David F. DeLap papers, 1923-1987.

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David F. DeLap papers, 1923-1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63179824

The David F. DeLap Papers mainly concern his 1923 ascent of the Grand Teton with fellow mountaineers Quin Blackburn and Andy DePirro. Material includes correspondence, photographs, published accounts, personal recollections, and audiotapes containing his oral history account. The collection also contains correspondence and photographs relating to the history of climbing in the Tetons from William Owen, Orrin and Lorraine Bonney, and Leigh Ortenburger.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7884092

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Owen, W. O. (William Octavius), 1859-1947

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William O. Owen (1859-1947) was a surveyor and mountaineer who lived in Laramie, Wyoming, when the town was first founded. In 1898, he climbed the Grand Teton. His claim to be the first person to reach the summit of the Grand Teton was disputed by N.P. Langford, who claimed to have reached the summit in 1872. After years of controversy, Owen's feat was officially recognized by the State of Wyoming in 1929. From the description of William O. Owen papers, 1890-1930. (University of Wyom...

Bonney, Orrin H.

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Orrin and Lorraine Bonney were joint authors of the books "Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas" (1960), and "Battle Drums and Geysers" (1970), a biography of Lt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane, an explorer of the Yellowstone and Snake River regions in the 1870s. From the description of Orrin and Lorraine Bonney Papers, 1960-1971. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 28205525 ...

Blackburn, Quin A.

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DeLap, David F.

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David Frank DeLap climbed the Grand Teton in 1923. At the time he was attending summer school at the University of Montana in Missoula. He joined fellow students, Quin Blackburn and Andy DePirro in the ascent. DeLap was from Bozeman, Montana. From the description of David F. DeLap papers, 1923-1987. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 63179824 ...

Ortenburger, Leigh N.

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Leigh Ortenburger was an American mountaineer and mountain photographer. He wrote the classic mountaineering guidebook, A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range. Before his sudden death in the Oakland Hills fire of 1991 he had nearly finished a manuscript on the early exploration of the Teton range, including the controversy on the first ascent of the Grand Teton. He had also been at work for a photo essay on the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, the result of ten mountaineering trips to the range. Born in...