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Guide to the Rendez-vous Hautes Montagnes : files and journal, 1968-1994
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Title: Rendez-vous Hautes Montagnes : files and journal,
Date (inclusive): 1968-1994
Collection number: M1234
Collector:
Beardsley, Irene A., collector.
Extent:
.5 linear ft.
(1 manuscript box)
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Correspondence, organizational files, and the journal, 1969-1984. Includes Beardsley's research notes and typescript about
the history of American women's mountaineering, ca. 1970, that was to have been used in von Reznicek's 2nd edition of VON
DER KRINOLINE ZUM 6 GRAD, but which was not printed.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the
Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Gift of Irene A. Beardsley, 2001.
Rendez-vous Hautes Montagnes : files and journal. M1234. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Organization formed in Engelberg, Switzerland, by Felicitas von Reznicek in 1968 to encourage women's climbing. Irene Beardsley
was the American delegate. The group organized international climbs and an annual meeting, and through their biannual publication,
"Rendez-vous-Journal," facilitated contacts between women mountaineers and reported significant climbs and expeditions.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Correspondence, organizational files, and the journal, 1969-1984. Includes Beardsley's research notes and typescript about
the history of American women's mountaineering, ca. 1970, that was to have been used in von Reznicek's 2nd edition of VON
DER KRINOLINE ZUM 6 GRAD, but which was not printed.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Armstrong, Patricia K.
Atwood, Stephanie.
Bartley, Ann.
Beardsley, Irene A.
Blum, Arlene, 1945-
Bunin Yokell, Jane.
Frost, Dorene.
Huisman, Cate.
Isherwood, Dana Smith.
Jensen, Joan V.
Johnson, Beverly.
Knowlton, Elizabeth.
Komarkova, Vera.
Lilley, Barbara.
Liska, Carol. A.
Melchior, Siri.
Mendenhall, Ruth Dyar.
Miller, Irene B.
Mullen, Frances.
Nickerson, Donna.
Petrilak, Stephanie I.
Reid, Christine L.
Reznicek, Felicitas von, 1904-
Sweet, Meriby.
Watson, Vera.
Young, Margaret.
Rendez-vous Hautes Montagnes.
Mountaineering--History.
Mountaineering expeditions.
Women mountaineers--United States--History.