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James Outram fonds
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58 photographs : prints
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James Outram, 1864-1925, was a minister and mountaineer in England and Canada. Outram was born and educated in England and had a career in the Church of England until 1900, when he was forced, due to ill health, to go abroad. He began to climb in the Canadian Rockies in 1901 and in the few years following made numerous first ascents. He lectured and wrote on mountaineering and was an early honorary member of the Alpine Club of Canada
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Photographs were given or willed to Patience Massy, cousin of James Outram, ca.1925
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Photographs pertain to Outram's mountaineering trips. Many were used in his book, "In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies", published in 1905. Includes photographs by James Outram, Vaux family, A. H. Cowan and Walter Wilcox
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Acquired by donation, 1984
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- Language is English
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No restrictions on access;Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
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Record No. V396<br><br>
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- Outram, James (Subject)