Guide to the Brien Sheedy Mount Everest Collection
2004

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Table of Contents
  Overview of the Collection
   
  Biographical Note
   
  Content Description
   
Use of the Collection
   
Administrative Information
   
Detailed Description of the Collection

  Subjects

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Sheedy, Brien
Title: Brien Sheedy Mount Everest Collection
Dates: 2004 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 1.0 linear feet (1 box)
Collection Number: USHTM_WCMss2
Summary: Artifacts, photographs, digital video, and trip diary from Brien Sheedy’s 2004 Mount Everest expedition
Repository: Whitman College and Northwest Archives

345 Boyer Ave.
Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 527-5922
http://www.whitman.edu/content/penrose/archives
archives@whitman.edu

Languages: Materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1969, Brien Sheedy earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Environmental Studies from SUNY ESF at Syracuse and a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin. He has worked as a mountain guide since 1990, and before coming to Whitman College, he taught courses for the National Outdoor Leadership School for more than a decade. Since August, 2001, Sheedy has served as Director of the Outdoor Program at Whitman College.

An experienced climber, Sheedy ascended Denali, Kilimanjaro, and Aconcagua before Everest. He climbed Mount Everest from March 18 - June 4, 2004, as a non-guided climber on an International Mountain Guides Expedition, coordinated by Eric Simonson. He and his party summitted the mountain on May 15, 2004. Whitman College, Wing Ridge Ski Tours, and the National Outdoor Leadership School, among other organizations and individuals, sponsored his trip.

Content Description

The post-expedition report and the DVD I Dreamed of Everest constitute the richest sources in the collection. The report contains a daily log of the expedition and a trip budget. The DVD includes a 35 minute trip documentary produced by Brien Sheedy and a number of video clips and interviews not integrated into the documentary. Photographs and objects carried on the trip, including the Whitman pennant Sheedy displayed at the summit, constitute the remainder of the collection.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open for research.

Restrictions on Use :  

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright transferred to Whitman College.

Preferred Citation :  

Brien Sheedy Mount Everest Collection, Whitman College and Northwest Archives. Penrose Library.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

Arrangement primarily by individual item; photographs are housed together in one folder.

Acquisition Information :  

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Brien Sheedy in 2004.

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Box/Folder
1/1 I Dreamed of Everest 2004
1/2 Post Expedition Report 2004
1/3 Photographs 2004
1/4 Whitman College pennant 2004
1/5 Whitman Outdoor Program mug 2004
1/6 Sunglasses 2004

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Personal Names :
  • Sheedy, Brien--Archives
  • Geographical Names :
  • Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
  • Subject Terms :
  • Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)

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    Finding aid prepared by Colleen McFarland
    © 2006

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