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Description: Centered in the image frame is a portrait of a man. The male figure in this image is wearing a brimed hat and has a pipe in his mouth. The portrait is not a straight on angle the angle here is a three quarter angle. The subject Mr. Carl Rungius is looking to his right with his left side of his face…

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Artist: Kathleen Shackleton (1884 – 1961)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1938

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 34.4 x 31.6 cm

Description: Centered in the image frame is a portrait of a man. The male figure in this image is wearing a brimed hat and has a pipe in his mouth. The portrait is not a straight on angle the angle here is a three quarter angle. The subject Mr. Carl Rungius is looking to his right with his left side of his face facing us. The subject here is wearing a collared coat and round glasses.

Subject: figure; male; portrait; Carl Rungius

Credit: Gift of Jack Hutchison, Vancouver, 1996

Catalogue Number: ShK.03.01

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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

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Drawing; Postcard; Private record

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

Category: Family and personal life; Exploration and travel

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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John Brewster

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: c. 1940

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.05

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: John Brewster

Date: c. 1940

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 35; 50.4 x 34.2; 38 cm

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1983

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.05

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Jim Brewster of Banff

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.06

Description: A realistic rendering of a head and shoulder portrait of Jim Brewster; a three-quarter view; he has on a light brown hat, blue jacket, white shirt, red tie; streaks of colour in background.

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Jim Brewster of Banff

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 76.0 x 56.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a head and shoulder portrait of Jim Brewster; a three-quarter view; he has on a light brown hat, blue jacket, white shirt, red tie; streaks of colour in background.