| Provenance: | Alpine Club of Canada
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| Title: | Alpine Club of Canada fonds
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| Dates: | 1906-1994
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| Physical desc.: | ca.40 m of textual records. -- ca.12,000 photographs : prints, photograph albums, transparencies, negatives, stereographic prints, postcards. -- 85 photograph albums. -- 8 motion pictures : films, video recordings. -- 3 sound recordings
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| Bio/Admin History: | The Alpine Club of Canada, the national mountaineering club, was founded in 1906 by A. O. Wheeler and other like-minded climbers. The club 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. Through a national executive, local sections and volunteer committees, the club provided climbing camps, clubhouse, huts, and publications, including the Canadian Alpine Journal. ACC expeditions and projects resulted in pioneer exploration, first ascents, and included mountain warfare training during the Second World War. In recent years, the club's membership has increased dramatically with the popularity of climbing and its programs have evolved to serve the needs of unguided climbers using sophisticated technical aids.
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| Custodial hist: | 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
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| Scope/Content: | Fonds constitutes the principal resource for the study of 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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| Title source: | Title based on contents of fonds
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| Physical desc. note: | Textual records include oversize items. Extents are estimated
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| Acq. source: | Acquired by donation, 1986 and later
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| Language: | Language is English
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| Restrictions: | Some restriction/s on access
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Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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| Finding aids: | Finding aids and reference tools: sous-fonds, series and sub-series description; electronic finding aid for processed material
On-line finding aid (click on link below)
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| Associated/related: | Some section records are maintained in other Canadian repositories
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| Accruals: | Further accruals are expected: material is transferred periodically by the ACC main office
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| Record No.: | M200 / S6 / V14
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| Repository: | Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library |
| Online Finding Aids/Documents: | http://archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/AlpineClub/ACC_main.htm
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| Names: | Alpine Club of Canada
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| Topic: | Environment
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Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
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