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Mountaineering

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 28 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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Articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him, 1937 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/196
Scope and Contents

Issues of the Alpine Journal, with contributions by LSA.

Dates: 1937 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him, 1924 - 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/207
Scope and Contents

Includes: an election address by Stanley Baldwin, drafted by LSA, 1924; issue of the Alpine Journal with an article by LSA.

Dates: 1924 - 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him, 1907 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/218
Scope and Contents

Issues of the Alpine Journal (and one from the Canadian Alpine Journal) with articles by LSA.

Dates: 1907 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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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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Beneath the summit, [Mont Blanc] Du Tacul, 1893 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/7
Scope and Contents

This image is possibly of Francis Aston-Binns with a guide (the higher of the two).

Dates: 1893 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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Books, articles and pamphlets, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/6/40
Scope and Contents

Copy of "Europa Erwacht!" by Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, inscribed to JA.

Dates: 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Books, articles and pamphlets, 1948 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/6/42
Scope and Contents

Issues of the Nineteenth Century, with articles by JA.

Dates: 1948 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Books, articles and pamphlets, 1952 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/6/45
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1952 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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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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"Days of Fresh Air", 1934-08 - 1953-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/24
Scope and Contents

Notes on illustrations, background material and correspondence for LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling.

Dates: 1934-08 - 1953-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Days of Fresh Air", 1929-12 - 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/25
Scope and Contents

Papers on LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling, including: annotated typescript, with royalty statement; Alpine Club speech, 1929; newspaper article by LSA.

Dates: 1929-12 - 1951
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Days of Fresh Air": correspondence, 1939 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/23
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1939 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Dents du Bouquetins, 1890s

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/12
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Ecrins from the Glacier Blanc [France], 1894

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/5
Scope and Contents

Mounted photograph with handwritten annotation.

Dates: 1894
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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Francis Aston-Binns on the summit of Little Dru, with guide [possibly Xaver Imseng], 1893 - 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHE/3/1/11
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Dates: 1893 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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George Wherry and Francis Aston-Binns with alpine guides, 1893

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

L-R: George Edward Wherry; W. Alois Kalbermatten, Xaver Imseng and Francis Aston-Binns.

Dates: 1893
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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"In the Rain and the Sun": correspondence and press cuttings, 1945 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/28
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling.

Dates: 1945 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"In the Rain and the Sun": illustrations, 1945-08 - 1946-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/27
Scope and Contents

Papers for LSA's account of mountaineering, skiing and travelling, including some annotations.

Dates: 1945-08 - 1946-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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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
Scope and Contents

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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Mountaineering, 1920 - 1955

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 6/2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1920 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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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: 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...
Dates: 1885 - 1926
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open access.
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