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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Content Details: This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content.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]

Processing Status: Processed

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Wartime work for the National Film Board of Canada

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Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to 131 black & white negatives of various military training operations, mostly around Ottawa [?] taken by Ron Duke while working for the National Film Board during World War II. Includes landscapes, airplanes, truck convoys, military bases and camps, parades, and group shots in …

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1945]

Reference Code: V180 / I / B / iii / NA - 01 to 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M16 / V180

Series: I. Early material

Sous-Fonds: V180

Accession Number: 5772

Reference Code: V180 / I / B / iii / NA - 01 to 19

GMD: Film; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1945]

Physical Description: 131 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 10 x 12.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to 131 black & white negatives of various military training operations, mostly around Ottawa [?] taken by Ron Duke while working for the National Film Board during World War II. Includes landscapes, airplanes, truck convoys, military bases and camps, parades, and group shots in various settings - includes multiple negatives per envelope. [1] - [Group of people holding a “Welcome West” sign] [2] - [Military gun manufacture] [3] - [Military plane in flight] [4] - [Military trucks on road – one rolled over in ditch] [5] - [Truck convoy] [6] - [Forest training camp] [7] - [Military plane in flight – dropping bombs?] [8] - [Portraits of men in safety equipment] [9] - [Machinery] [10] - [Men at work in workshops] [11] - [Skiing?] [12] - [Aerial view of forest] [13] - [Deep snow on steps and car] [14] - [People looking out train windows at station] [15] - [Collection of buildings – military base?] [16] - [Group shots of people – mostly men in military uniforms] [17] - [People on military base] [18] - [Military parade] [19] - [Prairie landscape]

Subject Access: Airplanes; Automobiles; Buildings; Camps; Military; War; Winter; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Ontario; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal photographs - friends and family

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Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1944]

Reference Code: V180 / I / B / i / NA - 01 to 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M16 / V180

Series: I. Early material

Sous-Fonds: V180

Accession Number: 5772

Reference Code: V180 / I / B / i / NA - 01 to 12

GMD: Film; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1944]

Physical Description: 43 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 11.3 x 8 cm or smaller

Subject Access: Activities; Children; Family and personal life; Photography; Portrait

Geographic Access: Ottawa; Ontario; Manitoba; Canada

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Misc. negatives

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Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to 9 black & white negatives of train tracks in mountains and posed plates with food in personal homes. [1] - [Mountain scenes with train tracks] [2] - [Plates of food in domestic settings]

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1945]

Reference Code: V180 / I / B / ii / NA - 01 to 02

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M16 / V180

Series: I. Early material

Sous-Fonds: V1180

Accession Number: 5772

Reference Code: V180 / I / B / ii / NA - 01 to 02

GMD: Film; Negative

Date Range: [ca. 1940-1945]

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w nitrate negatives ; 11.3 x 8 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to 9 black & white negatives of train tracks in mountains and posed plates with food in personal homes. [1] - [Mountain scenes with train tracks] [2] - [Plates of food in domestic settings]