Bar E Ranch. Brewster Ranch

Description

Title: Bar E Ranch. Brewster Ranch
Contributor: Bartelme, Adelaide.
Hinman, Caroline.
Maynard, Charles
Published / Created: 1924
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: Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Adelaide Bartelme, an American, took several tours of the Canadian Rockies with various guides, including Caroline Hinman and Charles Maynard, in the 1920s.
Extent: 5 folders
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA MSS S-2481
Collection Title: Adelaide Bartelme papers relating to camping tours of the Canadian Rockies
Collection / Other Creator: Bartelme, Adelaide.
Collection Date: 1924-1931
Container / Volume: Box 1 | 8-12

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

Access: Public
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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.