Mountaineers Society Administrative Division records

Mountaineers Society Administrative Division records, approximately 1917-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Mountaineers (Society). Administrative Division
Title: Mountaineers Society Administrative Division records
Dates: approximately 1917-1995 (inclusive)
19171995
Quantity: 5.55 cubic feet
Collection Number: 2885
Summary: Accident reports, policy manuals, operations manuals, correspondence, minutes, financial records, real estate records, planning conferences, reports, subject series of of Administrative Division of this outdoor recreation and conservation club
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Mountaineers was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1906. The first president was Edmond S. Meany. Standing committees were appointed at that first meeting of the club to take over the work and organization of the two main activities, the local and annual outings. The number of standing committees grew with the increasing membership and interests of the club. Mountain climbing has been one of the major interests. In 1935, climbing classes were organized to teach the fundamentals of Mountaineering. The Mountaineers were the first organized group to develop skiing in the Northwest. There are branches in Tacoma, Everett, and Olympia. During part of the period covered by the bulk of these records, Sue Justen functioned as the paid executive and was succeeded by Virginia Felton.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, minutes, committee files, financial records, manuals, memoranda, other.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. Some literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 2885-003: Mountaineers Society Administrative Division records, circa 1920-1978 (bulk 1954-1978)Return to Top

1.50 cubic feet

Scope and Content: Accident reports, policy manuals, operations manuals, correspondence, minutes, financial records, real estate records, planning conferences, reports, subject series; some of the operations manuals are from the 1920s, but otherwise dates are 1954-1978.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Mountaineers, 11/8/1990.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	2885-003	Admin Policy Manual	1959-1972
1/2	2885-003	Admin - Operations Manual
1/3	2885-003	Admin - Operating Manual	1954
1/4	2885-003	Admin - Operating Manual	1978-1979
1/5	2885-003	Admin - Policy Manuals
1/6	2885-003	Operations Manuals	1920s
1/7	2885-003	Ad hoc Winter Recreation Committee	1975
1/8-9	2885-003	Admin - Ad Hoc Computer Committee
1/10	2885-003	Admin - Ad Hoc Library Fund Committee
1/11	2885-003	Admin - Planning Conference	1969
1/12	2885-003	Admin - Planning Conference	1972
1/13-14	2885-003	Board Retreats - Planning	1969
2/1	2885-003	Business Manager Feasibility Study
3/1	2885-003	Accidents	1968
3/2	2885-003	Accidents	1974-1975, 1977-1978
3/3	2885-003	Safety Concerns	1973
3/4	2885-003	Accidents	1973
3/5	2885-003	Accidents	1978
3/6	2885-003	Accidents	1977
3/7	2885-003	Accidents	1975-1976
3/8	2885-003	Accidents	1970-1971
3/9	2885-003	Accidents	1972
3/10	2885-003	Accidents	1973
3/11	2885-003	Accidents	1974
3/12	2885-003	Accidents Mtr Safety Committee	1975-1977
4/1	2885-003	Accidents - Fatality Report - Webber	1978
4/2	2885-003	Safety Committee	1969-1973, 1978
5/1	2885-003	Books Correspondence, Canada	1970-1975
5/2	2885-003	Clubhouse Taxes - 719 Pike Street
5/3	2885-003	Clubhouse at 719 Pike Street - Leases, etc.
5/4	2885-003	Clubhouse at 719 Pike Street - Plane, Remodels, etc.
5/5	2885-003	719 Pike - Building Management
5/6	2885-003	719 Pike - Acquisition
5/7	2885-003	Clubhouse - Site Evaluation
5/8	2885-003	Transition from Norway Center
5/9	2885-003	719 Pike - L.I.D.
5/10	2885-003	IRS - 501C4 Application Materials
5/11	2885-003	Insurance	1960-1970
5/12	2885-003	Insurance Correspondence	1972-1977
5/13	2885-003	Camp Long Belay Tower Plans
5/14	2885-003	Outdoor Division Minutes, Lones, etc.	1950s-1960s
5/15	2885-003	Lease of Mt. Si	19601967

Accession No. 2885-004: Mountaineers Society Administrative Division records, 1989Return to Top

.21 cubic foot (1 box)

Scope and Content: Policy manual for Board of Trustees.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Norman Winn, 3/1/1994.

Accession No. 2885-005: Mountaineers Society Administrative Division records, circa 1941-1995 (bulk 1973-1994)Return to Top

2.84 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Memoranda, Books Management Board minutes, subject series, committee files, reports, financial records, correspondence and other records related to the administration of the club. Includes files on the purchase and operation of the clubhouse at 300 Third Avenue West, of other properties, and of Mountaineers Books.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Open to all users EXCEPT Box 5, which contains accident reports which may not be used without permission of the Club President, Vice President or their designate; and Presidents' correspondence which is open to scholarly researchers during the lifetime of the respective President

Restrictions on Use: Literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Mountaineers, 5/6/1996.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	2885-005	Articles of Incorporation	1966
1/2-4	2885-005	By-Laws	1941-1968, 1978-1987
1/5	2885-005	Federation of Western Outdoors Clubs charter	1977
1/5	2885-005	Washington Environmental Council charter	1978
1/6	2885-005	General Correspondence re: Norway Center	1983
5/1	2885-005	General Correspondence - President	1972-1981
1/7	2885-005	General Correspondence - President Fry	1974-1975
1/8	2885-005	General Correspondence - United States, Forest Service and National Park Service	1975-1982
1/9	2885-005	General Correspondence re: Washington State Convention Center	1983
1/10	2885-005	General Correspondence miscellaneous A-Z	1959-1990
1/11	2885-005	Agendas - Annual Meeting	1988
1/12	2885-005	Memoranda - President	1978-1981
1/13	2885-005	Memoranda - Miscellaneous	1983
1/14	2885-005	Annual Reports	1990-1991
1/15	2885-005	Focus Groups' Reports	1987
1/16	2885-005	Sierra Club Reports	1978
5/2-3	2885-005	Accidents - Reports	1979-1980
1/17	2885-005	Photographs	undated
1/18-19	2885-005	Surveys	1992-1993
1/20	2885-005	Newsletters	1991-1992
1/21	2885-005	Properties	1957-1974
1/22-31	2885-005	Financial Records	1957-1995
1/32	2885-005	Awards and Honors	1988, 1994
1/33	2885-005	Glacier Peak Plane Crash (Zuver) case file	1983
1/34	2885-005	Romano (Lake Serene) case file	1985-1986
1/35	2885-005	List of Files - Master and Working Copies	undated
1/36	2885-005	Clubhouse: Outgoing Letters - President Nelson	1983-1984
1/37	2885-005	Clubhouse: Financial Records	1984
1/38	2885-005	Clubhouse: Agreements - Consolidated restaurants	1983-1984
1/39-41	2885-005	Clubhouse: Subject Series - ACC Enterprises	1984-1986
1/42	2885-005	Crystal Mountain Lodge: General Correspondence	1969, 1973-1974
1/43	2885-005	Crystal Mountain Lodge: Memoranda	1974
1/44	2885-005	Crystal Mountain Lodge: Reports	1974
1/45	2885-005	Crystal Mountain Lodge: Permits	1964
1/46	2885-005	Crystal Mountain Lodge: Questionnaires/Polls	1973
1/47	2885-005	Crystal Mountain Lodge: Study	1974
1/48	2885-005	Crystal Mountain Lodge: Bulletin	undated
1/49	2885-005	Irish Cabin: General Correspondence	1966, 1970
1/50	2885-005	Irish Cabin: Financial Records	1966
1/51	2885-005	Irish Cabin: Maps	undated
1/52	2885-005	Irish Cabin: Deeds	1959
1/53	2885-005	Irish Cabin: Leases	1966
2/1	2885-005	Mount Baker Lodge: General Correspondence	1966, 1972-1982
2/2	2885-005	Mount Baker Lodge: Memoranda	1976
2/3	2885-005	Mount Baker Lodge: Permits	1957, 1976
2/4	2885-005	Mount Baker Lodge: Blueprints	undated
2/5	2885-005	Mount Baker Lodge: Measurements	1983-1984
2/6	2885-005	Mountaineers Open House	1983-1984
2/7	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: General Correspondence	1966, 1972-1979
2/8	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Memoranda	1975
2/9	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Maps	1981
2/10	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Claims - Water Rights	1972-1974
2/11	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Financial Records	1973-1979
2/12	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Appeals	1978-1979
2/13	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Testimony	1978
2/14	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Amendments	1947
2/15	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Agreements	1975
2/16	2885-005	Stevens Pass Lodge: Legislation	undated
2/17	2885-005	Tacoma - Pharaoh Club	1953
2/18	2885-005	Trail Inventory	1975
2/19-20	2885-005	Clippings	1974-1986
2/21	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Organizational Features	1964, 1974
2/22	2885-005	Board of Trustees: General Correspondence	1976, 1988-1990
2/23	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Memoranda	1974-1975, 1981-1982
2/24	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Reports	1974, 1980, 1987-1989
2/25	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Agreements	1990
2/26	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Resolutions	1978-1982
2/27	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Policies	1986
2/28	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Mini-Conference	1983, 1985
2/29	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Planning Conference	1972-1982
2/30	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Contracts	1990
2/31	2885-005	Board of Trustees: Retirement	1980-1981
2/32	2885-005	Indoor Division	1972-1983, 1987
2/33	2885-005	Mountaineer Books: General Correspondence	1981-1982, 1994
2/34-37	2885-005	Mountaineer Books: Agendas - Books Management Board (BMB)	1994-1995
2/38	2885-005	Mountaineer Books: Minutes	1982, 1994
2/39-40	2885-005	Mountaineer Books: Memoranda	1981-1982
2/41	2885-005	Mountaineer Books: Reports	1994
2/42	2885-005	Mountaineer Books: Financial Records	1980-1983, 1994
2/43	2885-005	Mountaineer Books: Schedules	1982
2/44	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Organizational Features	1978, 1982
2/45-46	2885-005	Outdoor Division: General Correspondence	1976-1987
2/47-49	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Minutes	1975-1987
2/50	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Memoranda	1983
2/51	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Reports	1975, 1977
2/52	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Membership Records	1976-1977, 1982
2/53	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Leadership Seminar	1973
2/54	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Bicycle Committee	1976-1977
2/55	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Campcrafters/Family Activities	1987
2/56	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Canoe & Kayak Committee	1976, 1982, 1987
2/57	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Canoeing Committee	1976
2/58	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Climbing Committee	1976-1977
2/59	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Equipment Safety Committee (Safety Committee prior to June 1969)	1969-1973
2/60	2885-005	Outdoor Division: Young Mountaineers Committee	1986
3/1	2885-005	Alpine Scramble Committee	1980-1986
3/2	2885-005	Ad Hoc Committee: Standards Revision Committee Reports	1975-1976, 1988
3/3	2885-005	Ad Hoc Committee: Miscellaneous Reports	1975, 1979
3/4	2885-005	Ad Hoc Committee: Guidebook	1973-1974
3/5	2885-005	Ad Hoc Committee: Proposed Alcohol Standards Revision	1975
3/6	2885-005	Ad Hoc Committee: Appointments Review Committee	1982
3/7	2885-005	Ad Hoc Committee: Space Allocation Committee	1983-1987
3/8	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Organizational Features	1984
3/9	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: General Correspondence	1984, 1986
4/1	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Minutes	1984-1986
4/2	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Agendas	1985
4/3	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Memoranda	1984-1986
4/4	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Reports	1984-1985
4/5	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Questionnaires	1983-1984
4/6	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Proposals	1985
4/7	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Planning	1984-1985
4/8	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Membership Records	undated
4/9	2885-005	Building Operations Committee: Financial Records	1984, 1987
4/10	2885-005	Executive Committee: Organizational Features	1991
4/11	2885-005	Executive Committee: By-Laws	1987-1988
4/12	2885-005	Executive Committee: General Correspondence A-Z	1974-1988
4/13	2885-005	Executive Committee: General Correspondence - Membership	1969-1980
4/14	2885-005	Executive Committee: Agenda	1988-1990
4/15	2885-005	Executive Committee: Reports	1988
4/16	2885-005	Executive Committee: Memoranda	1973-1974, 1980, 1987-1989
4/17	2885-005	Executive Committee: Financial Records	1988-1989
4/18	2885-005	Executive Committee: Membership Records	1968, 1974
4/19	2885-005	Executive Committee: Awards and Honors	1988
4/20	2885-005	Executive Committee: Resolutions	1988
4/21	2885-005	Financial Advisory Committee	1979-1981
4/22	2885-005	Literacy Fund Committee	1963
4/23	2885-005	Organization Study Committee	1968-1972
4/24	2885-005	Everett Branch	1973-1987
4/25	2885-005	Olympia Branch	1963, 1971-1987
4/26	2885-005	Tacoma Branch	1970, 1975-1986
4/27	2885-005	Mountain Rescue Council	1970-1984
4/28	2885-005	Volunteers for Outdoor Washington (VOW)	1982-1984

Accession No. 2885-006: Mountaineers Society Administrative Division records, 1917-1978Return to Top

1.00 cubic foot

Scope and Content: Board of trustee minutes, 1917-1966; financial records, committee records and records of the business manager, 1957-1978.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by The Mountaineers, 1/1/1978.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	2885-006	Organization	1957
1/2	2885-006	Appointments	1964-1967
1/3-21	2885-006	Administrative Division Minutes	1959-1962
1/3-21	2885-006	Board of Trustees Minutes	1917-1966
1/3-21	2885-006	Kitsap Cabin Meeting Minutes	1961
1/3-21	2885-006	Planning Committee Minutes	1962
1/3-21	2885-006	Mazamas Meeting (Centralia) Minutes	1963
1/22	2885-006	Reports	1958, 1968-1969
1/23-28	2885-006	Audits	1966-1969
1/23-28	2885-006	Budget Summaries	1967-1969
1/23-28	2885-006	General Fund	1967-1968
1/23-28	2885-006	Literary Fund	1967-1969
1/23-28	2885-006	Statement of Operations	1966-1967
1/29	2885-006	Auditing Committee - Henry Pederson	1957-1958
1/30	2885-006	Business Manager - Howard Stansbury Incoming Letters	1975, 1978
1/31	2885-006	Business Manager - Howard Stansbury General Correspondence	1968
1/32	2885-006	Business Manager Feasibility Committee	1967-1968
1/33	2885-006	By-Laws Review Committee	1937-1938, 1956, 1960-1969
1/34-35	2885-006	Duplicating Committee	1958-1967
1/36	2885-006	Finance Committee	1958-1963, 1972
1/37	2885-006	Insurance Committee	1958-1960
1/38	2885-006	Legal Advisory Committee	1958-1960, 1965, 1967-1968
1/39	2885-006	Membership Committee	1942-1968
1/40	2885-006	Operations Manual Committee	1958-1968

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

Mountaineers (Society). Administrative Division--Archives
Mountaineers (Society). Mountaineer Books

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863

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