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Edward Feuz fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-663
  • Fonds
  • 1881-[ca.1976]

Fonds consists of two series: I. Photographs, 1911-ca.1958; II. Professional papers, 1901-1972. Photographs pertain 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. ; 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.

Feuz, Edward

Skoki Lodge fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-662
  • Fonds
  • 1943-1993

Fonds consists of Skoki Lodge guest registers, 1943-1993; Skoki Halfway Hut visitor registers, 1962-1970; and correspondence and records, 1982-1987

Skoki Lodge

Cyndi Smith fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-661
  • Fonds
  • 1985-1988

Fonds consists of research correspondence, copies of personal papers, and sound recordings pertaining to Mary Vaux Walcott, Georgia Engelhard (Cromwell), Henrietta Tuzo (Wilson), Mary Schaffer Warren, Elizabeth Parker, Bess MacCarthy, Margaret Stone, Mary Jobe (Akeley), Caroline Hinman, Lillian Gest, Katie Gardiner, Gertrude Benham, Phyl Munday and others. Material was gathered during research and production of "Off the Beaten Track." Sound recordings are titled: "To Cyndi Smith from Henry Vaux," re Mary Vaux; and "Some information re women of the mountains from M.D. Fleming.

Smith, Cyndi

George (Lucky) Skirrow fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-651
  • Fonds
  • [ca.1920]-1969

Fonds consists mainly of photographs pertaining primarily to the boat launch, boats and boating at Lake Minnewanka; also, Lake Minnewanka and area, Lake Minnewanka Power Development and Lucky Skirrow. Includes set of aerial views of Lake Minnewanka and area produced by the Department of National Defense, pre-1940. Textual items are newsclipping re the "Aylmer," 1948; and letters from students requesting employment, 1969. Material was produced and collected by Lucky Skirrow.

Skirrow, George (Lucky)

Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies fonds

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  • Fonds
  • 1931-1950

Fonds consists of correspondence, 1932-1938; financial records, 1943-1947; guest registers for Skoki Lodge, 1931 and Temple Lodge, 1939-1947; and correspondence of the reorganized Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies (1947) Ltd., 1949-1950. The later group of correspondence pertains to finances, personnel, lost property, Lake Louise Ski Lodge, Mount Temple Lodge and Skoki Lodge. Correspondents include Sir Norman Watson. Records, 1931-1947, were Cliff White Sr.'s copies.

Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies

Mary Fallis fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-632
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1968

Fonds pertains to trips made by Fallis and the Vancouver Section of the Alpine Club of Canada to: Mount Baker Park, Cascade Mountains, U.S.A., 195-; Waites Hut in the Tonquin Valley, 1955; Moat Lake camp, 1957; Outpost Lake, 1957-1958, 1968; Mummery Camp, 1958; Tantalus Hut opening, Coast Range, 1961 or 1962; Eremite Camp, 1963; also includes ice schools and climbs. Fallis identified images on the mounts and lists are for some sets.

Fallis, Mary

Andrew S. Sibbald fonds : [1921-1945]

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  • Fonds
  • Copies made 1980

Fonds consists of correspondence from Alpine Club of Canada members, 1921-1938; reports to the Management Committee of the Alpine Club of Canada re 1938 camp and A. O. Wheeler and Asulkan Valley huts, 1938-1945; outline re mountaineering instruction course conducted by A.C.C. for Royal Canadian Army, 1945. Correspondents include or refer to Rex Gibson, Curly Phillips, Winthrop E. Stone and A. O. Wheeler.

Sibbald, Andrew S.

John Williams fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-623
  • Fonds
  • [after 1930]

Fonds consist of photographs pertaining to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; trail rides and pow-wows; Sunshine, Egypt Lake and Twin Lakes areas; induction of John Murray Gibbon into the Stoney tribe, 1944; and miscellaneous items, including a portrait of John Williams.

Williams, John

Georgia Engelhard fonds

  • WHYTE whyte-622
  • Fonds
  • 1934-[ca.1960]

Fonds consists mainly of Georgia Engelhard's mountaineering photographs pertaining to her climbing career in the European Alps, Canada and the United States, 1940s to 1950s. Photographs are in three series: ; I. Georgia Engelhard photographs, 1940s-1950s, 277 prints; technical and scenic views pertaining to mountaineering in Switzerland, the Canadian Rockies, Italy and the Teton Mountains, U.S.A. European views pertain to the Zermatt region of Switzerland, the Matterhorn, Val d'Herens and the Dolomites (Italy). Includes many photographs illustrating climbing techniques and guide training. Canadian views pertain to the Lake Louise area, Victoria Glacier, Mount Athabasca and other locations. Prints are mainly in numbered series, the contents of which are interrelated. II. My Album / Edward C. Porter : album of seventy- two black and white photographs by Porter of climbing and peaks in the Lake O'Hara, Lake Louise, Yoho, Bow Valley, Glacier National Park regions, also several United States locations and fine art studies. Album inscription, dated 1954, contains technical details and dedication to Georgia Engelhard. III. Portrait of Georgia Engelhard, 1934, in copy negative form.

Engelhard, Georgia

O. Kathleen Wilson fonds

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  • Fonds
  • [ca.1925]

Fonds pertains to staff, guests, celebrities and activities at Chateau Lake Louise and in Lake Louise area; prisoners and soldiers in Banff and Castle Mountain areas, 1917; Glacier, B.C.

Wilson, O. Kathleen

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