1 10 78 https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/2c5dac0035f04c80be60e34a22de0d78.jpg 4863cd9816337d82b5272bc0c5e967ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women Climbers in Controversy Subject The topic of the resource Mountaineering Description An account of the resource Newspaper clipping from the Philadelphia Press dated Friday, September 10, 1909 covering the controversy between Fanny Bullock Workman and Annie Peck over the women's world record for highest ascent and Annie Peck's expedition to Mt. Huascaran. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The American Alpine Club Library Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 10, 1909 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Philadelphia Press https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/79f39ac8fc2f598c316d8df68b575979.jpg 61e2341ea6e50ac94125866ce77c5878 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Andean And Other Summits from NY Tribune Subject The topic of the resource Mountaineering expeditions Description An account of the resource A clipping from the New York Tribune dated Friday, January 21, 1910 which covers the story of the controversy between Annie Peck and Fanny Bullock Workman over Annie's ascent of Mt. Huascaran. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The American Alpine Club Library Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 21, 1910 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The New York Tribune https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/d8e4f0bfa238f6edf0752b8f45fe46d0.jpg f80e52e752bfdc0be82503587824fc99 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Unknown Clipping Subject The topic of the resource Mountaineering expeditions Description An account of the resource A newspaper clipping - the paper is not known. The clipping is from an article stating that Annie Peck claims no record and resigns the honor of holding the world record for highest peak climbed by a woman to Fanny Bullock Workman. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The American Alpine Club Library Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 23, circa 1910 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Language A language of the resource English https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/674f0632b7de765d8c03ef957e01823f.jpg 8fc28d870715b491890a260f9d66fd95 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Miss Peck and Mt. Husacaran Subject The topic of the resource Mountaineering expeditions Description An account of the resource A newspaper clipping from the New York Tribune - Jan 20, 1910 - containing a letter to the editor of the Tribune from Fanny Bullock Workman announcing that Annie Peck's estimate of the height of Mt. Huascaran was incorrect. Mrs. Bullock Workman states that Annie Peck's ascent was only 21,812 feet instead of 24,000 feet - meaning that she had not set a new record. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The American Alpine Club Library Archives The New York Tribune Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 20, 1910 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Language A language of the resource English https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/ba0cf1f8c8a7df7b4cc6c545900ca657.pdf 3fe6acecd5fe49fe6ab005a6ca69eec8 PDF Text Text ���� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Annie Peck Lecture Pamphlet Subject The topic of the resource Mountaineering Description An account of the resource A pamphlet advertising lectures by Annie Peck on her climb of Mt. Huascaran. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The American Alpine Club Library Archives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The American Alpine Club Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1909 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Document https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/5716fce27b3ae8d47332fbcacce85894.jpg f42c795d7380e72dde2946ec4a6b0dfd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fanny Bullock Workman Portrait Subject The topic of the resource Women Description An account of the resource Formal photograph of Fanny Bullock Workman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Early 20th century Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Language A language of the resource English Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Rare Books Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Rare Book DS485 .H6 W87 1908 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York: C. Scribner's Sons. Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Photo from Workman, F., & Workman, W. (1908). Ice-bound heights of the Mustagh; an account of two seasons of pioneer exploration in the Baltistan Himálaya,. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/66a640f617f056e361cef7ff0e48672e.jpg b6ea7c3bca84af73a38ea572756dffe8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Barbara Washburn's Ice Axe Subject The topic of the resource Artifact Equipment Description An account of the resource A color photograph of Barbara Washburn's ice axe, her initials clearly visible on the side. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The American Alpine Club Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Andrew Bradberry Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/caac0e021940e45d14100d4168d29ba8.pdf 0bc98bc7f2e859bdaed959b7742c5468 PDF Text Text At the age of 24, a Smith College graduate, Barbara Polk was happily employed as the secretary of the Harvard biology department. But in the spring of 1939, Clarkie, the mailman, convinced her to audition for a job opening at the New England Museum of Natural History, whose leadership had just been taken over by an ambitious young mountaineer named Bradford Washburn. Barbara was so sure she didn’t want the job that she had her boyfriend double-park outside the venerable building in Boston’s Back Bay. “I will make short shrift of this guy,” she told him. As Barbara later recalled, “I didn’t want to work in a dusty old museum, and I definitely didn’t want to work for a crazy mountain climber!” Brad was instantly smitten. And Barbara was surprised to find that the crazy mountain climber didn’t look anything like “the pictures of explorers I had seen in picture books, pictures of men like Lewis and Clark.” Her stint as Brad’s secretary was short-lived. The two were married on April 27, 1940. Three months later, with a trio of male teammates, Barbara and Brad stood on the summit of Mt. Bertha, a 10,200-foot snow and ice peak near Alaska’s Glacier Bay, having forged the mountain’s first ascent—this despite the fact that Barbara’s sole previous climb was a summer stroll up Mt. Chocorua in New Hampshire. She found out in a Juneau hospital after the expedition that she was pregnant. On September 25, 2014, Barbara Washburn died in her home in Lexington, Massachusetts, less than two months short of her 100th birthday. With her passing, America lost one of its truly great adventurers and pioneer climbers. In 1941, Brad set his sights on an objective considerably tougher than Mt. Bertha—13,832-foot Mt. Hayes in the Alaska Range. The same drive and vision that led Brad to transform the moribund Museum of Natural History into the world-class Boston Museum of Science, and to revolutionize Alaskan mountaineering, made him a hard man to say no to. So when Brad insisted that Barbara come along on the Hayes expedition, she said yes, even though it meant leaving a newborn daughter behind. The only previous attempt on Hayes had been led by Brad’s close friend Charlie Houston in 1937. High on the north ridge, that strong team had been stopped cold by a serpentine, corniced knife-edge. In 1941, after weeks of effort interrupted by prolonged storms, Brad’s team faced the same ridge, clearly the crux of the route. And at that moment, Brad, Ben Ferris, Sterling Hendricks, and Bill Shand put Barbara in the lead. Their rationale was that, as the lightest member of the team, if she slipped or broke off a cornice and took a horrendous fall, she would be the climber the others would have the best chance of safely belaying. As Barbara wrote many years later, “I tried to appear calm and confident, but I was really trembling with fear as I climbed ahead…. But I did not slip and none of the cornices gave way, and everyone followed safely behind me.” What was probably the hardest bit of technical climbing Brad ever performed in his long Alaskan career was a ridge traverse led by his wife. After a wartime separation during which Brad served as a consultant on cold-weather gear for the troops, he led his second expedition to Mt. McKinley in 1947. Barbara was along again, despite her misgivings about leaving behind a family that by then consisted of three young children. On June 6, outperforming most of her male teammates, she became the first woman to stand on the highest point in North America. (The second female ascent of McKinley would not come for another two decades.) Barbara and Brad were married for 67 years. They were ideal companions and partners in the field, not only in Alaska but also in such monumental projects as mapping the Grand Canyon (697 helicopter landings on obscure buttes and ledges in the 1970s). Late in life, Barbara started writing down sketches of her adventures, in a typescript intended only to serve as a legacy for her children. But Alaska journalist Lew Freedman borrowed the only copy of the typescript, read it overnight, and persuaded her to publish it as a memoir. The Accidental Adventurer (Epicenter Press, 2001) is a classic and a delight, every page of which breathes the modesty and yet gumption of this extraordinary woman and explorer. I knew Barbara for 50 years. The behind-the-scenes stories she told me about her life with Brad, and the hijinks and foibles of their companions on various expeditions, easily could have filled another charming memoir. In 2008 I persuaded her to tell her �life’s story to the Harvard Travellers Club, an occasion she dreaded for months beforehand. Her talk, however, had the audience alternatingly gasping and in stitches, and many of us thought it was the best presentation the club had hosted in years. Beginning in 1964, and continuing for two decades, Barbara taught kids with dyslexia and other reading disorders at Shady Hill School in Cambridge. Some of the most gratifying rewards in her life came when those tutees returned as adults to thank her for steering them along paths of professional success. Barbara won many honors, including the Centennial Award from the National Geographic Society and an honorary doctorate in science from the University of Alaska. In the face of such acclaim, she remained eternally humble, even self-effacing. In 1997, when the National Park Service celebrated the 50th anniversary of her ascent of Denali, she characteristically addressed an audience in Talkeetna thus: “I reminded people that it wasn’t really my ambition to be the first woman to climb Mt. McKinley. It just happened: I was an accidental mountaineer.” David Roberts � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Barbara Washburn, 1914–2014 In Memoriam Subject The topic of the resource Women Description An account of the resource In Memoriam written by David Roberts and published in the American Alpine Journal, remembering Barbara Washburn's life and accomplishments as a climber. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a title="AAJ Barbara Washburn 2014" href="http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201213112/Barbara-Washburn-19142014" target="_blank">The American Alpine Journal</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The American Alpine Club Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Publication https://library.americanalpineclub.org/files/original/a80e19f2676e9cd337110059c610d7f6.pdf ad718eae9bf0d79140282ee6baf33cad PDF Text Text DORA KEEN H ANDY 1871–1963 Mrs. Handy died January 31, 1963, in Hong Kong on a journey around the world, active to the end and doing just what she wanted to. Only a year before she had told a friend that when her time came she would want it that way, which was typical of her. Her father was the famous Philadel­ phia surgeon, Dr. W . W . Keen, a climber who registered in Riffelberg Visiters B oo k on August 8, 1865 only three weeks after the Matterhorn accident. She graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1896. She had been a member of the A. A.C. since 1907 and attended the Annual Dinner less than two months before her death. At a time when few women climbed, at the turn of the century, she had begun to attract attention with her climbing in the Alps and else­ �where and had at least one illustrated article in T h e N ational G eog raphic Magazine as a result. Hardly five feet tall, she nevertheless had done many of the good climbs in the Alps with her guide Ed Cupelin, who was well over six feet. In 1911 Alaska fascinated her. On the Kenai Peninsula, where she went to see some of the huge Kodiak bears, she found in a prospector’s cabin a copy of a U. S. Geological Survey report in which Mount Black­ burn (1 6 ,140 feet) was referred to as "never ascended and . . . worthy of the hardiest mountaineer.” This was enough for her. Only Mount St. Elias of the great Alaskan peaks had so far been climbed. The new Copper River Railway (the subject of a novel by Rex Beach, T he I ron T rail) from Cordova, had just been finished to the important copper deposits at Kennicott only 35 miles from Mount Blackburn. There she went in all haste and persuaded several local men to join her in the first attempt on the huge, ice covered, extinct volcano. Taking provisions for twelve days, starting at 1500 feet, they relayed up Kennicott Glacier, delayed con­ stantly by crevasses and soft snow, finally reaching 8700 feet amid the roar of avalanches. Realizing that much longer would be needed, she gave up for that season. April, 1912, found her back again at Cordova, where she met George W . Handy, in whom she had confidence, and invited him to join the party. With six other men and dog sledges they started up Kennicott Glacier on the 22nd. This time she was determined and would not be stopped if it were humanly possible to succeed. Thirty-three days altogether were spent on the snow and ice, 22 without tents and 10 almost without food. Caves dug in the snow provided shelter up to 12,000 feet. From there, in weather clearing after a succession of severe storms, she and Handy reached the summit on May 19, 8 : 30 a .m . It had taken four weeks. The view was perfect in every direction for up to 200 miles. The return took three days to Base Camp and two more to Kennicott. Later she and George Handy were married and visited other parts of remote Alaska, finally settling on a farm in Vermont. After some years they were divorced. For a while she sold insurance. In later years she liked nothing better than to correspond with and meet members of parties headed for the mountains of Alaska and to hear of their subsequent experi­ ences. My wife and I spent an hour with her last spring. She was alert, in full possession of her faculties, and looking forward to plans for the future which included travel, probably alone. She liked her independence. She was a remarkable little person, full of confidence and wanting no one to worry about her— she could manage quite well by herself. H en r y S. H a ll , Jr. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dora Keen Handy, 1871-1963 In Memoriam Subject The topic of the resource Women Description An account of the resource 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. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women's History Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The American Alpine Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The AAC Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March, 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright the American Alpine Club Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fanny Bullock Workman in Snow Shoes Subject The topic of the resource Mountaineering expeditions Description An account of the resource Photograph of Fanny Bullock Workman and Hunter Workman and a third member of the party on snow shoes with ice axes. Photographer unknown. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York: C. Scribner's Sons. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1902 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Rare Books Collection Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Photo from Workman, F., & Workman, W. (1908). Ice-bound heights of the Mustagh; an account of two seasons of pioneer exploration in the Baltistan Himálaya. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Rare Book DS485 .H6 W87 1908 Language A language of the resource English