Leigh N. Ortenburger papers and photographs, 1929-1996.

Rick Reese grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he spent countless hours climbing with friends in the Wasatch Mountains. He is an experienced mountineer. He was a climbing ranger in Grand Teton National Park in the 1960s and has served as director of Community Relations at the University of Utah, co-chair of the Bonneville Shoreline preservation group, director of the Yellowstone Institute and founder the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. From the guide to the Rick Reese mountaineerin...

Fryxell, Fritiof, 1900-1986

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Fritiof Melvin Fryxell (1900-1986) was a geologist, mountaineer, conservationist, and historian. He spent many summers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and wrote "Mountaineering in the Tetons: the Pioneer Period, 1898-1940". He interviewed other climbers, including W.O. Owen, who is credited as the first to reach the top of the Grand Teton. Along with Jesse V. Howell, Fryxell did extensive research on Ferdinand V. Hayden and the U.S. Geological Survey, which explored the Yellowstone Park region in the ...

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...

Carter, H. Adams (Hubert Adams), 1914-1995

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Born in Newton Mass. Began mountain climbing at the age of five. One of "The Harvard Five", a group of mountaineers who shaped the origins of American mountaineering beginning in the 1930s. After earning his degree at Harvard College (1936), Carter became a member of the U.S. ski team. Expert on mountain warfare for the U.S. Army during World War II. Translated mountain warfare manuals and articles. Also tested equipment and supplies for mountain troops. Awarded a Commendation for Meritorious Ci...

Hayden, Elizabeth W.

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Hultgren, Herbert N.

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An American cardiologist and mountain climber, Herbert N. Hultgren was born on August 29, 1917, in Santa Rosa, California. He received his BA from Stanford University in 1939 and graduated from the Stanford School of Medicine in 1943. After service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps (1944-1946), Hultgren joined the Stanford School of Medicine faculty and eventually served as chief of the Cardiology Division. While on sabbatical in 1959, he visited the Chulec General Hospital in Peru and studied case...

Corbet, Barry

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Kraus, Hans.

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Clinch, Nicholas, 1930-

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Francis Peloubet Farquhar was a conservationist, mountaineer, author, and historian. He was also a long-time member of the Sierra Club. From the description of A tribute paid to Francis P. Farquhar, 1887-1974, at the memorial service held in Tilden Park, Berkeley, California : typescript, 1974 Dec. 8 / Nicholas B. Clinch. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 54712142 Nicholas Clinch (1930- ) is regarded as one of America's most successful ex...

Cohen, Michael P., 1944-

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Harlin, John, 1935-1966

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The unpublished material was received from John Harlin III and his mother, Marilyn Harlin. Much of the other material was collected by John Rawlings in researching his book on the Stanford Alpine Club, 1999. From the description of John Harlin II: unpublished and published writings by and about, 1963-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863699 ...

Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008

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Edmund Hillary (b. July 20, 1919, Auckland, NZ–d. January 11, 2008, Auckland, NZ) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On May 29, 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt....

Unsoeld, William Francis, 1926-1979

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Renowned mountain climber William Francis Unsoeld was born in 1926 in Arcata, California, and attended high school in Eugene, Oregon. In 1944 he enrolled at Oregon State College, studied physics, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1951. While at Oregon State, Unsoeld helped found the OSC Mountain Club. He received a divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion in 1954 and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1958. Unsoeld joined the faculty of the OSC Department of Relig...

Gressley, Gene M., 1931-

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Jackson, Reynold G.

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Whittlesey, Lee H., 1950-

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Buckingham, William J.

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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 ...

Kendall, Henry W. (Henry Way), 1926-1999

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This collection was put together by John Rawlings, of Stanford University Libraries, during the course of preparing an exhibit and book about the Stanford Alpine Club in 2000. It reflects primarily on the mountaineering and photography interests of Kendall, a man who also had many other accomplishments. From the description of Photographs, 1952-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122585428 Died 1999. From the description of Oral history interview with Henry Way ...

Green, Peter G.

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Sierra club

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"The dedication of the new Lodge at Horse Camp, Mount Shasta took place at high noon on Fourth of July 1923... The crowning event was when Miss Harwood of Los Angeles stepped forward and with much vim and enthusiasm pronounced the words: 'I christen thee Shasta Alpine Lodge (crash went the bottle of Shasta Ginger Ale on the stone doorway) and dedicate thee to all lovers of the great out-of doors...'" (Sierra Club Circular, Sept. 1, 1923, p. 1). From the description of Sierra Club mou...

Doig, Desmond.

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Love, J. David.

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Sinclair, Peter 1962-....

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Reed, John C. Jr.

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Peck, Annie S. (Annie Smith), 1850-1935

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Annie Smith Peck (b. Oct. 19, 1850, Providence, RI–d. July 18, 1935, New York, NY) grew up in Providence, RI and graduated from Rhode Island Normal School (1872); Peck wanted to attend Brown University but was not allowed as a woman. She briefly taught Latin at Providence High School before moving to Saginaw, MI to teach. She enrolled at the University of Michigan and earned a bachelors degree (1878) and a master's degree (1881). In 1885, Peck became the first woman to attend the American School...

Crow, Pieter.

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Murphy, T. F. (Timothy Francis), 1875-1960

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Harrington, Randall P.

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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...

Leigh N. Ortenburger papers and photographs, 1929-1996.

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