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Edward Feuz fonds

Edward Feuz Jr.

(Edward Feuz fonds - V200/PA-548)

Edward Feuz fonds. -- 1881-[ca.1976]. -- ca.1820 photographs (ca.700 prints, ca.170 negatives, ca.950 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album (ca.180 prints). -- 4 cm of textual records. -- Edward Feuz Jr., 1884-1981, was a Canadian Pacific Railway mountain guide at Lake Louise, Alberta and Glacier and Golden, British Columbia. Until his retirement in the 1950s, he accompanied the finest climbers and was involved in over seventy first ascents of peaks over 3048 metres. -- Fonds consists of two series: I. Photographs, 1911-ca.1958; II. Professional papers, 1901-1957. -- Location: M93 / V200.

Detailed fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database

I. Photographs

Photographs series. -- 1911-ca.1958. -- ca.1820 photographs (ca.700 prints, ca.170 negatives, ca.950 transparencies). -- 1 photograph album (ca.180 prints). -- Series pertains mainly to mountaineering trips and climbs, mainly led by Edward Feuz Jr. in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, and includes many first ascents. Many photographs were taken by clients who sent copies to Feuz. Photographs also pertain to clients, associates and friends, Lake Louise Chalet and Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise area, Feuz homes at Edelweiss and Golden, and scenic views in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. Negatives are largely unidentified. Original colour transparencies by Edward Feuz, ca.1950-ca.1976, pertain to trips and scenic views in the Rocky Mountains. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Inventory of prints available. -- Constitutes Series I of the Edward Feuz fonds.

File descriptions

II. Professional papers

Professional papers series. -- 1901-1972. -- 4 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of Edward Feuz papers in the form of professional papers, 1901-1957; letters, 1941-1961; scrapbook, 1923-1972; and news clippings. Professional papers include: Feuz's fuhrer-buch (guidebook) containing his certification as a Swiss Guide and testimonials from clients in Switzerland and Canada, 1901-1957; certificate of life membership, Alpine Club of Canada, 1947; and records of climbs re the Chateau Lake Louise, 1913-1930. Letters, scrapbook and clippings all pertain to Feuz's career, clients and mountaineering. Also includes fuhrer-buch of Edward Feuz Sr., 1859-1944, Switzerland and Glacier, B.C.-- Constitutes Series II of the Edward Feuz fonds. -- Location : M93.

The Edward Feuz fonds was processed with financial support

of the Canadian Council of Archives, 1992-1993.

On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003

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