Other papers relating to Wherry's alpine climbing interests, 1885 - 1926
Scope and Contents
Includes: 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; notes for speech given to Alpine Club in 1912 with hand-written notes and amendments; British Association of Members of the Swiss Alpine Club membership card with photograph of Wherry, 1926; postcards; diary entries; poem about climbing - 'A snow slope is a dangerous place...', 5 April 1926, apparently signed by someone other than Wherry (illeg.); poem about growing old (by Wherry?) - "Eheu Fugaces, Posthume, Posthume" Ad Fratem Medicum, Di Morbo 1885, From Flaceus the Epicurean and his unworthy chirurgeon to Fowler the Physician.
Dates
- Creation: 1885 - 1926
Creator
- From the File: Wherry, George Edward, 1852-1928 (surgeon and Alpine climber) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open access.
Extent
1 file(s)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2024-25/028 - passport and two poems.
Repository Details
Part of the Downing College Repository
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