Mountaineering
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Alpine Club and general climbing papers, 1890 - 1928
Includes: photographs of Wherry with other Alpine Club members, letters to and about Wherry's climbing interests and related papers.
Alpine Club photographs: members, climbers, guides and mountains, 1890s
A collection of photographs featuring Wherry with fellow Alpine Club members and guides (in formal, posed groups and climbing) and selected named peaks.
Articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him, 1937 - 1947
Issues of the Alpine Journal, with contributions by LSA.
Articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him, 1924 - 1928
Includes: an election address by Stanley Baldwin, drafted by LSA, 1924; issue of the Alpine Journal with an article by LSA.
Articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him, 1907 - 1929
Issues of the Alpine Journal (and one from the Canadian Alpine Journal) with articles by LSA.
Beneath the Summit, Aiguille de Blaitiere - climber with guide, 1890s
May show Wherry or, possibly, Francis Aston-Binns (d.1898), with guide (possibly Xaver Imseng) and climbing equipment.
Beneath the summit, [Mont Blanc] Du Tacul, 1893 - 1898
This image is possibly of Francis Aston-Binns with a guide (the higher of the two).
Books, articles and pamphlets, 1937
Copy of "Europa Erwacht!" by Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, inscribed to JA.
Books, articles and pamphlets, 1948 - 1950
Issues of the Nineteenth Century, with articles by JA.
Books, articles and pamphlets, 1952 - 1953
Includes: "La Yougoslavie" by A Ciliga, 1952; article by JA on the Eden Plan for Europe, 1952; issues of the Twentieth Century with articles by JA, 1952-53.
Climbing group including Wherry, La Berarde, 1894
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.
"Days of Fresh Air", 1934-08 - 1953-08
Notes on illustrations, background material and correspondence for LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling.
"Days of Fresh Air", 1929-12 - 1951
Papers on LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling, including: annotated typescript, with royalty statement; Alpine Club speech, 1929; newspaper article by LSA.
"Days of Fresh Air": correspondence, 1939 - 1953
Correspondence on LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling, including: correspondence from Christy and Moore Limited, LSA's literary agents; royalty statements; correspondence from Jarrolds, publishers; corrections.
Dents du Bouquetins, 1890s
Photograph of the peak only.
Ecrins from the Glacier Blanc [France], 1894
Mounted photograph with handwritten annotation.
Francis Aston-Binns on the summit of Little Dru, with guide [possibly Xaver Imseng], 1893 - 1898
A collection of photographs featuring Wherry with fellow Alpine Club members and guides (in formal, posed groups and climbing) and selected named peaks.
George Wherry and Francis Aston-Binns with alpine guides, 1893
L-R: George Edward Wherry; W. Alois Kalbermatten, Xaver Imseng and Francis Aston-Binns.
George Wherry in a formal group, possibly with fellow Alpine Club members, 1890s
Five men and three women, including Wherry (possibly back, 2nd left) and Francis Aston-Binns (back right).
George Wherry with fellow climbers, 1890s
L-R (back row): Wherry; Francis Aston-Binns; unknown; (front row) Xaver Imseng and W. Alois Kalbermatten (guides); unknown.
"In the Rain and the Sun": correspondence and press cuttings, 1945 - 1953
Correspondence on LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling.
"In the Rain and the Sun": illustrations, 1945-08 - 1946-08
Papers for LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling, including some annotations.
Letter to [Francis Henry Hill] Guillemard from [Arthur William] Hill following news of Wherry's death, 1928-10-10
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.
Mountaineering, 1920 - 1955
Material on LSA's interest in mountaineering, including source material and illustrations for his book "Days of Fresh Air", correspondence and papers arising from his membership and presidency of the Ski Club of Great Britain and the Alpine Club and correspondence on his campaign for training special mountain troops.