| Provenance: | Putnam, William L.
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| Title: | William L. Putnam fonds
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| Repository: | Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Archives and Library |
| Dates: | 1897-1910, 1951
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| Physical desc.: | 2 textual records (2 cm). -- 2 photographs : prints
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| Bio/Admin History: | William L. Putnam is a mountaineer and writer from Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Putnam has written about Glacier House, the centre of alpinism in the Selkirks during the 1880s-1900s and about Swiss guides. He has also co-authored several climbing guides to the mountain regions of western Canada.
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| Scope/Content: | Fonds consists of research materials collected by Putnam. Textual items are a photocopy of the Glacier House scrapbook, 1897-1910, and a drawing titled "Panorama du Sommet M Sir Donald," by Felix LePrince-Ringuet, from photographs taken by him on July 26, 1899. The Glacier House scrapbook is a register/comment book containing writings of tourists and mountaineers, including accounts of climbs, Swiss guides, Illecillewaet Glacier, Glacier House Hotel and environs.
Photographs are views by Putnam at Rogers Pass, 1951, pertaining to remains of railway building and Harvard Mountaineering Club members preparing for a trip.
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| Title source: | Title based on accession records
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| Physical desc. note: | Textual records include oversize item.
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| Acq. source: | Acquired by donation, 1975-1991
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| Language: | Language is English
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| Originals: | Glacier House Scrapbook is photocopy of original in unknown location. Scrapbook was microfilmed by the National Archives of Canada in 1968, but knowledge of location of original has been lost.
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| Restrictions: | No restrictions on access
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Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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| Associated/related: | Related to the Howard Palmer fonds (V69). Howard Palmer fonds was originally collected by Putnam for research use. Microfilm copy of scrapbook is in Glacier House Scrapbook (M262).
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| Record No.: | M352 / V117
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| Names: | Putnam, William L.
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| Topic: | Exploration, discovery and travel
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