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Handwritten letter from Dora Keen to Howard Palmer. The letter is dated October 18, 1911 and is sent from Philadelphia, PA. The letter describes Keen’s doings in Alaska, including her first unsuccessful climb of Mt. Blackburn. She also discusses a…

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…

Photograph of a snowy slope with avalanche route marked with pen. The caption, handwritten on the front of the photo reads: “Where an avalanche followed our ascent. 76° At 9000 ft.” No date is known, though it is likely about 1912.

A photograph of Dora Keen.

Handwritten letter from Dora Keen to Harrington Putnam. The letter is dated September 11, 1912 and is sent from the Hotel Frye in Seattle, WA. The letter discusses an ascent of Mt. McKinley by colleagues and how it compared to her ascent of Mt.…

Two men standing in the doorway of one of two alpine huts partially obscured by a snowy slope. In the background a large rock pinnacle.

Mount Robson and a double exposure of another peak

Mount Geikie

A circular lake, partially ice-covered, with rocky peaks in the background.

An unpaved road meanders between the massive trunks of old growth trees. Utility lines and a telephone pole soil the frame.