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Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The t…

Date Range: 1891-1911, predominant 1907-1911

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1 to 228

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1 to 228

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1891-1911, predominant 1907-1911

Physical Description: 228 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The transparencies depict mountain travel and activities, landscape views and Stoney Nakoda.; Also includes transparencies of mountain flora and fauna, close-up botanical photographs, and views from Glacier, B.C. and vicinity

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #1 - She who colored slides [Mary Schaffer] / [Mollie Adams?]; #2 - [Mary Schaffer on horseback, Kootenay Plains (1906?)] / [Mollie Adams?]; #3 - [Mary Schaffer? with horse] / [Mollie Adams?]; #4 - Frances Louise Beaver '06; #5 - Sampson Beaver's family '06 (p.181); #6 - Pinto Lake from summit of [Sunset] pass '06; #7 - Crowfoot Glacier [1907?]; #8 - On Bow Lake .07; #9 - On Bow Summit [1907?]; #10 - Howse Peak & Pyramid [Chephren] - Bear Creek [Mistaya River, (1907?)]; #11 - Pyramid [Chephren] on Bear Creek [Mistaya River (1907?)]; #12 - Mt. Forbes [1907?]; #13 - At the mouth of the north fork [North Saskatchewan River (1907?)]; #14 - North Fork Saskatchewan [1907?]; #15 - [Panther Falls 1907?]; #16 - Snowing on Wilcox Pass [1907?]; #17 - A hard bit in the bush [1907?]; #18 - [Endless chain (1907?)]; #19 - Athabasca Gorge [Falls] [1907?]; #20 - Mt. Quincy [1907]; #21 - Fortress Lake [1907]; #22 - [Fortress Lake (1907)] (unmounted); #23 - Fortress Mt. [1907]; #24 - Fortress Lake at Head of Athabasca R[iver] [1907]; #25 - Forest fire on the Athabasca [1907]; #26 - [Sid Unwin with burnt tent 1907]; #27 - [Mary Schaffer cooking over campfire (1907?)] / [Mollie Adams?]; #28 - Athabasca, Columbia in distance [camp scene 1907?]; #29 - Columbia from the North [1907]; #30 - [Packtrain near north side of Mt. Columbia 1907]; #31 - [Mt. Columbia from the north 1907?]; #32 - [Alexandra River and Glacier 1907; #33 - Gable Peak, Alexandra Glacier, Nahan-esen [Alexandra] Valley [1907]; #34 - [Watchman's Lake, 1907?]; #35 - On Thompson Pass Nashan-esen [Watchman's] Peak & Lake [1907]; #36 - Nashan-esen [Watchman's] Peak fr. Thompson Pass '07; #37 - [Horses at Watchman's Lake, 1907]; #38 - Bush Valley [from Thompson Pass, 1907]; #39 - [Packtrain] On the Brazeau [1907]; #40 - [Snowscene] On the Brazeau [1907]; #41 - [Tepee poles (on the Brazeau River?) 1907]; #42 - On Jonas Pass [1907]; #43, 44 - [Packtrain on Jonas Pass, 1907?]; #45 - [Packtrain on unidentified pass, 1907?]; #46 - Mt. Coleman [1907?]; #47 - Cataract Creek at junction with Saskatchewan [1907?]; #48 - A smudge where our horses were soon at peace in the choking smoke (p.167) [Packhorses in smudge on Kootenay Plains, 1907]; #49 - Kadoona Mountain [Elliott Peak] at the western limitation of the Kootenai Plains (p.172), 1907; #50 - [Stoney Indigenouss at Kootenay Plains, 1907]; #51 - The Indigenous Madonna (p.177) 1907; #52 - Mr. [Elliott] Barnes crossing Sask. River in canvas canoe [1907?]; #53 - Sampson's Map '08 [1907] (p.183); #54 - Climbing salt lick banks at Glacier Lake [1907?]; #55 - Outfit of 1908 (p.203); #56 - Mr. Muggins [1908] (p.210); #57 - On the High Hill below Wilcox Pass [1908] (p.221); #58 - Mt. Athabasca [1908] (p.223); #59 - Fourth of July on Poboktan 1908; #60 - Poboktan Pass [1908]; #61 - Lake Maligne fr. summit of Unwin 1908 (p.241) / [Sid Unwin]; #62 - Beaver cuttings on Maligne L. [1908]; #63 - Beaver cuttings on Maligne L. [uncoloured]; #64 - Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #65 - Above the Narrows in Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #66 - Looking back at the "Narrows" of Lake Maligne [1908]; #67 - Mt. Charlton at Head of Maligne [Lake, 1908] (p.255); #68 - Mt. Unwin from Camp [Maligne Lake, 1908]; #69, 70 - [Camp at Maligne Lake, 1908]; #71 - Maligne [Lake] Evening Reflections [1908]; #72 - Looking for goat while baking bread. Camp at lower end of Maligne Lake [1908]; #73 - Swimming the horses at the mouth of Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #74 - [Building a raft at mouth of Maligne Lake, 1908]; #75 - [Rafting equipment at mouth of Maligne Lake, 1908]; #76 - Maligne Valley - East 1908; #77 - Poboktan Pass [1908]; #78 - Looking down the Athabaska near Mt. Hardisty [1908]; #79 - Mt. Hardisty and Athabaska River [1908]; #80 - Mt. Hardisty [1908] (p.291); #81 - Mt. Hooker (p.292); #82 - Committee's Punchbowl (p.295); #83 - [Packtrain on the (Athabasca?) (1908?)]; #84 - Over a 20 ft. Bluff [on the Athabasca, 1908]; #85 - Over a 20 ft. Bluff [on the Athabasca [uncoloured]; #86 - [Horse going over bluff on the Athabasca] 1908; #87, 88 - [Horse going over bluff on the Athabasca 1908]; #89 - [Crossing the Athabaska (in a canoe) 1908] (p.321); #90 - Horses swim Atha[basca] 1908; #91 - Swimming the Athabaska [1908]; #92 - [(Lewis Swift)? 1908]; #93 - The Swift Family [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children 1908]; #94 - [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children in front of their home, 1908]; #95 - [One of the Swift children, 1908]; #96 - [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children, 1908]; #97 - Swift's mill for flour [1911] / [Byron Harmon]; #98 - Cows at Swifts' [1908]; #99 - Looking toward Yellowhead Pass Athabaska River - Miette Valley 1908] (p.302); #100 - A bad bit of trail on Miette [1908]; #101 - Miette R[iver] Looking West [1908]; #102 - Moose Lake [1908]; #103 - A bit of trail on the Fraser [1908]; #104 - [Mount Robson, 1908] (p.337); #105 - [Mount Robson, 1908]; #106 - Mt. Robson from Mt. near Tete Jaun Cache 1909; #107 - Near the head waters of the Fraser [1908] (p.339); #108 - Sunset on Fraser near [Tete Jaune] Cache [1908]; #109 - The Fraser at Tete Jaune Cache [1908]; #110 - - 111 Tete Jaun Cache [1908]; #112 - At the Fraser in 1908 [Indigenous in dugout canoe] (cover & p.346); #113 - At the Fraser in 1908 [Indigenous in dugout canoe] [uncoloured]; #114 - [Worn out boots, 1908] (p.360); #115 - [Worn out boots, 1908] [uncoloured]; #116 - Outline map of section of Canadian Rocky Mountains visited during 1907 and 1908; #117 - Section map of Canadian Rocky Mountains by J. Norman Collie, FRGS; #118 - [Map of] Headwaters Of The Athabaska; #119 - Athabaska near Hinton looking towards Smoky R. [1911]; #120 - In the foothills of the Athabaska [1911]; #121 - The "Rocky Road" in the Yellowhead, 1911; #122 - Crossing Athabaska Ferry. 1911; #123 - Teamsters on G.T.P. highway at Jasper House 1911; #124 - On the line of the G.T.P. 1911; #125 - Colliery House at Fiddle Creek 1911; #126 - Jasper House ruins Roche Miette 1911; #127 - [Graveyard at Jasper House, 1911]; #128 - On Shovel Pass [1911]; #129 - [Shovels on Shovel Pass, 1911] [unmounted]; #130 - Making a trail in spring [on Shovel Pass] 1911; #131 - Jonas & the boat on Shovel Pass 1911; #132 - Crossing Shovel Pass 1911; #133 - Trouble on Shovel Pass 1911; #134 - Maligne Gorge 1911; #135 - [Paul Sharpless with dead goat at Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #136 - [Three people in boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #137 - [Man rowing boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #138 - [Boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #139 - The Opal Hill. [Mrs. Carrie Sharpless and Paul Sharpless with boat on the shore of Maligne Lake, 1911]; #140 - Outlet of Maligne, 1911; #141 - [Mt.] Unwin in mist [1911]; #142 - Mts. Unwin & Charlton from lower end of lake, 1911; #143 - Mount Unwin [with boat on Maligne Lake], 1911; #144 - In Pixie Valley, 1911; #145 - [Paul Sharpless and Sid Unwin?] Looking up Pixie Valley [1911]; #146 - A glimpse of Mt. Charlton at the head of Pixie Valley, Maligne [1911]; #147 - The "Statue" at Maligne Lake, 1911; #148 - Summit of "Statue" [1911]; #149 - [Paul Sharpless, Carrie Sharpless & tepee at Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #150 - - 151 [Mary Schaffer with horse, n.d.] / [ ? ]; #152 - [Mary Schaffer crossing makeshift bridge, n.d.] / [ ? ]; #153 - "Joe" and his big trout, n.d.; #154 - [1 person and dog fording stream on horseback, n.d.] [b & w]; #155 - [Camp in burnt timber, 1907 or '08]; #156 - [Camp in downed timber, 1907 or '08]; #157 - Real trail life Jumping a high trunk [1907 or '08]; #158 - [Packtrain on the trail, 1907 or '08]; #159 - [Person on top of unidentified mountain, n.d.]; #160 - - 161 [Unidentified mountain panorama, n.d.]; #162 - [Unidentified mountain scene, n.d.]; #163 - [Person beside unidentified mountain lake, n.d.]; #164 - [Unidentified river, n.d.]; #165 - [Unidentified mountain pass, n.d.]; #166 - [View from unidentified glacier, n.d.]; #167 - [Mountain reflections in unidentified lake, n.d.]; #168 - [Unidentified canyon, n.d.]; #169 - [Unidentified mountain and valley, n.d.]; #170 - Peyto Glacier [n.d.]; #171 - [Unidentified river, n.d.]; #172 - [Unidentified mountain scene, n.d.] [unmounted]; #173 - [Forest fire, n.d.] [unmounted]; #174 - [Unidentified mountain snow scene, n.d.] [unmounted]; #175 - [Unidentified mountain & lake, n.d.] [unmounted]; #176 - [Large rock in unidentified lake, n.d.] [unmounted]; #177 - Forest fire [n.d.]; #178 - [Forest fire, n.d.]; #179 - [Tepee, n.d.]; #180 - [Tepee in darkness, n.d.]; #181 - [Packer unloading drowned horse, n.d.]; #182 - [Packer unloading drowned horse, n.d.]; #183 - [Packtrain in large boulders beside river, n.d.]; #184 - - 185 [Packtrain silhouetted on ridge at dusk, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #186 - [Packtrain in snow, n.d.]; #187 - Feeding in a snowstorm [n.d.]; #188 - [Saddlehorse on ridge, n.d.]; #189 - [Packtrain fording river, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #190 - [Packtrain in snow, n.d.]; #191 - [Trail camp, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #192 - [Jim Simpson & unidentified man packing a horse, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #193 - [Horses at Kootenay Plains, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #194 - [Man herding horses, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #195 - [Packtrain on road through forest, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #196 - [Group of trail riders in (Yoho Valley?), n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #197 - [Man on horseback beside falls, n.d.] / [Canadian Pacific Railway]; #198 - Dead mountain sheep. [n.d.]; #199 - Collection of sheep heads [n.d.]; #200 - Jims [Simpson's] shack on Bear Creek [Mistaya River] [n.d.]; #201 - Jim's [Simpson's] outfit - sables [n.d.]; #202 - Birch leaved spiraea; #203 - Primula McCallian MacCalla's Primula; #204 - Saxifraga oppositifolio; #205 - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; #206 - Pink Heather Phyllodoce intermedia; #207 - Eleagnus argentea; #208 - Androsace; #209 - Lutkea pectinata; #210 - Romanzoffia Sitchensis / [William H. Rau]; #211 - Phacelia; #212 - Alene aeoulis Yoho 7.21.05; #213 - Coming storm on Lake Louise - C.P.R. 7/29/95 / M.T.S.; #214 - Lake Louise photog. party mounting / 99 / M.T.S.; #215 - Fem & Rubus pedatus / 98 Glacier; #216 - Sir Donald & Illecillewaet Glacier fr. Mt. Abbott 9/5/98; #217 - Mount Stephen & Cathedral Peak from Kicking - Horse Flats, [n.d.]; #218 - Sunlight beyond Cougar; fr. 30 S.S. 9/11/95; #219 - Ross Peak Glacier [n.d.]; #220 - Fern Glacier 9/14/96; #221 - Glacier Mountain and Hotel, from 19 snowshed / William H. Notman; #222 - Ross Peak [n.d.] / [ ? ]; #223 - Panoram of Sir Donald etc. fr. Glacier Crest 9/8/98; #224 - Cheops & Hermit range fr. W. end of 2nd bridge Mai's position Glacier 9/15/92; #225 - Trout. Glacier, B.C. Canada. [n.d.] / [Dr. Chas. Schaffer]; #226 - Cheops: Glacier: CPR 9.13.91; #227 - "Trail" Glacier; Foot Illecillewaet Glacier, 1898; #228 - Along the Blaeberry [n.d.]

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Lecture slides

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House

Date Range: 1883-1912

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1883-1912

Physical Description: 33 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #229 - [George Stewart's log building at Siding 29]; #230 - [McCardell with the first "hotel" at the Cave and Basin, 1883]; #231 - [General store at Siding 29 / Bingham]; #232 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886]; #233 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886] - hand-coloured; #234 - [NWMP at police barracks in Banff]; #235 - [Group of people in front of Moulton Park Theatre]; #236 - [Bathhouse at Upper Hot Springs]; #237 - [Log bath house at Upper Hot Springs]; #238 - [Early bathers in basin pool at Cave and Basin]; #239 - [Early Banff from Beaver Street]; #240 - Banff Hotel and the mountain drive from Summit Mt. [view from Tunnel Mountain by Mary Schaffer]; #241 - [Jim Brewster with tally-ho in Banff Springs Hotel courtyard]; #242 - Hotel & Hermit fr. Glacier Trail. Snow. 9/20/95; #243 - [Early chalet at Lake Louise / Trueman & Caple]; #244 - Lady Aberdeen at Chalet sketching Lake Louise, Rockies, CPR, Oct 18/94; #245 - [Banff Springs Hotel, construction of center tower, ca.1912]; #246 - [Swimmers at Cave and Basin]; #247 - Winter bathing at the hot srings; #248 - [Early Banff Ave.]; #249 - [Group in front of unidentified Banff building]; #250 - [D.C. Baynes; Banff school class, ]; #251 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mt. Norquay]; #252 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mount Rundle]; #253 - [Banff Livery with sleighs in front]; #254 - [Banff Springs Hotel]; #255 - [Banff Springs Hotel and Bow Valley]; #256 - [Unidentified Indigenous man on Banff Ave.]; #257 - [Two Unidentified Indigenous people on horseback at Banff Indian Days camp near Cascade Mountain]; #258 - [Curling on backwater of Bow River]; #259 - Cutting ice on Bow River at Banff; #260 - Upper Hot Springs [in winter]; #261 - Tobogganing at Banff

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Indigenous photographs

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slide portraits and illustrations of material culture of native people in western Canada. Includes Stoney Nakoda and Banff Indian Days activities. Some transparencies are by Byron Harmon and Mary Schaffer. Also includes illustrations and …

Date Range: [ca.1900-192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 669 to 809

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 669 to 809

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Parallel Title: Native people

Other Title Info: Parallel title is original title

Date Range: [ca.1900-192-]

Physical Description: 141 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slide portraits and illustrations of material culture of native people in western Canada. Includes Stoney Nakoda and Banff Indian Days activities. Some transparencies are by Byron Harmon and Mary Schaffer. Also includes illustrations and comparative views of American - Indian culture

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #669 - [Children's drawings of Indigenous people]; #670 - Camping circle at the time of the Sundance [children's drawings of Indigenous people]; #671 - [Children's drawing Indigenous people - Sundance ceremony]; #672 - [Children's drawing Indigenous people - Sundance ceremony]; #673 - [Children's drawing Indigenous People - Sundance ceremony]; #674 - [Indigenous People gathered around Sundance lodge]; #675 - [Illustration of Indigenous ceremony - Mary Irvin Wright]; #676 – Indigenous People at Windermere; #677 - Maligne Canyon Jasper National Park [Indigenous in ceremonial costume]; #678 - [Unidentified church and cemetery]; #679 - [Portrait of Indigenous man] / [Byron Harmon]; #680 - [Portrait of Stoney (John Hunter?)] / [Byron Harmon]; #681 - [Portrait of Indigenous man] / [Byron Harmon]; #682 - [Portrait of Stoney Nakoda Tom and John Chiniquay]; #683 - Indian Days Banff [Stoney Indigenous camp at foot of Cascade Mtn.]; #684 - [Stoney Indigenous child on horseback]; #685 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #686 – [Indigenous people] in Banff National Park; #687 - [Joshua and William Twin on horseback at Banff Springs Hotel]; #688 - Putting up branches around Sundance Lodge - at Morley; #689 - [Indigenous camp at foot of Cascade Mountain Banff Indian days]; #690 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #691 - Prairie Chicken Dance [Banff Indian days]; #692 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #693 - [Portrait of Indigenous woman]; #694 - [Indigenous dancers at Banff Indian days]; #695 - [Indigenous man dancing]; #696 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #697 - [Group of Indigenous people in ceremonial dress]; #698 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #699 - Indigenous Tepees, Banff National Park; #700 - [Sundance ceremony]; #701 - [Decorated tepee]; #702 - [Illustrated Indigenous garment]; #703 - [Decorated Indigenous tepee]; #704 - [Group of Stoney Nakoda at Kootenay Plains in winter]; #705 - [Indigenous woman with papoose]; #706 - [Illustration of cairn and buffalo skull]; #707 - [Illustration of arrow quivers]; #708 - [Illustration of Indigenous pipes]; #709 - [Illustration of decorated Indigenous shirt]; #710 - [Illustration of pictographs]; #711 - Thunder Bird Stone, Kamsack, Sask.; #712 - [Illustration comparing mounted knights with Indigenous warriors]; #713 - [Children's drawing of Indigenous ceremony]; #714 - [Illustration of Indigenous thinking of buffalo]; #715 - [Illustrated buffalo hide]; #716 - [Decorated Indigenous carry bags]; #717 - [Children's drawings] Battle of Little Bighorn Custer's Dead Cavalry; #718 - [Indigenous design]; #719 - [Painting of group of Indigenous people gambling] Mary Irvin Wright; #720 - [Thunderbird design]; #721 - [Painting of missionary preaching to Indigenous people]; #722 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #723 - Walking Buffalo - Stony Indigenous; #724 - [Indigenous woman tanning buffalo hide] / [Byron Harmon]; #725 - [Indigenous man]; #726 - [Illustration of Indigenous frightening buffalo with blanket]; #727 - Old Braves Society; #728 - Two Indigenous Travois, Peter Year [Ear] & John Hunter; #729 - Old Singers in Sun Dance. Black Feather Society. Includes: l. Black Eagle 2. Peace Maker 3. The Fox 4. Little Person 5. Wolf Carrier 6. N. Axe 7. Not Good.; #730 - [Painting of Indigenous people gambling by Mary Irvin Wright]; #731 - [Indigenous woman with papoose]; #732 - Indigenous Guide (Joe Healy); #733 - [Indigenous man wearing treaty medal]; #734 - [Indigenous man]; #735 - [Sunset on unidentified mountain]; #736 - [Painting of Indigenous ceremony by Mary Irvin Wright]; #737 - [Indigenous man]; #738 - Buffalo - a holdup 1869; #739 - Group of Eskimos at Douglas Harbour Hudson Strait; #740 - [Group of five Indigenous men]; #741 - Point Hope, Alaska. Eskimo kyak; #742 - [Indigenous wearing mask and blanket]; #743 - [Peter Whyte painting Indigenous portrait]; #744 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #745 - [Indigenous ploughing field with horses]; #746 - [Indigenous woman cooking on fire] / [Byron Harmon]; #747 - Indigenous Grave near Tete Jaune; #748 - [Stagecoach]; #749 - [Illustration of Indigenous people attacking wagon train]; #750 - [Painting of Indigenous person killed in attack on camp] Mary Irvin Wright; #751 - [Children's drawing of Indigenous people]; #752 - [Illustration - Norsemen fighting Indigenous people]; #753 - [Indigenous man wearing medal]; #754 - [Two mounted Indigenous men]; #755 - Chief Piepot [Piapot]; #756 - [Stoney Indigenous drummers and dancers]; #757 - [Indigenous man dressed in blanket coat]; #758 - [Illustration - Indigenous tending sick man]; #759 - [Indigenous woman beside tepee]; #760 - [Painting of Indigenous being made a brave by Mary Chapman]; #761 - [Painting of Indigenous ceremony]; #762 - [Mount Rundle and Douglas fir]; #763 - [Group of Indigenous men]; #764 - [Drawing of man on birchbark]; #765 - Superior Aspect of Cranium 1, From Huarochiri; #766 - [Illustration of Indigenous in hide dwelling]; #767 - Anterior Aspect of Cranium 9, From Huarochiri; #768 - [Indigenous man]; #769 - [Drawing of man with arrow in him on birchbark]; #770 - [Portrait of Indigenous woman]; #771 - [Indigenous man and woman on horseback]; #772 - [Indigenous trading with white men]; #773 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #774 - [Indigenous family with travois]; #775 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #776 - [Necklace made from human fingers]; #777 - [Illustration of scalp locks]; #778 - [Illustration of scalp shirt]; #779, 780 - [Illustration of Dakota war feather designs]; #781 - The parade on horses before dance takes place; #782 - [Line of Indigenous men]; #783 - [Group of Indigenous men]; #784 - General view of Indigenous encampment at Morley reserve, getting ready to celebrate Sun dance.; #785 - [Indigenous camp]; #786 - [Drawing of bird]; #787 - [Willow sweatlodge]; #788 - [Indigenous smoking pipe]; #789 - [Illustration of Dakota war feather design]; #790, 791 - [Illustration of Indigenous platform burial ceremony]; #792, 793 - [Illustration of Indigenous platform burials]; #794 - [Indigenous burial ground]; #795 - Dakota Scaffold Burial; #796 - Grave Posts; #797 - [Illustration of Coast Indigenous graves]; #798 - [Indigenous tepee burial] (798); #800 - [Indigenous tree burial]; #801, 802 - [Indigenous burial box]; #803 - [Indigenous burial house]; #804 - [Indigenous burial boxes]; #805 - [Indigenous woman with child]; #806 - [Portrait of Indigenous man]; #807 - [Indigenous camp at Banff Indian days]; #808 - [Line of Indigenous men]; #809 - [Sundance Lodge]

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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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Unnumbered lantern slides

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Part Of: Tom and Florence Lonsdale fonds

Scope & Content: Photographs are lantern slides used in presentations by Tom Lonsdale. Content pertains to mountain landscapes; roadways and roadside structures; wildlife and flowers; mountain recreation; Banff townsite, events and structures camps. Also includes CPR lantern slides, 50 items, pertaining to mounta…

Date Range: 1885-[ca.1920]

Reference Code: V368 / PS 2 - 1 to 535

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

8 images

Part Of: Tom and Florence Lonsdale fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V368

Series: II.B. Tom Lonsdale lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V368

Reference Code: V368 / PS 2 - 1 to 535

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: 1885-[ca.1920]

Physical Description: 535 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Photographs are lantern slides used in presentations by Tom Lonsdale. Content pertains to mountain landscapes; roadways and roadside structures; wildlife and flowers; mountain recreation; Banff townsite, events and structures camps. Also includes CPR lantern slides, 50 items, pertaining to mountain landscape; mountaineering; trains; hotels and camps; flowers and wildlife; CPR hotels across Canada; ships

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V368 / PS 2 :; 1 - 54 Mountains; 55 - 79 Glaciers; 80 - 118 Rivers and Falls; 119 - 175 Lakes; 176 - 213 Flowers, purple/blue/pink; 214 - 250 Flowers, white; 251 - 263 Flowers, yellow; 264 - 282 Birds; 283 - 303 Bears; 304 - 311 Small mammals; 312 - 318 Deer; 319 - 323 Elk; 324 - 328 Moose / antelope; 329 - 332 Buffalo; 333 - 337 Mountain sheep; 338 - 345 Mountain goats; 346 - 394 Roads, structures; 395 - 405 Indians; 406 - 416 Banff townsite; 417 - 422 Banff Winter Carnival; 423 - 437 Banff Springs Hotel and golf course; 438 - 442 Camps; 443 - 459 Mountaineering and hiking; 460 - 466 Outfitting; 467 - 472 Dogsledding; 473 - 476 Skiing; 477 - 526 C.P.R.; 527 - 535 Maps

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General

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Slides pertain to wildlife and mountains and mountaineering. Includes numbered and unnumbered slides

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1920]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 4 - 1 to 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Accession Number: 2685

Reference Code: V527 / PS 4 - 1 to 15

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1920]

Physical Description: 15 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Slides pertain to wildlife and mountains and mountaineering. Includes numbered and unnumbered slides

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Lantern slides

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Lantern slides are mainly views of mountains, railways, glaciers, Alpine Club of Canada, pack train, alpine flora and Vaux family and friends views. Also includes some travel views of the Canadian Rockies

Date Range: 1900-1909

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 1 to 167

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M107/V653

Series: I. Photography

Sous-Fonds: V653

Reference Code: V653 / PS - 1 to 167

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Responsibility: Hand-tinting was done by Mary Vaux, as indicated on the mounts. Group includes some transparencies by Mary Schaffer

Date Range: 1900-1909

Physical Description: 167 photographs : transparencies; b/w, hand-coloured

Scope & Content: Lantern slides are mainly views of mountains, railways, glaciers, Alpine Club of Canada, pack train, alpine flora and Vaux family and friends views. Also includes some travel views of the Canadian Rockies

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph album

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Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to CPR hotels (Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet, Empress Hotel); the Painter family and home in Banff; friends and activities

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1920]

Reference Code: V481 / PD 1

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Album

7 images

Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: V481

Series: II.B. Painter family : Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V481

Reference Code: V481 / PD 1

GMD: Photograph; Album

Date Range: [ca.1905-ca.1920]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (301 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains to CPR hotels (Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet, Empress Hotel); the Painter family and home in Banff; friends and activities

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF PRINTS (V481 / PD 1 - 1 to 301):; 1 Banff Springs Hotel; 2 Mrs. painter at Banff Springs Hotel on a horse "Blythe"; 3 Bow River from back of B.S.H.; 4 to 26 Banff Springs Hotel, ca.1905; 27 Looking toward Tunnel Mtn. from Hoodoos; 28 Spray River Road; 29 Front Entrance to Banff Springs Hotel; 30, 31 Banff Springs Hotel; 32 Approach to C.P.R. Hotel; 33 C.P.R. Hotel; 34 View of Ballroom and Conservatory - before centre wing; 35 Hotel - before centre wing; 36, 37 Centre wing; 38 At Banff Springs Hotel; 39, 40 B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel]; 41 Courtyard and front entrance; 42, 43 B.S.H. front entrance - during construction of hotel; 44 From Red Terrace; 45 View to courtyard from below Red Terrace; 46 to 53 Banff Springs Hotel during construction; 54 Front entrance - B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel]; 55 B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel]; 56 B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel] during construction, Jan. 10, 1913; 57 Workmen on Hotel roof; 58 Man at B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel]; 59 Men at B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel]; 60 Garden Room - B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel]; 62 Bow Valley from Red Terrace; 63 B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel] Pool - inner and outer; 64 B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel] Pool - inner; 65 B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel] by night - lights reflecting on water in pool; 66 Construction of pool; 67 C.P.R. baths - inside; 68 Construction of pool; 69 Red Terrace; 70 B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel] from Tunnel Mtn. Drive - during construction; 71 Lake Louise; 72 Lake Louise - Lobby; 73 to 81 Lake Louise - Interiors; 82, 83 Lake Louise - Fireplace at end of Garden Room; 84, 85 Hotel dining room (C.L.L.? or B.S.H.?) [Chateau Lake Louise or Banff Springs Hotel?]; 86 to 88 Hotel - Interior; 89 Hotel - Kitchen; 90 Hotel - Interior; 91 Glacier; 92 Mt. Victoria and Lake Louise; 93 Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier; 94 (Saddleback?) Lake Louise; 95 Lakes in the Clouds; 98 Lake Louise and Mt. Lefroy; 99, 100 Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier; 101 Chateau Lake Louise; 102 Lake Louise Chalet; 109 Train; 110 to 113 Lake Louise Chalet; 114 to 123 Lake Louise Chalet - Staff Quarters; 124 to 132 Lake Louise Chalet; 133 Lake Louise Chalet - lit up at night; 134 Lake Louise Chalet - during construction; 135 to 148 Lake Louise Chalet - interiors, 1913; 150, 151 Chateau Lake Louise; 153 C.P.R. Hotel - "The Empress", Victoria; 154 Gloucester Cathedral - South Transept (Architectural term); 155 Hotel Vancouver; 156 Other side of Hotel Vancouver; 157 to 162 Gloucester Cathedral - Lady Chapel; 164 Gloucester Cathedral - The Cloisters; 165 to 178 Cave and Basin Pool, 1914; 179 Walter Painter's son, Brookman, first cowboy outfit; 180 Jim Brewster and 3 others - hunting trip; 181 Mr. Painter and 5 men in camp - hunting trip; 182 Indigenous people on horseback - B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel] - Banff Indian Days; 183 Mrs. Painter and friend in buggy - "Blythe"; 184 Mr. Painter and 1 other in camp - hunting trip; 185 Brook and man on horseback; 186 Brook and man; 187 Mr. painter, Jim Brewster and 2 others in camp; 188 Brook; 189 Walter Painter?; 190 Walter Painter home - first car (Ford); 191 Behind Painter home - with Brook and Betty; 192, 193 At barn of W.S. Painter home - present home of Betty Walker; 194 Woman and boy outside Painter home; 195 Woman and boy; 196 Painter home; 197 Aunt Marion and Painter children outside home; 198 Painter home; 199 Mrs. Painter and children outside home; 200 to 204 Painter home; 205 Betty Painter outside home; 206, 207 Painter home - kitchen porch; 208 Mrs. Painter and friend; 209 Painter children - home; 210, 211 Painter children outside home - winter; 212 Mrs. painter and children outside home; 213 Mrs. Painter and friend in buggy; 214, 215 Painter home; 216 to 218 Painter children outside home; 219 Painter home; 220 Painter children outside home; 221 Painter home; 222 Painter children with Edme Reid, outide home; 223 Painter home; 224 Mr. Painter and children outside home; 225 Painter children on a horse; 226 Empress Hotel; 227 Fireplace in Painter home; 228 Man breaking a horse; 229 Fireplace in Painter home; 230 Piano in Painter home; 231 Sun room in Painter home; 232 Dining room table - Dining room, Painter home; 233 Mrs. Painter and friend - buggy - B.S.H. [Banff Springs Hotel] Courtyard; 234 Dining room table - Dining Room, Painter home; 235 Piano; 236 Man breaking a horse; 237 Mrs. painter on a horse; 238 Man breaking a horse; 239 Indigenous people on horseback; 240, 241 Painter children - Betty 8; Brook, nearly 7, 1915; 243 Betty Painter on a horse (with friend); 244, 245 Brookman Painter; 246 Mr. Painter and children on ice rink, 1914; 247, 248 Mrs. Painter and children on ice rink, 1914; 249 Mrs. Painter and Brook on ice rink, 1914; 250 Grandmother Painter., Aunt Anna Painter, Mrs. Walter s. Painter at Middle Springs; 251 Same women as above with Painter children at Middle Springs; 252 Ram; 253 Man with sheep skulls; 254 Sheep skulls; 254 Men with sheep skulls; 256 Man with sheep skulls; 257 Sheep skulls and heads; 258 People on horseback; 259 Mrs. Painter and friend in buggy - horse "Blythe"; 260 Fred Painter? Walter S's brother; 261 to 263 Jim Brewster and 4 others - hunting trip; 264 to 266 Indian Days; 267 Walter S. Painter; 268 Indian Days; 269 Men in camp - hunting trip (#3 - Walter S. Painter); 270 Indian Days; 271 Race down at Indian track; 272 Man with a horse; 273 Indian mother with baby; 274 to 276 Indian Days Celebrations; 277, 278 Jim Brewster and 1 other on horseback; 280 Uncle Jim and 1 other on horseback (Mrs. P's younger brother, Jim); 281 First house Painter lived in when he moved to Banff; 282, 283 W. S. Painter, Jim Brewster and 2 others; 284 Uncle Jim on a horse; 285 Man; 286 Painter's son Brook at Bow Falls; 287 Walter Painter - June 1910; 288 Men in camp - hunting trip; 289 Jim Brewster and 4 men in camp; 290 Mr. Painter on a horse; 291 Men on horseback; 292 Man - in camp; 293 Men in camp; 294 Man standing by tent; 295 Men in camp - hunting trip; 296 Mr. Painter in camp; 297 Jim Brewster; 298, 299 Mr. Painter with Jim Brewster and 4 other men; 300 Man getting on a horse; 301 Men

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Skiing

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Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to ski jumping, Peter Whyte and skiers at Mount Assiniboine; also, snowshoers and snowshoe tracks

Date Range: [between ca.1885 and 1948]

Reference Code: V408 / PS 36

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

2 images

Part Of: Dan and Mary McCowan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V408

Series: I.C.2. Dan McCowan : Photography, lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V408

Reference Code: V408 / PS 36

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Other Title Info: Former title: Skiing : [lantern slides, group 102]

Date Range: [between ca.1885 and 1948]

Physical Description: 13 photographs : transparencies

Scope & Content: File pertains to ski jumping, Peter Whyte and skiers at Mount Assiniboine; also, snowshoers and snowshoe tracks

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph album

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to travels to Lake Louise, Field, Glacier House and expeditions from 1904-1908 seasons. Includes the following locations: Lake Louise, Field BC, Glacier House, Ross Peak, Badger Pass, Pipestone, Ptarmigan and Molar Pass, Nashan Valley, Wilcox Pass, Pinto summit, Mount Columbia, Mou…

Date Range: 1898-[1908]

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album

3 images

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V527

Series: II.B. Photographs: albums

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 7731

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album

Responsibility: Photographers include Mary Schaffer, Elliott Barnes, [Henrietta] Tuzo, and possibly J. N. Collie. Album includes annotations by Mary Schaffer, as well as later annotations by unknown person

Date Range: 1898-[1908]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (781 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains to travels to Lake Louise, Field, Glacier House and expeditions from 1904-1908 seasons. Includes the following locations: Lake Louise, Field BC, Glacier House, Ross Peak, Badger Pass, Pipestone, Ptarmigan and Molar Pass, Nashan Valley, Wilcox Pass, Pinto summit, Mount Columbia, Mount Athabasca, Nakimu Caves, Illecillewaet Glacier, Athabasca Glacier, Hornady Glacier, Peyto Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Elliott Barnes ranch, Jimmy Simpson cabins, Vermilion Lakes. People include: Stoney Indians, Beaver family, A. P. Coleman and party (on Wilcox Pass 1907), Jimmy Simpson, Swift family, Tom Wilson, Sid Unwin, Mollie Adams, Elliott Barnes and others. Also includes landscape views from J. N. Collie trips of 1889 and 1902; flora and fauna. It appears that several photographs were removed from the album, prior to donation.

Related Material: Some images related to album V527 / PD - 4

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From Laggan to the Wilcox Pass 1906

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to travels in the following areas: Ptarmigan Lake, Twin Falls, Laughing Falls, Pipestone Pass, Sheep Creek, Bear Creek, Pinto Lake, Wild Fowl [Waterfowl?] Lake, Bow Summit, Crowfoot Glacier, Peyto Glacier, Elliott Barnes ranch. People include: Stoney Indians, Beaver family, A. P. Co…

Date Range: 1906-[1908?]

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

6 images

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V527

Series: II.B. Photographs: albums

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 7731

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 4

GMD: Album; Photograph

Responsibility: Photographers include Mary Schaffer, HT or TH, and possibly Elliott Barnes. Album includes annotations by Mary Schaffer, some of which have been later covered with photographs

Date Range: 1906-[1908?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (422 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains to travels in the following areas: Ptarmigan Lake, Twin Falls, Laughing Falls, Pipestone Pass, Sheep Creek, Bear Creek, Pinto Lake, Wild Fowl [Waterfowl?] Lake, Bow Summit, Crowfoot Glacier, Peyto Glacier, Elliott Barnes ranch. People include: Stoney Indians, Beaver family, A. P. Coleman, Jimmy Simpson, Swift family, Tom Wilson, Sid Unwin and others