Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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Frances K. Montgomery and Gaie Taylor fonds |
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 Gaie Taylor (Frances K. Montgomery and Gaie Taylor fonds
V552/PA2-1)
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Frances Montgomery
(Frances K. Montgomery and Gaie Taylor fonds - V552/PA2-28)
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Frances K. Montgomery and Gaie Taylor fonds. -- 1929-1994, predominant 1935-1976. -- ca.1060 photographs (ca.400 transparencies, ca.380 negatives, ca.280 prints). -- 23 motion pictures. -- 7 textual records. -- Frances Kathleen Montgomery, 1904-1989, and Esme Gabrielle (Gaie) Neufville Taylor, 1910-1994, were avid photographers, gardeners, readers, climbers and campers. They attended several Alpine Club of Canada camps between 1959 and 1969. -- Fonds consists of three series: I. Photography, 1929-1976; II. Motion pictures, 1936-1964; III. Textual records, 1959-1994. -- Location : M326 / V552. Detailed fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database
I. Photography Photography series. -- 1929-1976. -- ca.1060 photographs (ca.400 transparencies, ca.380 negatives, ca.280 prints). -- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Transparencies; B. Negatives; C. Prints. Series pertains mainly to travel and camping in Europe, Ontario, western Canada and the United States. ACC camps in the Bugaboos, 1959, Fryatt Creek, 1960, Maligne Lake, 1962, and others are documented. -- Montgomery appears to have made the 35 mm photographs and the films, while Taylor appears to have made the 127-format negatives and superslide transparencies. -- Constitutes Series I of the Frances K. Montgomery and Gaie Taylor fonds.
II. Motion pictures Motion pictures series. -- 1936-1964. -- 23 motion pictures. -- Series pertains mainly to travel and camping in Europe, Ontario, western Canada and the United States. ACC camps in the Bugaboos, 1959, Fryatt Creek, 1960, Maligne Lake, 1962, and others are documented. -- Constitutes Series II of the Frances K. Montgomery and Gaie Taylor fonds.
III. Textual records Textual records series. -- 1959-1994. -- 14 textual records. -- Series consists of: letter from Herbert O. Frind to Gaie Taylor, 1959; clipping re death of climbers, including Elfrida Pigou, on Mount Waddington, [1960]; call for information by Cyndi Smith, ca.1988; clipping re Mount Everest quest by John McIsaac, 1994; envelopes; transparency identification sheets, 7 items (copies stored with V552 / NS) -- Location : M326 / 1. |
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The Frances K. Montgomery and Gaie Taylor fonds was processed with financial support of the Canadian Council of Archives, 1998-1999. On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003 |
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