Description
The collection contains transcripts of
interviews done by John Rawlings with David Boore and Judy (Lovelace) Boore, Herbert C.
DeStaebler, Nicholas B. Clinch, Henry Kendall, Alfred W. Baxter, Bea Vogel, Betsy (Swann)
Crowder, Gilbert Roberts, Irene Beardsley, Mary (Sherril) Baxter, Rowland Tabor, Russell Van
Dyke, Theodore (Jack) Weicker III, and Ulf Ramm-Ericson. Also included are source tapes from
the interviews. The following taped interviews have been transcribed: R. W. Tabor, Gilbert
J. Roberts, Betsy Crowder, Alfred Baxter, Herbert C. DeStaebler, David Boore, Mary Sherrill
Baxter, Russell Van Dyke, Irene Beardsley Ortenburger, and Nicholas Clinch. The following
taped interviews have not been transcribed: Gloria McConnel, Scott Davis, Mike Roberts,
Nancy Bickford Miller, Steven D'Hondt, Ned MacKay, Roger Gocking, Jim Moore, and Meredith
Ellis Little.
Background
The Stanford Alpine Club was one of America's prominent college climbing clubs. Its
identity was forged in the crucible of Yosemite Valley's smooth, steep granite. Members made
important contributions to the development of modern Yosemite rockclimbing technique and
helped carry the lessons learned to the world's great ranges. Coeducational membership was
another factor distinguishing the SAC from the longer-established and better-known eastern
clubs, and a tradition of "manless climbing" dated from the club's 1946 inaugural year.
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.