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Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Drawing
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Responsibility
- Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs
- History / Biographical
- Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866. Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].
- Notes
- Fonds consists of two series: Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family] Series II : Personal and collected records
- Name Access
- Adams, Molly
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Family
- Correspondence
- Travel
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Connecticut
- New York
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Biographical Source Notes
- Searching for Mary Schaffer: Women Wilderness Photography by Colleen Skidmore
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canmore Mining Town
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- graphite; charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.10
- Description
- General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.
1 image
- Title
- Canmore Mining Town
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- graphite; charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.
- Subject
- landscape
- urban
- mountains
- industry
- coal mining
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.10
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Change of Shift, Miners, Canmore 1944
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.20
- Description
- Mine site, with buildings and mine entrance. Open rail cars and men dominate the bottom two thirds of the picture. Top third is trees and mountains.
1 image
- Title
- Change of Shift, Miners, Canmore 1944
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.4 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Mine site, with buildings and mine entrance. Open rail cars and men dominate the bottom two thirds of the picture. Top third is trees and mountains.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.20
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Main Street, Canmore 1944
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.22
- Description
- A street with 2 store fronts and another building around the corner dominates the picture. In the foreground is a board fence with a bicycle leaning up against it. In the background are mountains, including The Three Sisters.
1 image
- Title
- Main Street, Canmore 1944
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.1 x 36.7 cm
- Description
- A street with 2 store fronts and another building around the corner dominates the picture. In the foreground is a board fence with a bicycle leaning up against it. In the background are mountains, including The Three Sisters.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.22
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Miners' Homes, Canmore
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.24
- Description
- A boy on a horse in bottom right foreground is riding down a street, houses lined along the street centre right. Mountains in the background. Bottom left of picture is blank.
1 image
- Title
- Miners' Homes, Canmore
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.3 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A boy on a horse in bottom right foreground is riding down a street, houses lined along the street centre right. Mountains in the background. Bottom left of picture is blank.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.24
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Reflection in Lake
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- Date
- 1944 – 1945
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.32
- Description
- The top three quarters of the picture is a mountain scene, with trees, rocks and three mountains. The foreground is a lake with the lower portion of the sccene reflected in the water.
1 image
- Title
- Reflection in Lake
- Date
- 1944 – 1945
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.1 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- The top three quarters of the picture is a mountain scene, with trees, rocks and three mountains. The foreground is a lake with the lower portion of the sccene reflected in the water.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.32
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Two Boys on a Horse
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.23
- Description
- Two boys sitting on a horse bareback. Both boys have on cowboy hats, the one in front has a dark hat. The horse is facing to the right, his legs are cut off below the knee. Mountains in the background
1 image
- Title
- Two Boys on a Horse
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- wax crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.1 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- Two boys sitting on a horse bareback. Both boys have on cowboy hats, the one in front has a dark hat. The horse is facing to the right, his legs are cut off below the knee. Mountains in the background
- Subject
- figure, boy
- animal, horse
- landscape
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.23
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- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.05
- Description
- General colour: pencil. A barn and a few other buildings sit in the lower sketchy landscape one third up. The upper two thirds are sky with one cloud left of center appearing to rain over the barn.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.3 x 24.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil. A barn and a few other buildings sit in the lower sketchy landscape one third up. The upper two thirds are sky with one cloud left of center appearing to rain over the barn.
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.05
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- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.07
- Description
- General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.
- Subject
- landscape
- prairie
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.07
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.33
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.4 x 36.9 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.33
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