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Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

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Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Scope & Content: The Henry Vaux Jr. fonds consists of 495 negative photographs taken by Henry Vaux Jr. between 1997-2013. Photographs depict various regions within the Canadian Rockies including mountain ranges, water features and other landscapes, replicating photographs of the same regions taken by his ancestors …

Date Range: [1997 - 2013]

Reference Code: V794

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V794

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Responsibility: Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: [1997 - 2013]

Physical Description: 495 photographs : negatives

History / Biographical: Henry Vaux Jr. (1940-) is a professor emeritus of ersource economics at the University of California. Henry Vaux Jr. retired in 2004 following and extensive career in the field of water resource economics, including positions as the director of the University of Calgary Water Resource Centre, a national associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and chair of the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council. Vaux Jr. is the author of over 90 publications in his field, including "Legacy in Time: Three Generations of Mountain Photography in the Canadian West". Vaux Jr. is a member of the well-known Vaux family of the Canadian Rockies region (see fonds level entry for M107/V653).

Scope & Content: The Henry Vaux Jr. fonds consists of 495 negative photographs taken by Henry Vaux Jr. between 1997-2013. Photographs depict various regions within the Canadian Rockies including mountain ranges, water features and other landscapes, replicating photographs of the same regions taken by his ancestors George Vaux IX, Mary Vaux and William Vaux, between ca. 1897 and ca. 1912. The fonds consists of: Series I : Legacy in Time (contains ca. 485 negatives of images used in Henry Vaux Jr.'s book "Legacy in Time: Three Generations of Mountain Photography in the Canadian West"). Series I consists of five sub-series: Sub-series A (Glaciers), 165 photographs; B (Mountains), 135 photographs; C (Water Falls), 60 photographs; D (Lakes), 75 photographs; and E (People), 60 photographs.

Notes: Negatives in Series I were organized by Henry Vaux Jr. based on their corresponding chapters in his book, "Legacy in Time"; sub-series have been named according to corresponding chapter names given by Henry Vaux Jr.

Name Access: Vaux, Henry Jr.

Subject Access: Mountain; Landscapes; Scenery; Travel; Conservation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Henry Vaux Jr.

Biographical Source Notes: http://glacierchange.org/scrapbook/vaux-family-gallery/ https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/going-back-in-time-to-record-retreat-of-glaciers https://rmbooks.com/book-author/henry-vaux-jr/ Vaux, Henry Jr. "Legacy in Time: Three Generations of Mountain Photography in the Canadian West" (Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books, 2014).

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Glaciers

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Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various glaciers and surrounding regions within the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Illecillewaet Glacier (Abbott Ridge, Avalanche Crest), Peyto Glacier, Bonney Glacier, Biddle Glacier, Fay Glacier, Yoho Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Dawson…

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007

Reference Code: V794 / I / A / NA - 1 to NA - 165

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

165 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / A / NA - 1 to NA - 165

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007

Physical Description: 165 Photographs : negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various glaciers and surrounding regions within the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Illecillewaet Glacier (Abbott Ridge, Avalanche Crest), Peyto Glacier, Bonney Glacier, Biddle Glacier, Fay Glacier, Yoho Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Dawson Glacier, Bow Glacier and Daly Glacier.

Name Access: Vaux, Henry Jr.

Subject Access: Glacier; Landscapes; Scenery; Conservation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Henry Vaux Jr.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Lakes

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Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting lakes and surrounding landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Consolation Lake, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.

Date Range: 2002; 2008; 2010; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010]

Reference Code: V794 / I / D / NA - 1 to NA - 75

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Negative; Photograph

75 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / D / NA - 1 to NA - 75

GMD: Negative; Photograph

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2008; 2010; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010]

Physical Description: 75 Photographs: negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of images by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting lakes and surrounding landscapes throughout the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Consolation Lake, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.

Name Access: Vaux, Henry Jr.

Subject Access: Lake; Landscapes; Photography; Mountain

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Henry Vaux Jr.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Mountains

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Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 135 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various mountain scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Mt. Assiniboine, Wonder Peak, Mt. Lefroy, Cathedral Mountain, Mt. Stephen, Tower of Babel, Mt. Burgess and Mt. Robson.

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2009; 2013; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010)

Reference Code: V794 / I / B / NA - 1 TO NA - 135

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

135 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / B / NA - 1 TO NA - 135

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2004; 2009; 2013; [ca. 2005 - ca. 2010)

Physical Description: 135 Photographs: negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 135 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various mountain scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Mt. Assiniboine, Wonder Peak, Mt. Lefroy, Cathedral Mountain, Mt. Stephen, Tower of Babel, Mt. Burgess and Mt. Robson.

Name Access: Vaux, Henry Jr.

Subject Access: Mountain; Photography; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Henry Vaux Jr.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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People

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Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 60 photographs depicting various figures from the Canadian Rockies region. People depicted include: Guy Clarkson, Guide and Interpreter; CPR Foreman John Gaffney; Mr. J. Simpson (young Trainman); Photographer Craig Richards; and Pierre Lemire, Guide.

Date Range: [ca. 2000 - ca. 2010]; 2002; 2008; 2010; 2011

Reference Code: V794 / I / E / NA - 1 to NA - 60

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

60 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / E / NA - 1 to NA - 60

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: [ca. 2000 - ca. 2010]; 2002; 2008; 2010; 2011

Physical Description: 60 Photographs: negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 60 photographs depicting various figures from the Canadian Rockies region. People depicted include: Guy Clarkson, Guide and Interpreter; CPR Foreman John Gaffney; Mr. J. Simpson (young Trainman); Photographer Craig Richards; and Pierre Lemire, Guide.

Name Access: Clarkson, Guy; Gaffney, John; Simpson, J.; Lemire, Pierre; Richards, Craig; Vaux, Henry Jr.

Subject Access: Canadian Pacific Railway; Guiding; Helicopters; Photography; Travel; tourism

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Creator: Henry Vaux Jr.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Shining mountains : ancient ones, episode 1 [DVD video]

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Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Published Date: 2005

Author: Clarkson, Guy

Publisher: Canada : Raven HD productions

Call Number: 04 Sh6 DVD v.1

Author: Clarkson, Guy

Responsibility: Directed by Guy Clarkson; Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson; Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., National Film Board of Canada

Publisher: Canada : Raven HD productions

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 1 digital video disc (48:52) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Series: Shining mountains

Subjects: Archaeology; Development; Environment; Glaciers; Hydrology; Indians; Waterton; Wolves

Notes: Pertains to: climate change, archeological sites including Indian Pit Houses at the Banff Springs Hotel golf course, Indian tools uncovered at Ya Ha Tinda Ranch,pictographs at Grotto Canyon, and sacred Indian medicine and rites

Accession Number: 7738

Call Number: 04 Sh6 DVD v.1

Collection: Archives Library

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Shining mountains : land of riches, episode 2 [DVD video]

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Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Published Date: 2005

Author: Clarkson, Guy

Publisher: Canada : Raven HD productions

Call Number: 04 Sh6 DVD v.2

Author: Clarkson, Guy

Responsibility: Directed by Guy Clarkson; Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson; Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., National Film Board of Canada

Publisher: Canada : Raven HD productions

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 1 digital video disc (46:52) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Series: Shining mountains

Subjects: Exploration; Sandford, Robert W; Yellowstone to Yukon wildlife corridor [Y2Y]

Notes: Includes interviews with Richard Smith using a dogsledding team on the traditional fur trade routes; Brian Patton following the David Thompson route at Howse Pass; Bob Sandford discussing CPR history while travelling on a vintage Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive; Lisa Christensen at Lake O'Hara discussing railway school artists and the Group of Seven; Henry Vaux Jr. and Dan McCarthy at Illecillewaet Glacier discussing glacier studies from the early Vaux family records to current; Barry Blanchard, Bonnie Hamilton and Pat Morrow on mountaineering and photography at Mount Assiniboine

Accession Number: 7738

Call Number: 04 Sh6 DVD v.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Shining mountains : On the edge, episode 3 [DVD video]

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Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Published Date: 2005

Author: Clarkson, Guy

Publisher: Canada : Raven HD productions

Call Number: 04 Sh6 DVD v.3

Author: Clarkson, Guy

Responsibility: Directed by Guy Clarkson; Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson; Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., national Film Board of Canada

Publisher: Canada : Raven HD productions

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 1 digital video disc (46:47) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Series: Shining mountains

Subjects: Caribou; Casinos; Hunting; Kootenay Indians; Hydrology; Land use; Waterton

Notes: Pertains to recreational users and developers and their impact on the environment: Interview with Hans Gmoser in the Bugaboos on the advent of helicopter skiing; Tony Parisi in Valemount B.C. on snowmobiling; David Schindler on detrimental effects of tourism on the water supply; Chief Sophie Pierre at St. Eugene Mission resort on the perceived "right" of users to the back country; Kevin van Tiegham and the issue of development outside National Parks boundary areas; Park Wardens Scott Ward and Ross Heatherington re: managing on the ecosystem as a whole rather than specifically in a national park; Southern Alberta Land Trust and John Russell for the Nature Conservancy and the role of ranching lands acting as a buffer vs. the fragmentation and development of ranch land for acreages such as Jim Gardner's "Heaven on earth estates"

Accession Number: 7738

Call Number: 04 Sh6 DVD v.3

Collection: Archives Library

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Shining mountains : Once and future wild, episode 4 [DVD video]

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Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Published Date: 2005

Author: Clarkson, Guy

Publisher: Canada : Raven HD productions

Call Number: 04 Sh6 DVD v.4

Author: Clarkson, Guy

Responsibility: Directed by Guy Clarkson; Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson; Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., national Film Board of Canada

Publisher: Canada : Raven HD productions

Published Date: 2005

Physical Description: 1 digital video disc (46:46) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Series: Shining mountains

Subjects: Bears, Grizzly; Fire ecology; Wolves; Yellowstone to Yukon wildlife corridor [Y2Y]

Notes: Partial contents: interview between Harvey Locke and Andy Russell; issue of radio collars for wildlife; Wayne Sawchuk and the protection of Northern Rockies Muskwa Ranges area

Accession Number: 7738

Call Number: 04 Sh6 DVD v.4

Collection: Archives Library

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Water Falls

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Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 60 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various waterfalls and surrounding landscapes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Daly Glacier, Takakkaw Falls, Twin Falls, Laughing Falls and Wapta Falls.

Date Range: 2002; 2005

Reference Code: V794 / I / C / NA - 1 to NA - 60

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Negative

60 images

Part Of: Henry Vaux Jr. fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V794

Series: V794 / I : Legacy in Time

Sous-Fonds: V794

Accession Number: 2018.9008

Reference Code: V794 / I / C / NA - 1 to NA - 60

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Responsibility: Produced by Henry Vaux Jr.

Date Range: 2002; 2005

Physical Description: 60 Photographs: negatives; b&w

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of 60 negative photographs by Henry Vaux Jr. depicting various waterfalls and surrounding landscapes in the Canadian Rockies. Locations include Daly Glacier, Takakkaw Falls, Twin Falls, Laughing Falls and Wapta Falls.