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Trapping Diaries of Donald Phillips
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Donald "Curly" Phillips was a Canadian guide and outfitter based in Jasper, Alberta.
The collection consists of thirteen diaries (1903, 1906-1908, 1912-1918, 1922-1923) by Phillips describing his adventures as a trapper and hunter in Alberta, Canada, and the typed manuscript "Tracks Across My Trail" (1940), a transcription of the diaries edited by J. Monroe Thorington. The manuscript is bound in two volumes and includes twenty-one letters by Phillips to Thorington describing the itineraries of their hunting trips.
Box 1--Diaries, 1903-1923; Box 2--Manuscript of "Tracks Across My Trail," edited by J. Monroe Thorington.
Contents of Box 1: deposit number 9456.
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Folder inventory added by Lisa Yankowitz 2013 in 2012.
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- Hunting -- Canada -- Alberta -- 20th century
- Hunting guides -- Canada -- Alberta -- 20th century
- Trappers -- Canada -- Alberta -- 20th century
- Trapping -- Canada -- Alberta -- 20th century
- Manuscripts -- 20th century
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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Transcribed and Edited by J. Monroe Thorington. Bound manuscript. American Alpine Club
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Transcribed and Edited by J. Monroe Thorington. Bound manuscript. American Alpine Club.
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