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

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

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Alpine Club and general climbing papers, 1890 - 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3
Scope and Contents

Includes: photographs of Wherry with other Alpine Club members, letters to and about Wherry's climbing interests and related papers.

Dates: 1890 - 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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Alpine Club photographs: members, climbers, guides and mountains, 1890s

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs featuring Wherry with fellow Alpine Club members and guides (in formal, posed groups and climbing) and selected named peaks.

Dates: 1890s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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Beneath the Summit, Aiguille de Blaitiere - climber with guide, 1890s

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/8
Scope and Contents

May show Wherry or, possibly, Francis Aston-Binns (d.1898), with guide (possibly Xaver Imseng) and climbing equipment.

Dates: 1890s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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Climbing group including Wherry, La Berarde, 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/10
Scope and Contents

Mounted photograph with handwritten annotations. Includes: Joseph Turc, Pierre Gaspard, Mathon, Hippolyte Rodier, George Edward Wherry, Felix von Rath, Francis Aston-Binns, Herr C. G. Grisar.

Dates: 1894
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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George Wherry in a formal group, possibly with fellow Alpine Club members, 1890s

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/3
Scope and Contents

Five men and three women, including Wherry (possibly back, 2nd left) and Francis Aston-Binns (back right).

Dates: 1890s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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George Wherry with fellow climbers, 1890s

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/2
Scope and Contents

L-R (back row): Wherry; Francis Aston-Binns; unknown; (front row) Xaver Imseng and W. Alois Kalbermatten (guides); unknown.

Dates: 1890s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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Letter to [Francis Henry Hill] Guillemard from [Arthur William] Hill following news of Wherry's death, 1928-10-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/2/3
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Hill recounts the memories of [Sir Richard Tetley] Glazebrook at the Athenaeum, after hearing of Wherry's death, about climbing with Wherry when they slipped into a crevasse, damaging Glazebrook's foot and dislocating Wherry's rib.

Dates: 1928-10-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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Other papers relating to Wherry's alpine climbing interests, 1885 - 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/2/3
Scope and Contents Includes: handwritten diary notes of Wherry's climb of the Weisshorn, 1910 (this has later annotations by Wherry, sending it to someone - possibly A. D. Godley - and asking for its return); notes for speech given to Alpine Club in 1912 with hand-written notes and amendments; single sheet passport for Wherry, aged 61, 'a British Born subject travelling on the Continent', issued by the British Envoy to the Swiss Confederation, 4 August 1914; British Association of Members of the Swiss Alpine...
Dates: 1885 - 1926
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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