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Howard Palmer fonds
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48 photographs : prints
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Howard Palmer, 1883-1944, was a lawyer, businessman and mountaineer at Massachusetts, USA. Palmer was a prominent climber and explorer in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains of western Canada between 1908 and 1927, completing about fifty first ascents. In the period before WWI, Palmer travelled extensively in the Selkirk Mountains with a group of mountaineering enthusiasts headed by E. W. D. Holway. Palmer published "Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks" in 1914, was an active photographer, and worked on numerous topographical maps and expedition plans, including that of the 1925 Mount Logan expedition. In 1923, Palmer and Allen Carpe travelled, climbed and mapped in the Maligne Lake area. Howard Palmer was active in the American Alpine Club.
Custodial history
File of photographs was received by Henry S. Hall Jr. from the Howard Palmer estate c.1942 and transferred to W. L. Putnam and subsequently to Hans Gmoser in the 1970s. Individual prints were collected by Putnam and given to Hans Gmoser for placement in Adamant Lodge. Gmoser donated the original prints in 1991 and modern copy prints were placed in the lodge.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of a file of 46 photographic prints by Howard Palmer, 1924, and two individual prints, 1910. File is titled: "My best : Maligne Lake, 1923, Lake Louise, Temple" and contains prints, 25x30 cm, some identified, unsigned. Fonds also includes two individual prints (40x50 cm): "Adamant Group from Mt. Sir Sandford," 1910, by Howard Palmer (signed); and " 'Mount Sir Sandford from the South West" / negative by E. W. D. Holway, 1910 or 1911, enlarged by Howard Palmer, Nov. 1927"
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Condition of 40x50 cm Palmer print : fragile
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Acquired by donation, 1991, 2001
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- The material is in English.
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Access to one original is restricted. No other access restrictions. Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
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File of photographs were used for research by William L. Putnam and are related to other research materials collected by Putnam (see William L. Putnam collection - M352/V117)
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Record No. V69<br><br>
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- Palmer, Howard (Subject)