Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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First ascent and summit note collection |
 Summit note for the first ascent of Mount Lefroy, 1897 (First ascent and summit note collections - M235/1299a)
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First ascent and summit note collection. -- 1897-1999. -- 1.9 m of textual records. -- Artificial collection of summit and cairn notes and registers assembled by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Consists of notes and registers recording ascents and routes for various peaks in the mountains of western Canada. Includes notes by prominent mountaineers, guides and personalities, including Rudolf Aemmer, Glen Boles, Eaton Cromwell, Georgia Engelhard, Edward Feuz, Val A. Fynn, Lillian Gest, Christian Hasler, Conrad Kain, Arnor Larson, A. H. MacCarthy, Alex McCoubrey, Don Munday, Phyllis Munday, H. P. Nichols, C. L. Noyes, George M. Weed, C. S. Thompson, Pierre Trudeau and others. Also includes registers placed by the Alberta Rockies Mountaineering Society, an organization established to coordinate the climbing of seventy- five Alberta mountains as an Alberta 75th Anniversary Project. -- Title based on contents of collection. -- Condition: some fragile and poor condition. -- Acquired by donation and transfer, 1970+. -- Material is arranged in accession number order. -- Language is mainly English. -- Further accruals are expected. -- Additional summit notes are found in Alpine Club of Canada fonds (M200) Registers placed by the Alberta Rockies Mountaineering Society are related to ARMA photograph album (V615). Fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database |
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On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003 |