Guide to the Rendez-vous Hautes Montagnes : files and journal, 1968-1994
Processed by Irene Beardsley; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.
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Guide to the Rendez-vous Hautes Montagnes : files and journal, 1968-1994
Collection number: M1234
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
- URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/
- Processed by:
- Irene Beardsley
- Date Completed:
- 2002
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 2002 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Irene A. Beardsley, 2001.
Preferred Citation
Rendez-vous Hautes Montagnes : files and journal. M1234. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Historical Note
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.
Access Terms
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.
Folder 1
RHM - United States Members1974 - 1980
Scope and Content Note
Membership lists of US members of RHM from 1974 to 1980. Climbing resumes of some members.
Box 1, Folder 2
RHM - History Notes
Scope and Content Note
Notes made on the history of women's climbing in the United States by Irene Ortenburger.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Irene B. Ortenburger
Box 1, Folder 3
RHM - Correspondence of Felicitas von Reznicek1969 May 7 - 1980 Dec. 16
Scope and Content Note
Letters from Felicitas von Reznicek, president of RHM, to Irene Ortenburger, US delegate, concerning the organization of the
US members of RHM, the summer meets in Europe, and the gathering of information on the history of American women's climbing
for a chapter in a new edition of "Von der Krinoline zum Sechsten Grad," by von Reznicek.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Irene B. Ortenburger
Felicitas von Reznicek
Box 1, Folder 4
RHM - Correspondence with Members1970 Mar. 29 - 1978 July 21
Scope and Content Note
Letters from Irene Ortenburger to US members of RHM, information on summer meets, some letters from US members reporting on
climbing activites.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mireille Marks
Irene B. Ortenburger
Felicitas von Reznicek
Box 1, Folder 5
RHM - Journals1968 - 1983
Scope and Content Note
Most of the annual Rendez-vous Journals from 1968 to 1983.
Box 1, Folder 6
RHM - Correspondence I1969 Oct. 5 - 1970 July 7
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous correspondence to Irene Ortenburger from US members of RHM and others gathering information for the history
of American women's climbing.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Deirdre G. Byers
Jack C. Dozier
Norman G. Dyhrenfurth
John Ebert
Dorothy Harrington
Raymond W. Jewell, Jr.
James P. McCarthy
Felicitas von Reznicek
Sally Richards
Howard Stansbury
Bradford B. VanDiver
Dorothy K. Walker
American Alpine Club
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
Chicago Mountaineering Club
Colorado Mountain Club
Iowa Mountaineers
The Mountaineers
Mazamas
Box 1, Folder 7
RHM - Correspondence II1970 July 22 - 1975 Mar. 25
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence to Irene Ortenburger, mostly from US members of RHM. Brochure for the meeting of RHM in the Pyrenees in 1975,
with extensive guide to the climbs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
William Kemsley
Mireille Marks
Felicitas von Reznicek
Ray Smutek
BackPack
Off Belay
Box 1, Folder 8
RHM - Correspondence III1975 Oct. - 1992 May 18
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence to Irene Ortenburger, mostly from US members of RHM. List of delegates (country representatives) from approximately
1978. Incomplete list of all members. Programs and announcements from some meetings from 1979 to 1992. Stephanie Petrilak
takes over as US representative in 1980. Nadia Le Bon takes over in 1989.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nadia Billia Le Bon
Susi Muller
Felicitas von Reznicek
Box 1, Folder 9
RHM - AAC Clippings1969
Scope and Content Note
Copies of entries in the American Alpine Club Annals and the American Alpine Journal about early American women climbers.
Other typed notes taken by Irene Ortenburger for the proposed chapter in a new edition of the book " Von der Krinoline zum
Sechsten Grad, " by Felicitas von Reznicek.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Irene Ayres
Eleanor E. Bartlett
Gertrude Bell
Meta Claudia Brevoort
Helen Buck
Marguerite Schnellbacher Coveny
Elizabeth S. Cowles
Georgia Engelhard Cromwell
Eleanor Davis Ehrman
Marjory Bridge Farquhar
Geraldine FitzGerald
Larie Renshaw Frazeur
Edwina Fay Fuller
Kate Gardiner
Lillian Gest
Dora Keen Handy
Marjorie Hurd
Elizabeth Knowlton
Elizabeth Larned MacCarthy
Lulie Nettleton
Miriam O'Brian
Marion Randall Parsons
Elizabeth C. Partridge
Annie Smith Peck
Polly Prescott
Christine L. Reid
Miriam Underhill
Elizabeth D. Woolsey
Fanny Bullock Workman
Box 1, Folder 10
RHM - Manuscript1970
Scope and Content Note
Two copies of the manuscript by Irene Ortenburger for the proposed chapter in a new edition of the book " Von der Krinoline
zum Sechsten Grad, " by Felicitas von Reznicek. Second copy has corrections by unknown person. The second edition was never
published.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Irene B. Ortenburger
