Items discovered in the The Alpine Journal

Items discovered in the The Alpine Journal relating to climbing in the Alps. Most are letters to Arthur John Butler (1844-1910), Italian scholar and mountaineer. Items /1-7 are loose items removed from the Alpine Journal. [Found in Vol. 16, pp 508-9]. /1 Letter, 30 November 1893, Alfred Pictet, Geneva, to unidentified addresee. Relates to an article which mentions ascents of Mont Blanc, in The Alpine Journal Vol 16: "Alpine Notes and New Routes". [2pp] [Found in Vol. 18, inside front cover]. /2 Letter, 29 September 1894, W.A.B. Coolidge, Hotel B228r, Grindelwald, Switzerland, to A.J. Butler. Relates mainly to mountaineering in Austria. [8pp]. /3 Letter, 26 July 1895, W.A.B. Coolidge, Hotel Piz Linard, Lavin, Switzerland, to A.J. Butler. Relates to climbing in Austria/Switzerland. [1p]. /4 Letter, 28 July 1895, W.A.B. Coolidge, Hotel Piz Linard, Lavin, Switzerland, to A.J. Butler. Relates to climbing in Austria/Switzerland /5 Letter, 2 August 1895, W.A.B. Coolidge, Hotel Piz Linard, Lavin, Switzerland, to A.J. Butler. Relates to climbing in Austria/Switzerland, with daily account from 29 July to 2 August. [2pp]. [Found in Vol. 37, inside front cover]. /6 Extract from the Times Literary Supplement, 11 January 1923: "The Creeds of the Mountaineers". [2pp]. [Found in Vol. 51, pp2-3]. /7 Note, 31 July 1939, by R. Whiteman [?], about a meeting between "Freshfield", representing the Alpine Club and Achille Ratti (His Holiness Pope Pius XI), who was himself a mountaineer. [1p]. Items /8-26 are photocopies of material which cannot be removed from the Alpine Journals. [In Vol. 15, pp 68-69]. /8 Card, [postmark 29 March 1891], F.H. , Zürich, to A.J. Butler, London. Informs that two names have been wrongly exchanged in the February Alpine Journal, [1p]. [In Vol. 15, pp 160-161]. /9 Letter, 28 January 1891, M. Holzmann, Pall Mall, London, to A.J. Butler. Gives his own personal account of his ascent of the Terza Grande. [3p]. [In Vol. 15, pp 306-307]. /10 Letter, 3 January 1891, L. Norman Neruda, London, to St Moritz and Davos News. Refers to ascents of the Lyskamm and the Piz Roseg, particularly the allegation that these ascents were done in a dangerous manner. [1p]. [In Vol. XV, pp 310-311]. /11 Letter, 15 October 1890, G. Stallard, Rugby, to A.J. Butler. Accompanies an enclosed account [see Alpine Journal Vol XV p. 310] and adds several comments. [2p]. /12 Letter, 17 October 1890, G. Stallard, to A.J. Butler. Refers to an ascent of the Grosshorn being mistakenly refered to as the first in a previous volume of the Alpine Journal. [2p]. /13 Letter, 8 February 1891, G. Stallard, to A.J. Butler. Gives miscellaneous comments on various articles in the Alpine Journal. [3p]. [In Vol. 15, pp 312-13]. /14 Letter, 10 January 1890, [Legh S. Powell] to unidentified addressee. Relates to S.A.C. Jahrbuch, especially to "Herr Huber's" climb. [3p]. [In Vol. XV, pp 360-361]. /15 Card, 9 January 1891, [Clinton Dent?] to A.J. Butler. Comments on amusing aspects of an Alpine Journal article. [2p]. [In Vol. XV, pp 370-371]. /16 Card, [postmark 29 March 1891], F.H. Falsey [?] to A.J. Butler, London. Provides information on insurance. [1p]. [In Vol. XV, pp 374-375]. /17 Letter, 24 March 1891, August Naef, Zürich, to A.J. Butler. Referring to a mention in the Alpine Journal of an ascent of Sustenhorn from the Voralpthal, stating that it was he who had made the ascent rather than Seelig. [2p]. [In Vol. XV, pp 440-441]. /18 Post scriptum of a letter from M.H. [M. Holzmann]. Disagrees with part of an account by Norman Neruda of an ascent of Mount Giralba. [Neruda later acknowledged his mistake. See Alpine Journal, Vol. XV, pp 441-443]. [In Vol. XV, pp 446-447]. /19 Account of the first ascent of Hooker Saddle, New Zealand, on 29 December 1890, by Arthur P. Harper. [3p]. /20 "Over the Malte Brun Range to the Murchison Glacier". Newspaper cutting (from unidentified source) relating to the above ascent by A. Harper and P. Johnson. February 1891. /21 Letter, 29 April 1891. S. Mannering, Christchurch, New Zealand, to A.J. Butler. Refers to articles in the Alpine Journal. [In Vol. XV, pp 450-451]. /22 Letter, 8 June 1891, Otto Schück, London. States that the account in the Alpine Journal, referring to the first ascent of the Watzmann from S. Bartholom228, is wrong, since he was the first to make the ascent. [2p]. [In Vol. XVI, pp 258-259]. /23 Letter, 24 November [189-?], E. Main, St Moritz, Switzerland, to A.J. Butler. Mentions arrival of Mr Cook and comments on weather. [2p]. [In Vol. XVIII, pp 510-511]. /24 Letter, 29 November [189-?], H.B. Gray, Berkshire, to A.J. Butler. Thanks him for letter and gives personal news. [3pp]. [In Vol. XIX, pp 224-225]. /25 Photograph of climber [W.A.B. Coolidge?] on mountain ridge: "...cresta terminale del Saoseo". 1898. [In Vol. XIX, pp 226-227]. /26 Photograph of mountains: "Cima di Piazzi della Cima del Saoseo...". 1898.

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