Mountain Rescue Association records, 1952-2010 (bulk 1980-1999)

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Mountain Rescue Association records, 1952-2010 (bulk 1980-1999)

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The Mountain Rescue Association records are comprised of early organizing documents, officers' files, business meeting documents, policies, committee files, publications, correspondence, membership and officer directories, newsletters, meeting minutes, applications submitted for membership in the organization, research files, multimedia, clippings about search and rescue missions, and other materials. The Clearinghouse series includes materials gathered and made available to teams and regions as resources on various topics. Regional and team files include applications for membership, reaccreditation processes, correspondence, clippings, team newsletters, publications, membership, association dues, and other materials. The Mountain Rescue Association records also include materials from the predecessor organization (Mountain Rescue and Safety Council) and other organizations such as the Alpine Club of Canada; the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM); the Mountaineers; and the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR).

6.06 cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

University of Washington. Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7964939

University of Washington. Libraries

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Trott, Otto T. (Otto Titus), 1911-1999

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National Association for Search and Rescue (U.S.)

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Mountaineers (Society)

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The Mountaineers is an outdoor club, founded in 1906, to promote the discovery, conservation and documentation of the mountains, forests and watercourses of the Pacific Northwest. Henry Landes was the first president of the Mountaineers with notable founding members as Edmond S. Meany and Asahel Curtis. In 1906, Curtis, together with W. Montelius Price and Henry Landes (then UW Dean of Geology), formulated the idea to create a new Northwest mountaineering club. After much subsequent discussion, ...

Mountain Rescue Association

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The Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) was founded in 1959 at Mt. Hood, Oregon. It was a continuation of the Mountain Rescue Council (sometimes also known as the Mountain Rescue and Safety Council), which was founded in 1948 by Ome Daiber, Wolf Bauer, and Otto Trott in Washington State. Interest in creating a national association developed at a training conference attended by 400 people at Timberline Lodge around 1957. Such conferences had been occurring for a number of years and grew to attract ...

Daiber, Ome

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Alpine Club of Canada

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American society for testing and materials

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Bauer, Wolf G.

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