Adelaide Bartelme papers relating to camping tours of the Canadian Rockies, 1924-1931

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Title: Adelaide Bartelme papers relating to camping tours of the Canadian Rockies, 1924-1931
Creator: Bartelme, Adelaide
Abstract: Photographs, tour diaries, correspondence and other documents relating to Adelaide Bartelme's horseback tours of the Canadian Rockies in 1924, 1925 and 1926. Over 400 photographs from the trips, many captioned and dated in pencil on verso, document Bartelme's expeditions. The photographs include snapshots of Lake Louise, Assiniboine Indians, Brewster Ranch, Banff National Park, area lakes, mountains, and Bartelme's tour companions. Collection includes tour diaries and travel notes from Bartelme's 1924, 1925 and 1926 tours; a manuscript speech prepared following her 1924 tour; 8 letters, including three ALS from Charles Maynard, dated 1925 and 1931, describing his life as a guide in Alberta and later as a farmer in Ontario; and a printed prospectus promoting a 1927 horseback and camping trip offered by Caroline Hinman
Description: Adelaide Bartelme, an American, took several tours of the Canadian Rockies with various guides, including Caroline Hinman and Charles Maynard, in the 1920s.
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Provenance: Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2003.
Extent: 0.83 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Tours
Photographic prints
Subject (Geographic): Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Louise, Lake, Region (Alta.)
Banff National Park (Alta.)
West (U.S.)
Alberta
Brewster's Kananaskis Guest Ranch (Banff, Alta.)
Subject (Name): Bartelme, Adelaide.
Hinman, Caroline.
Maynard, Charles.
Subject (Topic): Description and travel
Tourism
Tourists
Women
Women explorers
Assiniboine Indians
Subjects: Bartelme, Adelaide
Hinman, Caroline
Maynard, Charles
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.) > Pictorial works
Louise, Lake, Region (Alta.) > Pictorial works
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.) > Description and travel
Banff National Park (Alta.) > Description and travel
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.) > Tours
Tourism > Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Tourists > Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.) > Pictorial works
Women > West (U.S.)
Women explorers > Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Assiniboine Indians > Alberta > Pictorial works
Brewster's Kananaskis Guest Ranch (Banff, Alta.)

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Citation: Adelaide Bartelme Papers Relating to Camping Tours of the Canadian Rockies. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.