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Jed Williamson and Gary Landeck discuss Mr. Williamson's start in climbing while in college, his involvement with the American Alpine Club, Outward Bound and climbs with Bill Putnam. They touch on the 1974 U.S. expedition to the Pamir Mountains and…

Handwritten letter from Annie Peck to Henry G. Bryant, Secretary of the American Alpine Club. The letter is on the stationary of the Hotel Alabama in New York and is dated January 16, 1910. Peck writes about the resolution passed by the club the…

Handwritten letter from Annie Peck to Henry G. Bryant on letterhead of the Clarendon Hotel in New York. The letter is dated January 4, 1909. In the letter, Peck requests information about the number of AAC members present at the meeting of the club…

Copy of resolution passed by the American Alpine Club at an Annual Meeting in Baltimore on January 2nd, 1909. The resolution states that an AAC Committee of the Society should be appointed to find out the height of Mt. Huascaran in Peru.

Copy of message sent from Fanny Bullock Workman to Henry G. Bryant, Secretary of the American Alpine Club. The message is dated December 23, 1909 and is sent from London to Philadelphia.

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

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.

Photograph of Mary Cronin with a backpack descending a slope toward a small wooden structure, a valley and mountain ridge in the background, photographed by Agnes Vaille. Early 20th century.

Photograph of Mary Cronin climbing a rock wall - photographed by Agnes Vaille. Early 20th century.

Photograph of Mary Cronin standing on a rock ledge next to a vertical wall, admiring the view - photographed by Agnes Vaille. Early 20th century.