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Title
Date(s)
- 1925-1936, predominant 1936 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
40 photographs. -- 0.5 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Rita Rushworth, ca. 1908- , was born in England, and in 1912 came with her mother to Calgary, Alberta where her father was working for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). She and her father, Richard, were members of the Calgary section of the Alpine Club of Canada. One of the trips Rita took with the club was in the Fryatt Valley in Jasper National Park in August 1936. Rita married Herbert Finn Dickson, ?-1971, and they had three children, Peggy (Whitley), Betty (McNamee) and William. They retired to Victoria in 1971.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Rita Dickson, 1970.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of slides and commentary on the Fryatt Valley trip (1936), a fellow climber's notes on the trip, and photographs of Rita and various club trips (1925-1928).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3EOWHA
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Dickson, Rita (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Thursday, August 30, 2018