The Mountaineering Collection traces the history of mountaineering as a sport as well as its complex relationship to larger social and environmental issues, including gender, race, class, conservation, and tourism development. Dating back more than 200 years, the collection contains books and periodicals from around the globe, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest and Canada. The Fly Fishing Collections document the origin and development of this sport as well as its relationship to nature writing, art, ecology, and conservation.