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Wherry, George Edward, 1852 - 1928 (surgeon and Alpine climber)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Album of photographs, watercolours and newspaper articles, chiefly relating to mountaineering, 1882 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.XXI.12
Scope and Contents The photographs and watercolours are chiefly of the Alps, mountaineers, Alpine villages and flora. The newspaper articles are Wherry's accounts of Alpine mountaineering. There are also smaller quantities of pencil sketches of, among others, Caldy Island, Manorbier Castle in Pembrokeshire and Etretat on the coast of Normandy; together with photographs of the lower leg and foot of the adult male and baby [? taken for Wherry's book Alpine notes and the climbing foot (1896)] and loose cuttings...
Dates: 1882 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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George Wherry (1852-1928), 1990 - 1999

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.XXI.3.11
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The records cover club administration and activities, especially lectures and meets.

Dates: 1990 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).