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William H. Alsup research materials related to Walter A. Starr, Jr., 1895-2001.
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William H. Alsup research materials related to Walter A. Starr, Jr., 1895-2001Missing in the Minarets
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Alsup, William H., creator, compiler.Abstract:
Contains research materials used for a book, Missing in the Minarets: the search for Walter A. Starr, Jr., about a climber
who in 1933 while climbing alone in the Minarets Wilderness of California. Includes Sierra Club bulletins, photocopies of
personal journals and photographs, correspondence, interviews, notes, and newspaper clippings etc.
Walter A. Starr, Jr. climbing journal (July, 1928).
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1895 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- California -- Minarets Wilderness
Mountaineering -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Mountaineers -- United States
Secours en montagne -- Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.)
Alpinistes -- États-Unis
Mountaineering
Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations
Mountaineers
Minarets Wilderness (Calif.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.)
California -- Minarets Wilderness
United States
United States -- Sierra Nevada
Alsup, William H -- Archives
Alsup, William H
Jr -- Starr, Walter A -- 1903-1933
Starr, Walter A. (Walter Augustus) -- 1877-
Jr -- Starr, Walter A -- 1903-1933
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Gift; Of Eddie Ancinas and William Alsup; 20070426.
Additions: Gift; Of William Alsup ; 20110926.
Related item: Missing in the Minarets : the search for Walter A. Starr, Jr. (GV200.183 .A58 2001).
Walter Augustus "Pete" Starr, Jr. (1903-1933) was an American lawyer and mountain climber. A graduate of Stanford University,
Starr was a respected lawyer in San Francisco, but he is better known for his abilities as a mountain climber and an explorer
of the Sierra Nevada. Starr was an icon in the climbing world. He had scaled more than 40 prominent summits in the Sierra
and several in the Alps, including France's Mont Blanc. In August 1933, he failed to return from a month-long hike in the
Minarets. The search that followed, which led to the eventual discovery of his body by Norman Clyde, is one of the most dramatic
true tales of the Sierra exploration. His body was buried where it was found.
Preferred citation: William H. Alsup research materials related to Walter A. Starr, Jr., 1895-2001, BANC MSS 2007/248, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
ArchivesClippings.
Physical Description:
print
3 boxes (0.8 linear feet)
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.