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Tom Fyles fonds
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1914-1980 (Creation)
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- Fyles, Tom
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1 m of graphic and other material
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Tom Fyles was born in England in 1887. He emigrated to British Columbia in 1910, settling in the Kitsilano Beach area in south Vancouver. In 1922 Fyles married Margaret Gladstone. By late 1913 Fyles worked for the Post Office as a letter carrier. Fyles is renowned as a mountain climber and outdoors enthusiast. Mount Fyles near Bella Coola is named in his honour. He was an early member of the BC Mountaineering Club, and almost single-handedly ran their club hikes for several years. In the late 1920s he joined the Alpine Club of Canada. In the 1930s he and others embarked on expeditions to Bute Inlet, to the headwaters of the Lillooet River and the Toba River. Tom Fyles is one of a handful of early climbers in the province who were leaders in terms of inspiration and accomplishments. His climbs were geographically scattered, radiating outwards from his home town of Vancouver to many areas in south western BC and also to the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains and across the border to Mt. Baker. He died in 1979.
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Donated in 2008 by James T. Fyles, the son of Tom Fyles.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of records created by Tom Fyles from 1914 to 1980 and particularly document his climbing career. The fonds includes 13 photo albums and one shoe box of negatives organized by album. The albums document climbing trips from 1913 - 1969. Texual records include Fyles' pocket climbing/trip diary which documents trips from 1913 through 1930s recording daily activities, costs per trip, supplies and food, photos taken. The records also include Margaret Gladstone's pocket diary of trip to Mt. Rainier in July 1921 and letters home to parents documenting 1921 trip with BCMC members (including her future husband Tom Fyles) to Selkirk Mountains. Also included are letters of condolence to Fyles' family; letter regarding naming of Mt. Fyles; photocopies of caricature sketches by climber Alec Dalgleish; 15 topographic charts by climber Neal Carter, 9 journals, offprint articles and pamphlets.
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A file list is available. http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/PR-2001_to_PR-2500/PR-2190.pdf
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Accession number(s): 2008.52
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- Fyles, Tom (Subject)