Mountaineers catalog number: MTR.2009.4
These notes are by Lowell Skoog. This collection includes both color slides and B&W prints. Subjects include U.S. Army mountain troop activities during World War II as well as climbing, hiking and skiing (mostly post-war) in Washington, Montana, Alberta, and British Columbia. The main groupings in the collection are labeled as follows:
Notebook A - Mountain Troop 35mm Color Slides
Box B - Mountain Troop Prints
Box C - Climbing and Hiking, North Cascades
Box D - Climbing and Hiking, B.C., Alberta, Montana, Oregon
Box E - Hiking and Climbing, B.C., Montana
Box F - Ski Tours, B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Yellowstone
Journals and Other Publications
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Notebook A - Mountain Troop 35mm Color Slides
These slides are in archival pages in a three-ring binder. On September 21, 2005, I did a taped interview with Duke Watson to identify his mountain troop photos. I applied a unique number to each photo that we discussed.
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- #76: Camp at Seneca Rocks.
- #77: Pup tents in a farmer's field.
- #78: This photo was published in an April 1973 article about Duke Watson and Seneca Rocks in Off Belay magazine.
- #80: Training on an artificial climbing wall. This sort of training also took place at Camp Hale.
- #85: This climber appears to be wearing klettershue (special rock climbing boots), which were not issued by the army. He may have had these as a personal possession.
- #87: Belayer is probably Norman Lindhjem from Oregon. This photo was published in an April 1973 article about Duke Watson and Seneca Rocks in Off Belay magazine.
- #99: Lt. John McCown from Philadelphia. McCown commanded the Seneca Rocks climbing school before Duke Watson arrived. Col. Bob Works replaced McCown with Watson and McCown returned to Camp Hale. McCown was killed during the attack on Riva Ridge in Italy.
- #100: Col. Bob Works in foreground.
- #104: Probably engineer training at Elkins, practicing a river ford.
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Box B - Mountain Troop Prints
These prints (mostly B&W) are in several envelopes in a box. When Duke and I looked through these prints, I wrote a number in pencil on the back of each print for which Duke could add information. I've included notes below for these prints only.
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A manila folder contains photocopies of photos of mountain troops on Mt Rainier in 1941-42. Most of the photos are from the Denver Public Library's Western History Collection. Some unidentified photos are probably from the Rainier National Park archives at Longmire.
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Box C - Climbing and Hiking, North Cascades
This box contains many slide boxes and a few envelopes containing prints. I've noted the labels on the boxes or envelopes, but have not verified the contents thoroughly. It would be a good idea to move the slides from boxes into archival pages (with captions). This would make the slides more visible, improve organization, and probably have preservation benefits.
- 1946, Mt Baker via Boulder Glacier, Mt Rainier
- 1946, Mt Baker climb with Bill Eastman, Andy Kauffman, etc
- 1946, Bedal Pk, Little Tahoma
- 1946, Dome Pk, Spire Pt, Sloan Pk? (2 boxes)
- 1951, Indian Henry's, Mt Rainier
- 1951, Snowfield Pk
- 1952, Goat Rocks
- 1953, Mt Maude
- 1954, Views from Silver Star Mtn (2 boxes)
- 1954, Gothic Peak area
- 1954, Hurricane Ridge, Silver Star
- 1954, Mt Baker ski climb
- 1955, Mt Johannesburg, also Chilliwacks
- 1955, Chilliwacks
- 1956, Chilliwacks, Mt Rainier, Ptarmigan Ridge (3 boxes)
- 1957, Overcoat Peak
- 1957, Sinister, Dome Pk
- 1958, Hozomeen, South Peak, 2nd ascent
- 1958, Golden Horn, Goat Rocks
- 1958, Northern Pickets
- 1958-65, Hozomeen, Border Peaks, Icy Peak, Windy Pass
- 1960, Southern Picket Range
- 1960, Mt Temple, Mt Adams, Glacier Pk
- 1960s, Party that climbed Mt Rainier via Nisqually Icefall
- 1961, Hwy 410 to Crystal Mtn ski tour
- 1961, Kangaroo Ridge
- 1961, Huckleberry Mtn
- 1961, Depot Basin, Glacier (Silver) Lake
- 1962, Park Creek Pass peaks (Logan, Buckner, Booker)
- 1962, Three Fingers with Lloyd Anderson, Phil Sharpe, M. Muzzy
- 1963, Twin Sisters climb
- 1963, Jolly Mtn
- 1963, Crystal Mtn to Chinook Pass ski tour
- 1964, Damnation-Despair
- 1965, Mineral Mtn
- 1965, North Cascades flight with Stu Wilson (2 boxes)
- 1966, Sibley Ck to Thunder Arm traverse (2 boxes)
- 1966, Sulphur Mtn
- 1967, Mt Tomyhoi
- 1967, Whitehorse/Three Fingers ridge, plane wreck
- 1968, Colonial, Pyramid, Pinnacle Peaks
- 1968, Ptarmigan Traverse
- 1974, Crater Mtn (autumn)
- 1976, Mt Rainier, Sunset Park
- 1978, Various North Cascades from A.F. Hovey (autumn)
- 1980, Ski tour, Barlow Pass to Monte Cristo
- 1980, Mother Mtn, Mt Rainier NP
- 1981, Fraser River, Columbia River, Buck Mtn.
- 1986, Bailey Range, Olympics
- 1986, Mt Hardy
- 1988, Glacier Park (MT), Mt Bruseth (WA)
- 1989, Desolation Peak, N Cascades
- 2003, Summit of Bare Mtn
- Undated, Warren Spickard photos, Clark Mtn, Chilliwacks, etc.
- Undated, Dee Molenaar photos, North Cascade various
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Box D - Climbing and Hiking, B.C., Alberta, Montana, Oregon
This box contains slide boxes and a few envelopes containing prints. I've noted the labels on the boxes or envelopes, but have not verified the contents.
- 1939, Mt Hood climb
- 1945, Climb of Mt Sir Donald
- 1952, Bluff Lake, B.C. Coast
- 1952, Jasper Nat. Park
- 1952, Odaray, Hungabee
- 1952, Opal Hills, Maligne, Coronet
- 1952, Wiwaxy Gap, Lk. Oesa Trail, Yoho Nat. Park
- 1959, Mt Waddington (2 boxes)
- 1962, Mt Sir Sandford (2 boxes)
- 1963, Ramparts, Jasper Nat. Park (2 boxes)
- 1965, Mt Monarch (2 boxes)
- 1966, Mt Assiniboine, Lake O'Hara
- 1991, Cabinet Mountains, Montana
- Undated, Climbs in Southern Selkirks of B.C. (1st traverse, Dawson Range)
- Undated, The Ramparts, Jasper Nat. Park, B.C. (envelope)
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Box E - Hiking and Climbing, B.C., Montana
A Frederick & Nelson box containing prints and one box of slides. I've noted the labels on boxes or envelopes, but have not verified the contents.
- 1988, Backpacking Glacier Park, MT
- 1989, Cabinet Mtns, MT
- 1989, Glacier Park, MT
- 2001, Cathedral Lakes area (Pasayten, WA)
- 1997, Approaching North Kananaskis Pass
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Box F - Ski Tours, B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Yellowstone
This box contains two slide carousels, several slide boxes, and a few envelopes containing prints. I've noted the labels on the boxes or envelopes, but have not verified the contents.
- 1964, Little Yoho, B.C. (2 boxes)
- 1964, Mt Garibaldi, B.C.
- 1966, Cariboo Exploratory
- 1966, Cariboos, B.C.
- 1967, Bugaboos, B.C. (box)
- 1967, Cariboos, B.C. (2 boxes)
- 1967-68, Bubaboo Peaks, Helicopter skiing (carousel)
- 1968, Bugaboos, B.C. (box)
- 1969, Mummery Glacier, Freshfield Icefield, B.C.
- 1970, Continental Divide ski tour, Peyto Lake to Field, B.C.
- 1971, Cariboos, B.C. (3 boxes)
- 1972, Ski tour, Cariboo Mtns. (carousel)
- 1977, Yellowstone Nat. Park
- 1989, Chilkoot ski tour (2 envelopes)
- 1989, Glacier Nat. Park, MT, ski tours
- 1991, Thunder Bay, Shawanabis Lake, Ontario, ski tours
- 1992, Grand Portage and Gunflint Trail ski trip (Minn., Ontario)
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Journals and Other Publications
Duke gave me a few journals and such and I've added them to this collection:
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