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Andrew James Gilmour Box III
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Andrew James Gilmour
Date
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Circa 1914
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jpg
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35 images
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Safety film
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Public domain
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Louise, Lake (Alta. : Lake)
Glaciers
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France)
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)
Huts
Edelweiss
Maps
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AJG.B3.019
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AJG.B3.019
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Chamonix et Mont Blanc
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Andrew James Gilmour
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The town of Chamonix shown at the base of Mont Blanc
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Alps
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France)
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)
Date
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circa 1914
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jpg
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1.7 MB
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Safety film
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alps
chamonix
glaciers
mont blanc
settlements
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Andrew James Gilmour Box III
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Andrew James Gilmour
Date
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Circa 1914
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jpg
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35 images
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Safety film
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Public domain
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Louise, Lake (Alta. : Lake)
Glaciers
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France)
Blanc, Mont (France and Italy)
Huts
Edelweiss
Maps
Visual Materials
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AJG.B3.013
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AJG.B3.013
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Aiguille du Midi - fr. Chamonix
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Andrew James Gilmour
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A glacier on the side of Aiguille du Midi taken from Chamonix - in the foreground are hotels and streets of a small settlement
Subject
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Alps
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France)
Date
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circa 1914
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jpg
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720 pixels/inch
4419 _ 3331 pixels
1.2 MB
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Safety film
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American Alpine Club Library
aiguille du midi
alps
chamonix
settlements
structures
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Andrew James Gilmour Box I Album III
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Andrew James Gilmour
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circa early 20th century
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Alps
Chamonix
France
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jpg
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Nitrate film
Visual Materials
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AJG.B1A03.095
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AJG.B1A03.095
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Andrew James Gilmour
Description
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A statue in Chamonix of Horace Benedict de Saussure and Jacques Balmat looking at Mont Blanc. Behind them, a Hotel D'Angleterre and the roads of Chamonix.
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circa 1910
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jpg
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Nitrate film
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AJG.B1A03.095
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American Alpine Club Library
chamonix
hotels
settlements
statues
structures
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Title
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Bradford Washburn and Barbara Polk
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Bradford Washburn and his wife, Barbara Polk
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American Alpine Club Library Finding Aids & Inventories
Subject
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Resource for finding aids and inventories detailing the holdings of the American Alpine Club Library archives.
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American Alpine Club Library
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Copyright The American Alpine Club
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English
Finding Aid
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Biographical Text
Born Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr. (1910-2007), Bradford Washburn built a career as a distinguished mountaineer, aerial photographer, and professional cartographer. His passion for mountain climbing began as a youth on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. He refined his skills as a mountaineer while climbing in the Alps including ascents of the Matterhorn, Grepon, and Aguille Verte.
Bradford Washburn made his first map at the age of 14 of Squam Lake in New Hampshire and he wrote the series “Among the Alps with Bradford” for young boys at beginning at the age of 16. From those early endeavors he went on to become a professional cartographer and produced some of the most accurate maps on the Yukon and Alaskan Region including Mt. McKinley, the Grand Canyon, and Mount Everest. Washburn also produced to scale, models of Everest and the Presidential Range, which the Everest Models resides here at the Bradford Washburn Mountaineering Museum in Golden, Colorado.
Washburn graduated from Harvard and had been an instrumental contributor to the Harvard Mountaineering Club HMC during school as well as a mentor after he graduated. Washburn helped organize and lead the Harvard-Dartmouth Alaskan Expeditions, 1933-1934, just to highlight some of his mountaineering in his college years. After graduating from Harvard, Washburn accepted the position of Director at the Museum of Natural History in Boston, which he helped develop into what is now Boston’s Museum of Science. Washburn maintained the role as Director for over 40 years and received the title of Honorary Director after retiring from the position. At the beginning of his career, he met and married Barbara Polk, now Barbara Polk Washburn and they had three children, Dorothy, Betsy, and Edward.
Bradford Washburn is known best for his aerial photography and the quality and preciseness of his mountain photography. Washburn is recognized for his pioneering spirit and for his exploration in uncharted mountains and glaciers in Alaska and the surrounding Yukon Region. Washburn accomplished several ascents of Mount McKinley, including his first ascent of the West Buttress, as well as ascents and first ascents of other mountains in the Alaskan and Yukon Region. His wife Barbara is also recognized for her contributions to mountaineering as the first female ascent of Mt. McKinley.
Washburn was a lifetime member of the American Alpine Club and donated the materials specifically to the American Alpine Club so that members could directly benefit from the materials that Washburn collected over the years.
Washburn died in 2007, at the age of 96. During his lifetime, Washburn had published several books, articles, and papers including an account on the controversy surrounding Dr. Frederick A. Cook’s claim to be the first person to summit Mt. McKinley. Several biographies and accounts of Washburn’s life have been published in recent years. Please see the American Alpine Club Library Catalog for published resources.
For a detailed chronology, see the following bibliographic reference:
Decaneas, Anthony, ed. Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography. Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1999.
Resources consulted for biographical background:
Richey, Mark. In Memoriam –Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr. 1910-2007. Published in The American Alpine Journal, 81 Vol.49, p.476-478, Harlin III, John, ed., 2007.
Birth Date
1910
Death Date
2007
Provenance
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Bradford Washburn
Types of materials
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Correspondence, business records, writings, printed materials, photographs, maps, climbing routes, diaries, ephemera, and artifacts
Physical Contents Extent
Total number and types of boxes, cases, print and map rolls, items, folders, etc.
Total Small & Regular Boxes: 22 (papers and photographs and artifacts)
Total Oversized Flat Boxes: 6 (oversized papers and photographs)
Map & Print Rolls: 6
Total Linear Feet
Total linear feet of the collection.
45 linear feet
Arrangement
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This collection is arranged into series using geographic locations and projects that Washburn initiated and then ordered chronologically within the series or sub-series.
Series I: Alaska, General 1910-2001
Series II: Alaska, Denali National Park, Mount McKinley [Denali] 1898-2004
Series III: Alaska Region, Other Mountains 1904-1998
Series IV: Frederick A. Cook Controversy 1906-2001
Series V: Canada, Yukon Region 1895-1997 [Bulk 1935-1938]
Series VI: Army Air forces, WWII, Alaskan Field Test Emergency and Survival
Equipment, Frostbite 1940-2001 [Bulk 1940s]
Series VII: Himalaya Region 1951-2001
Series VIII: Mount Everest 1926-2003
Series IX: Europe, The Alps, Switzerland, Chamonix 1926-1999 [Bulk 1926-1931] Series X: New Hampshire, Mount Washington State Park, Mount Washington 1924- 1993
Series XI: Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon, Mapping 1968-2003
Series XII: Bradford and Barbara Washburn, Biographical Materials 1914-2002
Series XIII: Barbara Washburn 1940-2001
Series XIV: Photographs 1915-2001
Series XV: Artifacts 1906-1983
Series XVI: Oversized Papers 1922-2000
Series XVII: Oversized Photographs 1912-1997
Series XVIII: Maps 1914-2000
Processing Note
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Seven boxes of this collection were partially processed and the biographical and historical notes are based upon the previous finding aid by Amy Legg-Rogers during the spring of 2004. The entire collection was indexed, organized, and described by Katie Worley, Graduate Student Project Archivist, University of Denver Library & Information Science Master’s Program, for the fulfillment of her Capstone. Katie Worley was assisted by Marina Valenzuela, a first year student from the University of Denver MLIS program, in the latter part of the process labeling and re-housing materials. This collection was processed under the supervision of Beth Heller, Director of the Henry S. Hall, Jr. American Alpine Club Library.
Access Restrictions
Rules governing access to the materials.
The collection is open for research, with the exception of two diaries by Barbara Washburn, which are not available for research until 10 years after her death (September 25, 2014).
Access Policy or Physical Access
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The photographs in the collection need further conservation and re-housing into proper sleeves.
Appointments are preferred when conducting research with this collection due to its storage location, but walk-ins are accepted.
Intent to Publish
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It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain copyright permission. Permission to examine this collection is not an authorization to publish. It the text or image or object in question is under copyright, permission to publish should be sought from the owners of the rights, typically the creator or the heirs to his estate. The Library may be able to help assist in identifying the copyright holders.
Cite as
Citation for the collection.
Henry S. Hall, Jr. American Alpine Club Library, Bradford Washburn Archives, and the material being cited.
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Bradford Washburn Archives
Description
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A finding aid to the Bradford Washburn archives held at the Henry S. Hall, Jr., American Alpine Club Library.
Source
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The American Alpine Club Library Archives
Publisher
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The American Alpine Club Library
Date
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1894-2007
Rights
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The American Alpine Club Library
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PDF
Language
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English
Type
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Finding Aid
Subject
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Washburn, Bradford—1910-2007.
Natural history museum directors—Massachusetts—Boston. Aerial photography in geography.
Photography of mountains.
Alaska—Discovery and exploration. Mountaineering—Alaska. Mountaineering—Alaska—McKinley, Mount—History. Explorers—Alaska—McKinley, Mount.
Cook, Frederick Albert—1865-1940.
Yukon—Discovery and exploration. Mountaineering—Yukon. Mountaineering—Yukon—Lucania, Mount—History. Himalaya Mountains—Aerial views.
Himalaya Mountains—Maps.
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Sagarmatha.
Chu-mo-lung-ma Feng.
Qomolangma.
Washburn, Barbara—1914-2014.
Alps—Description and travel.
Washington, Mount (N.H.)
Frostbite.
Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)—Maps.
aerial photography
alaska
alps
american mount everest research expedition
arizona
barbara washburn
belmore browne
bob bates
bob reeve
boston museum of science
bradford washburn
cassin ridge
chamonix
charles warren
chu-mo-lung-ma feng
climbing routes
cook trail
denali
frostbite
glaciers
grand canyon
grand canyon national park
henry s hall jr
mount deception
mount everest
mount fairweather
mount hayes
mountaineering
national geographic society
nepal
new hampshire
qomolangma
ruth glacier
sagarmatha
sir george everest
sourdough expedition
switzerland
tuckerman ravine
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The American Alpine Club Oral History Collection
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The American Alpine Club Library
Type
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Oral Histories
Subject
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First hand accounts of historically significant events in climbing, told by the people who were there.
Oral History
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Interviewer
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Jason Albert
Interviewee
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Colin Haley
Duration
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58:42
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192 kbps
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Colin Haley Story Project Interview
Subject
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Climbing
Rock climbing and alpine climbing in the late 20th and early 21st centuries
Description
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Colin Haley discusses his career as a climber.
Publisher
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The American Alpine Club Library
Contributor
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Colin Haley
Artist and Music:: Milosh, "Push"
Rights
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Jason Albert and the American Alpine Club
Format
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.mp3
Language
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English
Type
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Oral History
Identifier
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OralHistory0002
alaksa range
alaska
alpinism
alps
bjorn-eivind artun
cerry standhardt
chamonix
colin haley
dracula
entropy wall
forbidden peak
fred beckey
karakoram
minimalism
mount foraker
mount hood
mount moffit
north cascades
pacific northwest
pakistan
patagonia
rolo garibotti
ski mountaineering
torre traverse