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Alpine Club of Canada fonds
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ca.41 m of textual records and other material
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Portion of the records (ca.28 m of textual records, ca.13,500 photographs) were housed by the Vancouver Public Library until 1971, when it was transferred by the Alpine Club of Canada to the Archives of the Canadian Rockies (now the Whyte Museum) in 1971 and maintained as a long-term loan until 1986
Scope and content
Fonds constitutes the principal resource for the study of the history of Canadian mountaineering. It provides a wealth of information on individual alpinists, expeditions, mountains, national parks, conservation, climbing, alpine organizations, publications, guiding, scientific study and the Alpine Club itself. 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. Club administration records (series I.A.) pertain to executive positions; head office; finance; camps, climbing and treks; expeditions; huts and properties; clubhouses; library; publications; photography; other committees; other activities; and other. Other club records include section records (series I.B.), hut registers and summit records (series I.C.).
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Physical condition
Includes ca. 12,000 photographs: prints, stereographic prints, transparencies, negatives, postcards, 85 photograph albums, 8 motion pictures: films, video recordings, and 3 sound recordings. Textual records include oversize items. Extents are estimated
Immediate source of acquisition
Acquired by donation, 1986 and later;Gift of the Alpine Club of Canada, 1986-1995. Some executive, committee and expedition records have been transferred directly from members
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- Language is English
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Some restriction/s on access;Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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Some section records are maintained in other Canadian repositories
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Further accruals are expected: material is transferred periodically by the ACC main office
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Record No. M200 / S6 / V14<br><br>
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- Alpine Club of Canada (Subject)