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Glass negatives

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Negatives pertain mainly to flora and explorations. Many mountain and plant views are unidentified. Includes two photographs of the Sampson Beaver family

Date Range: 1905-[ca.1906]

Reference Code: V527 / NG - 1 to 181

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

6 images

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.C. Photographs: negatives

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 275, 2764, 5248

Reference Code: V527 / NG - 1 to 181

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1905-[ca.1906]

Physical Description: 181 photographs : negatives; glass

Scope & Content: Negatives pertain mainly to flora and explorations. Many mountain and plant views are unidentified. Includes two photographs of the Sampson Beaver family

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Finding Aid: Item list available. Some reference prints are available.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material. LIST OF NEGATIVES (V527/NG) :; 1 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 2 Mt. Forbes and Lyall Ice Fields from junction of Bear Creek and Saskatchewan River / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 3, 5-7, 9 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 4 Athabasca and Dome Glaciers / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 8 The Beacon in Cataract Valley / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 10 [Mary Schaffer on horse]. -- 1906; 11 Looking south from near Graveyard Flats on the North Saskatchewan River / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 12 [Cones] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 13-16 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 17 [Mary Schaffer on horse]. -- 1906?; 18 Mt. Saskatchewan from overflow lakes on the North Saskatchewan near Rampart Creek / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?; 19 Look south on the North Fork of the Saskatchewan River / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 20-22 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?; 23 Billy Warren, right, and [Joe?] Barker, left in camp with fish / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?; 24,25 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?; 26,27 Coral Canyon, Cline River area / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?; 28 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 29 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 30 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906; 31-47 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer; 48 Primula, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/10/05; 49 Amelachier florida, Bankhead / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/19/05; 50-53 [Plant]; 54 Pinus albicaulis, Tunnel / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/5/05; 55 Kruhsea Tilingiana, Glacier / Mary Schaffer. -- 5/26/05; 56 Pentstemon conferlus, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/23/05; 57 Draba, Sulphur Mtn / Mary Schaffer -- 6/22/05; 58 Sheperdia canadensis, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 5/31/05; 59 Berberis Aquisulium Field / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/7/05; 60 Colliusia bicolor, Lake Louise / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/11/05; 61 Primula, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/8/05; 62 Vagnera stellata, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/9/05; 63-65 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer; 66 Plant - Dodecatheon / Mary Schaffer; 67 Plant - Picaea alba - Tunnel Mtn / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/9/05; 68 [Statue, Greek?] / Mary Schaffer; 69 [Wall carving] / Mary Schaffer; 70 [Head of statute] / Mary Schaffer; 71 [Statue] / Mary Schaffer; 72 [Sculpture of man] / Mary Schaffer; 73 [Sculpture - boy & goose] / Mary Schaffer; 74,75 [Sculpture] / Mary Schaffer; 76 [Head of statue] / Mary Schaffer; 77 Ledium palustre, L. latifolium : [plant] / Mary Schaffer; 78-82 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer; 83 Pachystima macrophyllium (Bear Cr.) : [plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 5/25/05; 84-86 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer; 87 Draba aurea; Stoney Squaw : [plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/24/05; 88-92 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer; 93 Vacinium microphyllum : [plant] / Mary Schaffer; 94 Observation Peak & Bow Pass from North? / Mary Schaffer; 95 [Camp scene, Mary Schaffer at left]; 96 [Teepee frame] / Mary Schaffer; 97 [Unidentified mountains] / Mary Schaffer; 98 Mt. Saskatchewan / Mary Schaffer; 99,100 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer; 101,102 [Unidentified mountains and lake] / Mary Schaffer; 103 [Unidentified valley and mountains] / Mary Schaffer; 104 [Train in the mountains] / Mary Schaffer; 105,106 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer; 107 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer; 108 [Mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer; 109 [Saskatchewan River Valley?]. -- [1906]; 110,111 [Saskatchewan Glacier?]. -- [1906]; 112 [Mary Schaffer on her horse Nibs]; 113 [Teepee at Maligne Lake?]; 114 [Boat on shore of Maligne Lake]; 115,116 [Joe Barker?]; 117,118 [Camp at base of unidentified mountains]; 119 [Camp on shore of unidentified lake]; 120 [Man with pole at edge of lake]; 121 [Man in door of shelter made with trees]; 122 [Teepee at foot of unidentified mountain]; 123 [Camp in burnt timber]; 124 [Sampson Beaver family, 1906]; 125 [Sampson Beaver family]; 126 baby on Kootenai Plains : [Frances Louise Beaver]. -- [1906]; 127-132 [Unidentified mountains]; 133 [Unidentified lake]; 134 [Unidentified river]; 135,136 [Unidentified river and mountains]; 137,138 [Unidentified lake and mountains]; 139 [Map of Canadian Rockies]; 140 [Duck]; 141-155 [Plants - identified and dated]; 156-159 [Plants - identified]; 160-180 [Plants - unidentified]; 181 [Cones]

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Banff Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

4 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number : 7919

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 7919

Reference Code: V8 / 7919 / PS - 1 to PS - 4

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1890]

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w slides ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm

Scope & Content: Series consists of 4 lantern slides. Slides are views of the Banff Hot Springs, Banff Avenue with Cascade Mountain, Devil's Lake, and the city of Calgary.

Subject Access: Lantern slide; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: All slides were cleaned prior to scanning.

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Processing Status: Processed

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Unknown woman and child

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Part Of: Annie Staple fonds

Scope & Content: [Unknown woman and child]

Date Range: [ca. 1908]

Reference Code: V138 / NA66 - 2474

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy; Negative

1 image

Part Of: Annie Staple fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V138

Sous-Fonds: V138

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: V138 / NA66 - 2474

GMD: Photograph; Negative, copy; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1908]

Physical Description: Copy Negative: 9.8 cm x 14 cm

Scope & Content: [Unknown woman and child]

Subject Access: First nations; Stoney Nakoda; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . No identification was possible.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.