MTR.2018.1 Agnes Dickert Papers

Owned by Lowell Skoog
Last updated: Apr 18, 2018
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Mountaineers catalog number: MTR.2018.1

These notes are by Lowell Skoog. See also MTR.2009.1 Othello Phillip Dickert Photographs and MTR.2009.2 Othello Phillip Dickert Papers.

Box 1 of 1

The following is not a complete list of the box contents. The box contains hundreds of loose-leaf, mimeographed pages, not very well organized.

This collection contains a lot of information on the thinking that went into the Mountaineers climbing course after 1936 (i.e. after Wolf Bauer left the course).

Miscellaneous Papers

  • A Round Robin Greeting to Agnes Dickert from the 1940 Mountaineers Summer Outing in Olympic National Park.
  • Agnes Dickert's completed exam, Mountaineers intermediate climbing course, 1936

  • Proposal for a “Climbers and Skiers guide to the State of Washington” to be written by Fred Beckey, 1946

  • Agreement and Bylaws "for forming a social and educational corporation" under the name of “The Mountaineers,” 1913

  • Notes on 1976 climbing trip to Aconcagua by O.P. Dickert
  • Mountaineers summit register inventory, 1915-35
  • Misc. notes on food and outdoor equipment

  • Prospectus from The Mountaineer for 8/13/1939 outing to Grand Teton NP

  • Program of 1st PNW Mountaineering Safety Conference, 26 June 1948

  • Shorthand notes (possibly by Agnes Dickert from PNW Mountaineering Safety Conference?)

  • Recommendation for Gloria Huntington to Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 6/1/1942

  • Bulletin of the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs, July 1944

  • Notes on editing of Mountaineer Annual, 1939

  • Misc newspaper clippings

  • Notice of 2nd session of Mountain Rescue and Safety Council

  • Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs 3rd annual convention, 1934

  • Lists of high mountains, regional and world

  • Miscellaneous photos:
    • Helen Taylor, Aaron Markham, Robert Neupert painting stage props for Mountaineers Forest Theatre
    • Actors dressed as ancient Greeks for Mountaineers Forest Theatre performance
    • Jack Hossack belaying on rock (small)
  • Miscellaneous maps:
    • Cascade Crest Trail
    • Yellowstone National Park
    • Mt Stuart (partial)

Papers Associated with Mountaineers Climbing Courses

  • 1938 Climbing Committee roles and regulations
  • Graduates of Mountaineers Elementary Climbing Course, June 1935 (20 people)
  • Schedule of Elementary and Intermediate Climbing Courses, 1938
  • Mountaineers Climbers Group notes on climbing and skiing, technique and safety, c1938
  • Pages from Winter and/or Ski Mountaineering course book
  • Planning materials for 1937 climbing course
  • Information on ski mountaineering course development
  • Suggestions for mountain food selection and preparation
  • Experience climbs, 1937
  • Knots and rope technique, 1938
  • Route finding, equipment
  • Camping and woodcraft
  • 1938 Recreational Equipment Co-op price lists and bulletins
  • Crevasse and mountain rescue techniques
  • Compass, map and orientation
  • Piton technique
  • Notes on modern icecraft by Leo Maduschka, including drawings of ice climbing techniques:

  • Party organization and management
  • Geology notes
  • Trail technique
  • Mountaineering glossary, Nov 1936
  • Misc climbing class notes 1935-36
  • Schedule for 1938 climbing courses
  • Elem/Adv rock technique
  • Avalanches
  • Life zones
  • Mountain photography
  • Mt Constance climbing guide
  • Mountain songs
  • Elementary climbing course exam
  • Summer skiing tips
  • Orientation
  • Bivouacking class info, 1936