Call for volunteers--Alpine Club of Canada

Volunteer
Alpine Club of Canada - Ottawa section

I am looking for someone who might be interested in taking on a
small project preserving the archives of the Ottawa section of the
Alpine Club of Canada.  We have correspondence, membership lists and
newsletters from the late 1940s, when our club was formed.

We have recently unearthed several boxes of letters, membership
lists and newsletters dating back to the founding of our section in
1948 and have begun the process of digitizing them.  We are looking
for an archivist to take over the process and give us some direction
regarding how best to preserve the original documents.

At minimum, we would like to complete the digital capture of what we
have.  For anyone who is keen, further research could be done ie
contacting past members to collect pictures and telling the stories
of some of the mountaineering expeditions our club members have been

    <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Range>

There is scope for further research for anyone who is
interested--some of our members took part in historic expeditions to
the Yukon, for example, and we have a documented history of
permission to conduct activities in Gatineau Park that we may at
some point need to legally prove as its governing body, the National
Capital Commission, seeks to further restrict our use of that land.

We are part of the Alpine Club of Canada, which has a rich history
of mountaineering culture in Canada and whose archives are at this
time located in a museum in Alberta.  The larger club lacks an
archive policy but I am assuming it will one day have a project that
will provide direction for all the sections.

Dianne Wadden
Archives Committee
Alpine Club of Canada, Ottawa section


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