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A finding aid to the Bradford Washburn archives held at the Henry S. Hall, Jr., American Alpine Club Library.

A pamphlet advertising lectures by Annie Peck on her climb of Mt. Huascaran.

In Memoriam written by David Roberts and published in the American Alpine Journal, remembering Barbara Washburn's life and accomplishments as a climber.

In Memoriam article published in the American Alpine Journal, Volume 13 - Issue 2, 1963. The article remembers Dora Keen's life and accomplishments as a climber.

Typed trip notes describing a trip by Dr. and Mrs. Bullock Workman to the upper Chogo. The notes describe the activities of the expedition and mention a cairn built by the party to replace a previous cairn which had been destroyed by an avalanche.…

Handwritten letter from William Hunter Workman to Harrington Putnam dated October 30th, 1911 and sent from Srinagar in Kashmir. The letter describes details of a trip the Workmans took the previous summer to the Himalaya region where they explored…

Letter from Fanny Bullock Workman to Judge Harrington Putnam, president of the American Alpine Club at the time. The letter is sent from Srinagar and dated October 21, [1912].

Selected illustrations from The Adventures of Miss Brown, Miss Jones and Miss Robinson at Biarritz and the Pyrenees. Published in 1879. This is an early record of female mountaineers.

A pamphlet advertising lectures on mountaineering and adventure by Dora Keen.

Handwritten letter from Dora Keen to Harrington Putnam, president of the American Alpine Club. The letter is dated June 8th, 1912 and is sent from McCarthy Alaska. The letter is a response to a recent telegram sent on behalf of the American Alpine…