Mountaineering & Climbing Archives

In this section are selected archive collections on the topic of Mountaineering/Climbing. In the Archives Network of Alberta database are additional archive collections. See http://asalive.archivesalberta.org:8080/access/asa/archaa/

AB: The Alpine Club of Canada espoused scientific study and exploration, cultivation of art, public education, acquisition of climbing skills, and preservation of natural areas within the mountainous regions of Canada. The club provided climbing camps, clubhouse, huts, and publications, including the Canadian Alpine Journal. The fonds consists of four Sous-fonds: I. Alpine Club of Canada records; II. Mount Everest Expedition (1982) records; III. Personal papers and photographs; IV. Other material.
(See also in the ANA database, the other ACC archival collections at the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives and the Provincial Archives of Alberta)

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/alpine-club-of-canada-fonds-2;rad

AB: This fonds contains media and textual records produced and collected by Austrian Hans Gmoser of his mountaineering adventures in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/hans-gmoser-fonds;rad

Robin Cyril (Bob) Hind was a mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was a Life Member of Alpine Club of Canada, and served the ACC in offices of President, Vice-President and Chairman of Hut Committee. During his extensive mountaineering career, Bob Hind climbed most of the significant peaks in Rockies and Selkirks, including some first ascents.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/bob-hind-fonds;rad

AB: Charles (Chic) C. Scott is a mountaineer, mountain guide and writer based at Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. Scott climbed extensively in the western Canada and the Himalayas, and guided extensively in the European Alps.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/chic-scott-fonds;rad

AB: Christian and Hans Kaufmann were Swiss mountaineering guides in Switzerland and Canada. The brothers guided prominent mountaineers, such as James Outram and J. Norman Collie, for several years in the Canadian Rockies and were involved in numerous first ascents.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/christian-and-hans-kaufmann-fonds-1892-1938;rad

AB: David Malcolm Cheesmond's mountaineering achievements span the globe From 1981 until his death, Cheesmond lived in Canada and made many ascents here. In the Canadian Rockies, He opened three difficult new routes on Mount Yamnuska during the summer of 1985.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/dave-cheesmond-fonds;rad

AB: E. O. (Edward Oliver) Wheeler was the son of Arthur O. Wheeler, a founder of the Alpine Club of Canada. Wheeler was involved in world mountaineering as well. He was active in the Alpine Club of Canada, serving as its President from 1950 to 1954.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/e-o-wheeler-fonds;rad

AB: Edward Feuz Jr. was a Canadian Pacific Railway mountain guide at Lake Louise, Alberta and Glacier and Golden, British Columbia, Canada.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/edward-feuz-fonds;rad

AB: Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rummel was a lodge owner and operator at Banff National Park, Alberta and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Her forty-two year career in the mountains included: working at Mount Assiniboine Lodge, managing Skoki Lodge, Temple Chalet and Lake Louise Ski Lodge, owning and operating Sunburst Lake Camp;

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/elizabeth-rummel-fonds;rad

AB: This collection consists of notes and registers recording ascents and routes for various peaks in the mountains of western Canada. It includes notes by prominent mountaineers, guides and personalities. It also includes registers placed by the Alberta Rockies Mountaineering Society,

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/first-ascent-and-summit-note-collection;rad

AB: Georgia Engelhard was a mountaineer, photographer and writer. She became a well-known climber, making thirty-two first ascents in the Rocky and Purcell Mountains.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/georgia-engelhard-fonds;rad

AB: Herbert E. Sampson was a life member, Honorary President, and President of the Alpine Club of Canada. He made over seventy-five ascents, including two first ascents.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/herbert-e-sampson-fonds;rad

AB: Howard Palmer was a prominent climber and explorer in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains of western Canada, completing about fifty first ascents.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/howard-palmer-fonds-3;rad

AB: James Outram was a minister and mountaineer. He began to climb in the Canadian Rockies in 1901 and in the few years following made numerous first ascents. He lectured and wrote on mountaineering and was an early honorary member of the Alpine Club of Canada.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/james-outram-fonds;rad

AB: Dr. Jean Knox (McDonald) Petrie was an active member of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and was one of the four women to make a first ascent of Mount Columbia by women, as well as Mount Forbes in 1940.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/jean-knox-petrie-fonds;rad

AB: Margaret Gold Brine climbed in the Canadian Rockies and the Alps with ascents that included Mount Edmonton, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson and Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/margaret-gold-brine-fonds;rad

AB: The Ostheimer Expedition 1927 was a mountaineering and scientific expedition, led by Alfred J. Ostheimer III, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/ostheimer-expedition-fonds;rad

AB: Al Burgess was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1983 with the group of 1982 Mount Everest Climbers.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/al-burgess-fonds;rad

AB: J. Norman Collie pioneered climbing in the Canadian Rockies, making twenty-one first ascents including Mount Victoria and Mount Athabasca.

http://www.albertaonrecord.ca/j-norman-collie-fonds;rad