William H. Alsup research materials related to Walter A. Starr, Jr., 1895-2001.

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William H. Alsup research materials related to Walter A. Starr, Jr., 1895-2001.

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Contains research materials used for a book, Missing in the Minarets: the search for Walter A. Starr, Jr., about a climber who in 1933 while climbing alone in the Minarets Wilderness of California. Includes Sierra Club bulletins, photocopies of personal journals and photographs, correspondence, interviews, notes, and newspaper clippings etc. Walter A. Starr, Jr. climbing journal (July, 1928).

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Starr, Walter A.

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Second vice president, United States Grain Corporation, 1919. From the description of Walter A. Starr miscellaneous papers, 1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868990 ...

Alsup, William H.

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Walter Augustus "Pete" Starr, Jr. (1903-1933) was an American lawyer and mountain climber. A graduate of Stanford University, Starr was a respected lawyer in San Francisco, but he is better known for his abilities as a mountain climber and an explorer of the Sierra Nevada. Starr was an icon in the climbing world. He had scaled more than 40 prominent summits in the Sierra and several in the Alps, including France's Mont Blanc. In August 1933, he failed to return from a month-long hike in the Mina...

Starr, Walter Augustus, 1903-1933

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Biographical/Historical Note Second vice president, United States Grain Corporation, 1919. From the guide to the Walter A. Starr miscellaneous papers, 1919, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...