Norman Clyde-Robert C. Pavlik Collection, 1906-2009.

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Norman Clyde-Robert C. Pavlik Collection, 1906-2009.

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Contains the research notes, correspondence, interview notes, vital records, background materials, and secondary sources compiled and created by Pavlik in the course of writing his 2009 biography, Norman Clyde: Legendary Mountaineer of California's Sierra Nevada. Also included are original Norman Clyde materials given to Pavlik as he researched the mountaineer's life and career. Multiple drafts and galleys of the book, together with correspondence with Pavlik's publishers are also included.

11 boxes (3.76 linear feet)

California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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SNAC Resource ID: 7625093

California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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Clyde, Norman, 1885-1972

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Norman Clyde was one of the most prolific mountaineers in the Sierra Nevada in the early to mid-twentieth century. From the description of Norman Clyde papers, 1912-circa 2002 (bulk 1923-1972). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 123430300 Norman A. Clyde (1885-1972) explored and ascended hundreds of peaks in the mountain ranges of western North America, from Mt. Robson in the Canadian Rockies to El Picacho del Diablo in Baja California. In...

Pavlik, Robert C., 1956-

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Biographical Notes Norman Clyde Legendary Mountaineer Norman Asa Clyde was born April 8, 1885, in Philadelphia, the descendant of Irish and American parents. His father, Charles Clyde, was born in Antrim County, Northern Ireland and his mother, Sarah Isabelle Purvis, a native of Glade Mills, Pennsylvania, was from an established Irish family. A Reformed Presbyterian minister, Charles Clyde died at the age of 46, which forced sixte...