date Range
[ca. 1953-1973]
Physical Description
80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1973 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Topics include mountains, mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife [including elks, goats, pekas, ground squirrels, and birds], Lillian and her friends [Polly and Phyl, as well as ACC camp members], lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, camps, and various other activities.
Titles:
1. B55-10 Fool hen walking log 1963 40 Mile Ck.
1. B55-7 [Fool hen] nearer
3. B55-9 [Fool hen] & chick
4. B71-33 Sheep close-up Wilcox Pass 65
5. B71-32 [Sheep] Wilcox Pass
6. B27-38 Two sheep & child on raod 1959
7. B22-3 Elk
8. R183-4 Beaver dam by RR at Wapta
9. R199-10 Marmot
10. B20-22 Polly & gophers
11. A6-6 Two [gophers] on dead tree
12. B30-5 Peka
13. B23-6 Eagle cliff - 14 Eagle on nest (Gmoser Slide)
14. B49-16A L.G. at Moraine Lake - E. Res B Eld.[?]
15. B20-18 L.G. above Oesa
16. B6-27 L.G. & Ax[?] & Sir Donald
17. B19-37 L.G. by alpine stream
18. B6-27 L.G. on trail
19. R209-3 L.G. Cathedral Basin
20. R207-1[crossed out] LG. above O'Hara
21. R207-19 L.G. on Needles
22. R196-30 LG Aberdeen in bg
23. B51-21 Avalanche slides[?] - close-up
24. A6-5 FLower clump - phascelia
25. CH-0 Stonecrop
26. CH-0 Stonecrop
27. CH-51 White Rain orche's[?]
28. CH Shooting star
29. B28-25 Lady slippers?
30. B25-2 White heather on rock
31. R69-13 Queen cup Emerald Lake
32. R175-23 Measle[?] grass of Parnassus
33. R173-22 Clobe flower
34. CH 51 Lyall's Larch in Bbone[?]
35. B69-6 Three on Schaffer L.G Trail Phyl M &
36. B28-24 Yellow flower
37. CH.0 Drunmond's Dryas
38. CH.51 Queen cup Toby Creek
39. CH.0 Wild rhodedendrone
40. CH.6/70 Maligne Lake - sun & shadow & reflec.
41. CH.0 ACC camp Muligne Lake
42. R190-25 Jasper Park Lodge & Pyramid Lake
43. R190-29 Edith Cavel & Lake
44. R183-9 Elk nearest & best
45. B11-5 Goats at Jasper - good
46. B11-8 [Goats] go up bank
47. R185-32 Polly 1953 Maligne Lake
48. CH.0 Maligne Lake
49. R185-37 View from boat
50. R186-24 Logs & back water at Narrows
51. R186-20 L.G. Narrows
52. R186-21 Boat near narrows
53. R206 34 Party from Lynx
54. Pernine 35 Mt Robson
55. R189-12 Party on ice
56. B30-22 Camp Phyl coffee party 1960
57. B30-21 [Camp] coffee party 1960
58. B30-23 Phyl & tent
59. B30-36 High Camp[?]
60. B30-35 Lake & reflections 1960
61. B30-34 Lake & Beth 1960
62. B30-33 Lake & Peaks 2 people
63. B30-32 Olympus & Xerxes
64. B30-31 Pack train leaving camp
65. B30-30 Phyl taking picture nest
66. B30-29 Phyl & Brussels
67. B30-28 Mt Brussels
68. B68-3 Camp & fire circle
69. B68-9 Girls camp fire
70. B14-20 Mrs Krat[?] on Verm. Lake
71. R164-25 Gr. Squirrel back of flower
72. R148-6 [Gr. Squirrel] Peyto Lake camp gr.
73. R175-2 Gopher coming out of hole
74. A10-21 Dennis feeds gopher
75. B32-1 Feeding gopher taken out 3/28/78
76. B20-20 Polly M & gopher taken out 3/28/78
77. R202-2 Spotted Sand pipers best
78. R206-5 Baby spotted sandpiper
79. B15-30 Bitter's nest in [illegible]
80. B29-27 Nest w. 4 spotted eggs
B15-37 & 35 Bitterns in nest taken fr. Series I put in 79 & 80
Notes
Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife.
Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
File pertains to 78 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1973 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1950s to the early 1970s. Topics include mountains, mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife [including elks, goats, pekas, ground squirrel…
File pertains to 78 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1973 into a show from slides pertaining to various summertime trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the 1950s to the early 1970s. Topics include mountains, mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife [including elks, goats, pekas, ground squirrels, and birds], Lillian and her friends [Polly and Phyl, as well as ACC camp members], lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, camps, and various other activities.
Titles:
1960 1. B31-37 Lake MacArthur - ice
2. grassi 18-59 Mt Huber & larches
1958 3. B20-24 Polly Merrick & Eileen
1951 4. R172-11 Camp & reflections - Opabin Pass in b.g.
5. R171-6 Alpine Party by lake
1963 6. B54-38 My ice ax points to glacier worm cores
1960 7. B31-35 Trail near Lake MacArthur
8. B31-36 [Trail near Lake MacArthur] different
9. B29-32 4 hikers neet John Linn on horse
10. B32-3 MacArthur Lake & reflections
11. B32-4 Big rock by MacA Lake & hikers
12. B32-8 Lake & reflections
13. B32-9 MacA Lake, Mt Biddle & reflections
14. B32-10 [MacA Lake] looking towards Biddle - Park col.
15. B32-11 Tepees in meadow at O'Hara
1963 16. B54-29 Group of hikers across lake Mt Cath in b.g naturalist group
17. B54-31 Diana Park by on Opabin Lake
18. Grassi 16 Larches at O'Hara
1959 19. B24-27 Tree with cones
1960 20. B29-14 Tree with cones - Lake O'Hara in bg
1955 21. R207-25 Abbot Pass
22. R207-24 Eileen & Edward on glacier
23. R207-36 L.G at Abbot Pass Vic ridge in b.g.
24. R208-4 Party below Pass
1951 25. R174-5 Party at Oesa - Lefroy in b.g.
26. R172-22 Edwards Party - Opabin Pass in b.g.
27. O Caroline Hinman in 1932
1953 28. R185-27 Polly Prescott & boat by lake
1952 29. R183-14 Miette Pool
30. O CH Maligne Lake
1952 31. R183-6 Lake Beauvert
1953 32. R191-4 Mt Cavel & Jasper Lodge
1951 33. R169-11 Emerald Lake & Mt President & Vice P.
34. Reel 44-9 Mt Burgess
1951 35. R169-15 Kelloggs on rock. Emerald Lake
36. R169-17 Frances on rock
37. CH 6/70 Assiniboine
1952 38. R179-20 Mt Assiniboine w. plume [MISSING]
39. R181-29 Marg, Fleming and Muriel on horses - Mt Assiniboine [MISSING]
40. R181-31 Mt Aye & riders
41. R181-32 End of trail by dam - out of Assiniboine
42. R181-33 Spray Lake by dam
43. R179-9 Trail far side of Wonder Pass
45. R179-39 2 hikers above marvel Lake
46. R180-31 Assiniboine fr. near Sunburst Lake
47. R180-34 Wedgwood Pt.
48. R179-22 Mt Assiniboine & campers
1955 49. R202-35 Strom's Halfway camp
50. R205-21 Party on horses. Mt Assin. in bg
51. R205-10 Stroms w. corral - main Lodge
52. R203-4 L.G. - Lake Magog - Assin & Magog
53. R203-19 Elizabeth Rummel's Cabin and Sunburnt L.
1952. 54. R180.38 Mt Assin. & 2 climbers
55. R181.23 Mt Assin - hikers on Nub
56. R181.22 [Mt Assin] LG on Nub
1951 57. R170-10 Chalice cup
58. O CH Wind flower (on globe)
1952 59. R183-8 Elk - head down
1954 60. R195-39 Wolverine Disney's animal farm
1965 61. B72-10 Porcupine
62. CH.49 3 Does & buck eating oatmeal
63. CH.0 Rams
1965 64. B71-34 Marg, Fleming & ewe
July '52 65. R178-26 Squirrel on rucksack - Lake Agnes
July '52 66. R178-28 Bear at the Clubhouse
1964 67. B67-15 Strom & porcupine on hitching post
68. B67-21 Porcupine on same - boy looks on
1959 69. B26-18 Ptarmigan
70. Ruth B. Water onzel[?] rock - near Assin.
1955 71. R207-12 Cow moose on road to Moraine Lake
1957 72. B11-33 Moose moves off road - good
1953 73. R190-37 Deer crossing river
1956 74. B1-1 Moose at Hilldale
1958 75. B15-33A Phyl's bitterns
1952 76. R177-33 Bear walking back above road
1959 77. B27-33 Sheep on rocks
1954 78. R196-19 SHeep among dead stumps
1960 79. B32-37 A sheep on cliff
1959 80. B22-2 Elk apposite air strip
Notes
Slides 38 and 39 are missing.
Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife.
Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.
File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified.
The bulk…
1 album (173 prints : b&w and col. ; 25 x 22.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to a photograph album containing some photographs of various Alpine Club of Canada, American Alpine Club, Sky-Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, and personal trips. Photographs primarily depict mountain views, buildings, lakes, and people, some of whom are identified.
The bulk of the album is dedicated to Christmas cards sent to Lillian Gest by various people from 1949-1958.
Inserts pertain to two photographs of a group of people sitting on the front porch of a cabin in Lake O'Hara. Ernest Feuz is seated far right.
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the new…
1.9 cm of textual records (116 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], news pertaining to the war [including Italy entering the war in June, British children being brought to Canada, the Blitz], the Lake Louise-Jasper highway officially opening [Pete and Catharine drive up for the weekend, their first visit to Jasper National Park], the deaths of Louise Rungius in May and Dave White in late June [also includes details of Dave's funeral], errand trips to Calgary [mostly to meet with Clifford about Dave's estate], Catharine and Pete's 10th wedding anniversary, visits to Bow Lake to paint throughout July and August [a large forest fire was burning about 30 miles north of Bow for most of July], Banff Indian Days, Pete joining the militia ["Non-Permanent Active Service" force part of the 2nd Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders], going on the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip in August, painting/sketching [including a short visit to Lake O'Hara in mid-August for this purpose], Catharine going to Concord for a few weeks in early September, Pete and Catharine going to Victoria at the end of September [Annie was having health issues and was advised to go to Victoria - they went to help], cleaning and household chores [including installing new blue linoleum in the kitchen], minor repairs to the roof and other outdoor work to the property, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, trips to Mount Temple Lodge to help Cliff with various chores, descriptions of meals, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete helping construct the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], going to the movies, working on the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities, presents, and parties.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.
Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided.
Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981.
109 - 17 contains a sketch of the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge's main building, recently completed.
109 - 56 contains a sketch of the ground floor of Pete and Catharine's home, including the new partition wall in the living room.
File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska.
Includes:
M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper Nation…
9.5 cm of textual records (9 volumes ; 11 x 17.7 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
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Scope & Content
File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska.
Includes:
M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper National Parks organized by Caroline Hinman.
M67 / 1 - 2 : black leather diary, titled Europe 1390: Can Rs 1931 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover (paper is now loose). Pertains to a trip to Switzerland and France in 1930 and the 1931 annual Alpine Club of Canada backpacking trip around the Mount Assiniboine and Kootenay National Park areas. Also includes a list of names and addresses and a poem possibly written by Gest at the back of the diary.
M67 / 1 -3 : red leather diary, dated 1933 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman.
M67 / 1 - 4 : red leather diary, dated 1934 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover, torn in the bottom left corner. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff National Park into Jasper National Park organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes notes on other events from the rest of the summer.
M67 / 1 - 5 : black paper diary, dated 1935 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to Walking trip through glacier Park June 26 to July 5 ; Lake Magog Camp ACC July 13 to Aug 2 ; Banff Aug 2 to Aug 25 ; Fay Hut Aug 26 to Sept 1 ; O'Hara Sept 3 to 8 ; Motor trip home. Includes total milages of trips and a list of food taken on the seven day Fay Hut trip.
M67 / 1 - 6 : brown leather diary, dated 1936 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a visit to Banff before driving to Edmonton and then Jasper to begin the annual Alpine Club of Canada trip. Title of insert two reads "Aplinists Will Scale Mt. Brussels" - clipping is adheared to the page and cannot be removed.
M67 / 1 - 7 : brown leather diary, dated 37 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to various trips and visits made by Gest to Banff and around Banff National Park. Includes details of visits to town, hikes, climbs, and motor car trips. The diary is written on the right hand pages until Gest ran out of room, at which point she returns to the front of the book and continues on the left hand pages.
M67 / 1 - 8 : black leather diary, dated 38 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips Lillian Gest took to Banff, Lake Louise, Big Bend, and the Alpine Club of Canada camp at the Columbia Icefields during the summer of 1938.
M67 / 1 - 9 : brown leather diary, dated 39 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to Glacier Park, Goodsir Park, and a motor car trip to Washington and Oregon during the summer of 1939. Also includes title lists for reels (possibly pictures/slide shows), as well as a list of flower names at the back of the diary.
Also includes loose items, mostly consisting of newspaper clippings, Alpine Club of Canada pamphlet, and three handwritten pages of loose paper.
Notes
Blank pages not scanned.
Special note: to read M67 / 1 - 7 begin reading only the right hand pages. Towards the end of the diary Lillian Gest runs out of room and continues the entries at the beginning on the left hand pages.
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, G…
8 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11.5 x 18 cm or smaller)
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File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1940-1947 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 2 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 40 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken to Jasper Park Lodge, Glacier Lake Camp, the Icefields Chalet, and Emerald Lake during the summer of 1940. Includes details of movies and photographs taken at the back of the diary.
M67 / 2 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 41 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to the Chateau Lake Louise. Twin Falls, and Emerald Lake taken during the summer of 1941. At least part of the summer was spent attending a motor car tour organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of names and addresses of other people who attended Hinman's tour, as well as details on milage and on films and photographs taken.
M67 / 2 - 3 : black plastic 6-ring diary. Pertains to a collection of trip notes, mostly trips throughout the Canadian Rockies, from summer 1942 to summer 1945. Mostly consists of place names, people, and trip highlights - not much detail.
M67 / 2 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 42 43 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to Alpine Club of Canada Camp at Consolation Lakes (July 19-24) and a stay at Deer Lodge at Lake Louise (Aug 16-22) in 1942, an informal ACC Camp at Lake O'Hara and a stay at Deer Lodge (Aug 16-18). For both summers she notes "In Browne House, Banff" which possibly could have been a home available for rent. Also includes details pertaining to the various costs of the trips (years not specified), the fish hatchery, a list of home movies from 1942, a list of stills (no date), and a list of equipment used at the ACC Camp in 1943.
M67 / 2 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 44 45 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to trips taken by Lillian Gest during the summers of 1944 and 1945. 1944 includes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House (presumably a guest house or other such rental property), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in Paradise Valley, Trial Riders of the Canadian Rockies trip to Fatique Pass and Eohippus Lake. 1945 inlcudes travelling from Toronto to Banff, staying at the Browne House, annual ACC Camp in Larch Valley, Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in Lake O'Hara (Aug 3-6), and a trip with A. Harmon [?] to graveyard cabin and Summet Pass. Also includes a list of people met during these trips, a list of equipment left in the Browne House (1944), trees local to the Canadian Rockies, and a small sketch of downtown Banff focussed around the Bow River Bridge.
M67 / 2 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 46 47 in red paint on the front cover. Trips taken during the summer of 1946 include staying at the Chateau Lake Louise (June 29-July 12), Emerald Lake [Lodge?] (July 12-Aug 2), annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp in the Bugaboos (July 13-24), Mitchell Hut, Yoho (July 26-30), Banff (Aug 2-Sept 3), and Bow Lake (Aug 3-9). Trips in 1947 included time spent in Calgary during the Stampede, annual ACC Camp, pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman, and time spent around the town of Banff. Also includes list of people met during trips, and milage and details about trip from Banff to Merion (September 1947).
Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, and the Calgary Stampede, postcard, tellegram, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …
7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
History / Biographical
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File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States.
Includes:
M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter.
M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers.
M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers.
M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954.
M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs.
M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest.
Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.