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- Dan and Mary McCowan fonds 71
- Nicholas Morant fonds 46
- Vaux family fonds 46
- Mary Schaffer fonds 39
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- Elliott Barnes fonds 18
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- Leonard Leacock fonds 7
- Caroline Hinman fonds 6
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- Lillian Gest fonds 3
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1001
- Description
- Lady's black silk, floral embroidery, fold over, red lining, one flap pocket and 3 slot pockets, folded over 15.0 x 10.0, front has embroidered 7 rose coloured flowers with brown and green stems and leaves, back has 2 white coloured flowers with 2 shades of green for stems and leaves.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Lady's black silk, floral embroidery, fold over, red lining, one flap pocket and 3 slot pockets, folded over 15.0 x 10.0, front has embroidered 7 rose coloured flowers with brown and green stems and leaves, back has 2 white coloured flowers with 2 shades of green for stems and leaves.
- Subject
- households
- clothing
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.1001
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0039
- Description
- A pouch shaped black cotton drawstring bag with a single tassel hanging from the bottom edge. The bag is decorated with a wide white cotton band with white flowers that runs horizontally around the centre of the bag and, in turn, is bordered by narrower white bands.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- A pouch shaped black cotton drawstring bag with a single tassel hanging from the bottom edge. The bag is decorated with a wide white cotton band with white flowers that runs horizontally around the centre of the bag and, in turn, is bordered by narrower white bands.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- neddlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0039
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0044
- Description
- A navy blue square silk bag which attaches to two hoop handles which have been wrapped with navy blue thread. The bag is decorated with a delicate scene of butterflies hovering over flowers and grass blades that has been embroidered with pink, brown, white and green silk thread and embellished wit…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A navy blue square silk bag which attaches to two hoop handles which have been wrapped with navy blue thread. The bag is decorated with a delicate scene of butterflies hovering over flowers and grass blades that has been embroidered with pink, brown, white and green silk thread and embellished with beads.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- beadwork
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0044
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0052
- Description
- A small red stained leather purse with a flap that fastens with a leather thong. The bag is finished with a natural leather hand-stitched binding, and decorated with an embossed circular design with blue stained centres.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A small red stained leather purse with a flap that fastens with a leather thong. The bag is finished with a natural leather hand-stitched binding, and decorated with an embossed circular design with blue stained centres.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- tooling
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0052
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0054
- Description
- A crocheted brown cord sack-shaped bag with three horizontal openwork bands. There is a short fringe around the sides, the bottom, and also along the shaped top. The bag is fastened with a button, and has one tassel at the top.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A crocheted brown cord sack-shaped bag with three horizontal openwork bands. There is a short fringe around the sides, the bottom, and also along the shaped top. The bag is fastened with a button, and has one tassel at the top.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0054
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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0057 a,b
- Description
- A handbag (a) and matching change purse (b). The navy blue wool handbag has carved wooden handles, a satin lining, and a red and white monogram “ P.B.M.” worked in cross stitch. The change purse, found inside the purse, is also made of navy blue wool and has a pointed flap.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 23.5 (a); 6.0 (b) x 27.0 (a); 9.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A handbag (a) and matching change purse (b). The navy blue wool handbag has carved wooden handles, a satin lining, and a red and white monogram “ P.B.M.” worked in cross stitch. The change purse, found inside the purse, is also made of navy blue wool and has a pointed flap.
- Subject
- households
- Pearl Moore
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0057 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, cotton; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0058
- Description
- A white cotton handbag decorated with red and green animals worked in cross stitch. The bag has a wooden frame at the opening, and two short handles of the same material as the bag.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, cotton; wood
- Dimensions
- 38.5 x 41.0 cm
- Description
- A white cotton handbag decorated with red and green animals worked in cross stitch. The bag has a wooden frame at the opening, and two short handles of the same material as the bag.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0058
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0060
- Description
- A black silk drawstring bag with a brocaded pink and white floral pattern. The purse, lined with silk, has a silk tassel at each side of the top and closes with a black drawstring.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A black silk drawstring bag with a brocaded pink and white floral pattern. The purse, lined with silk, has a silk tassel at each side of the top and closes with a black drawstring.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0060
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- Date
- 1930 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0067
- Description
- A square, flat, woven straw bag, woven with natural and coloured straw to create a red and green plaid pattern. The bag has a pink velvet twisted wire animal (dog?) with bouquets of artificial flowers near the two small loop handles. Inside is a small woven pouch with a blue tile in it (3.5 cm x 3…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1955
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- A square, flat, woven straw bag, woven with natural and coloured straw to create a red and green plaid pattern. The bag has a pink velvet twisted wire animal (dog?) with bouquets of artificial flowers near the two small loop handles. Inside is a small woven pouch with a blue tile in it (3.5 cm x 3.6 cm x 1.0 cm).
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- animals
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0067
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0068
- Description
- A handbag, with a curved flap and short strap handle, woven in a zig-zig pattern from red and natural-coloured straw. The bag ahs a very flat, square shape. Inside the purse’s strap is “Pandang Sumatra”.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A handbag, with a curved flap and short strap handle, woven in a zig-zig pattern from red and natural-coloured straw. The bag ahs a very flat, square shape. Inside the purse’s strap is “Pandang Sumatra”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0068
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0070
- Description
- An envelope style 'clutch' handbag of woven purple and natural straw.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- An envelope style 'clutch' handbag of woven purple and natural straw.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0070
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0072
- Description
- A square beige bag with a diagonal striped pattern of red alternating with black. There are very heavy red silk tassels at each of the bag’s upper corners.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A square beige bag with a diagonal striped pattern of red alternating with black. There are very heavy red silk tassels at each of the bag’s upper corners.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0072
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0081 a,b
- Description
- Two woven square straw bags. The larger purse (a) has two braided handles and four diamond shapes woven on the front in darker coloured straw. The second straw bag (b) is a smaller bag that fits inside the purse.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 28.0 (a); 26.0 (b) x 34.0 (a); 30.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two woven square straw bags. The larger purse (a) has two braided handles and four diamond shapes woven on the front in darker coloured straw. The second straw bag (b) is a smaller bag that fits inside the purse.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0081 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0082
- Description
- A very dark blue purse with white batik figures in the centre and a red batik pattern along the edges. The bag has a drawstring closure at the neck, and a tassel that hangs from the bag’s pointed bottom. Inside the purse there is a paper label that reads “Batavia java”.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 37.5 cm
- Description
- A very dark blue purse with white batik figures in the centre and a red batik pattern along the edges. The bag has a drawstring closure at the neck, and a tassel that hangs from the bag’s pointed bottom. Inside the purse there is a paper label that reads “Batavia java”.
- Subject
- households
- souvenirs
- tourism
- crafts
- batik
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0082
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 1.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
- Subject
- tourism
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0359
- Description
- A rectangular bag of ecru linen with drawstring top and flower basket embroidered one side, lion rampant on other. Short fringe at bottom from linen threads with coloured threads introduced. Drawn and tied threads along top form slits through which a heavy, beige, silk cord drawstring is threaded. …
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.3 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A rectangular bag of ecru linen with drawstring top and flower basket embroidered one side, lion rampant on other. Short fringe at bottom from linen threads with coloured threads introduced. Drawn and tied threads along top form slits through which a heavy, beige, silk cord drawstring is threaded. Two loop handles of same cord attached on inside. Lined with wine coloured silk. Flower basket and lion very delicately worked in cross stitch using linen as a canvas. Colours in bottom fringe pick up colours in embroidery and are different on each side of bag.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- embroidery
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0359
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0362
- Description
- A flat, square drawstring bag of green wallpaper patterned silk with varied, patterned vertical strips of mustard yellow accounted with black lines. Small loops of buttonhole stitched thread passing around the bag below the mouth hold a light green ribbon drawstring knotted together at the ends. Li…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- A flat, square drawstring bag of green wallpaper patterned silk with varied, patterned vertical strips of mustard yellow accounted with black lines. Small loops of buttonhole stitched thread passing around the bag below the mouth hold a light green ribbon drawstring knotted together at the ends. Lined with ivory coloured silk, with the ends of the green thread loops knotted through on the inside.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- embroidery
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0362
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Travel and home records
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and…
- Date Range
- [ca.1900] - 1992
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / E : Travel and home records
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / E
- Date Range
- [ca.1900] - 1992
- Physical Description
- 27.5 cm of textual records (5 scrapbooks ; 0.5 cm newspaper clippings) -- 7 albums -- 1,345 photographs (1,083 b&w and col. prints ; 257 b&w and col. negatives ; 5 col. transparency slides)
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of scrapbooks, albums, photographs and textual records pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's domestic and international travels, and Eleanor's life in Banff. Includes records pertaining to Japan, Panama, Hawaii, and China; local events, including the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days and a celebration marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Canadian trips, including the Okanagan region, Seebe and Jasper National Park; and the Luxton family home in Banff.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Eleanor
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Exploration
- Home
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Banff
- Quebec
- United States of America
- Panama
- Japan
- China
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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J. Monroe Thorington fonds
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- Part Of
- J. Monroe Thorington fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of copies of textual records from the Thorington Archives at Princeton University and photographs in both original and copy form. Textual records include: I. Thompson-Little Collection and supplement 1895- 1907; letters chiefly addressed to Charles Sproule Thompson collected by Georg…
- Date Range
- 1825-1974
- Reference Code
- M106 / V622
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- J. Monroe Thorington fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 106
- V 622
- Sous-Fonds
- M 106
- V 622
- Accession Number
- 740, 1001, 1034, 1093, 1103, 1133, 1285, 1406, 1411, 1439, 1561, 1600, 1804, 1810, 1965, 1980, 2110, 2279, 2536, 2713, 3059
- Reference Code
- M106 / V622
- Date Range
- 1825-1974
- Physical Description
- ca.1.8 m of textual records. -- 64 photographs : prints, transparencies, copy negatives
- History / Biographical
- J. Monroe "Roy" Thorington, 1894-1989, was an ophthalmologist, mountaineer and mountain historian at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Thorington was a pre-eminent climber and explorer in the Canadian Rockies starting in 1922. He studied the Freshfield and Lyell Glaciers for 22 years and explored and mapped the Purcell Range, British Columbia. Thorington wrote approximately 300 publications on mountaineering, mountain history and the Canadian Rockies. He was active in numerous organizations, particularly the American Alpine Club.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of copies of textual records from the Thorington Archives at Princeton University and photographs in both original and copy form.
- Textual records include: I. Thompson-Little Collection and supplement 1895- 1907; letters chiefly addressed to Charles Sproule Thompson collected by George T. Little, Appalachian Mountain Club and supplemented by material mainly from the estate of Charles E. Fay. II. American Alpine Club, 1903- 1967; correspondence with American Alpine Club members elected to 1918. III. Alps and Canada mountaineering correspondence. IV. Guide books and writings; pertains to writings on the Canadian Rockies and Conrad Kain. V. Dr. W. S. Ladd and Allen Carpe papers 1908-1935.
- VI. Photographs, 1871-1970, pertain mainly to Thorington's climbing associates, mountain guides, friends and climbs; also, tombstones of friends at Banff Cemetery.
- Fonds also includes miscellaneous original summit notes, articles, etc. concerning landmark mountaineering activities in the Canadian Rockies.
- Name Access
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series description
- Creator
- Thorington, J. Monroe
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Vaux family fonds
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series. Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel ge…
- Date Range
- [after 1855]
- Reference Code
- M107 / V653
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 107
- V 653
- Sous-Fonds
- M 107
- V 653
- Accession Number
- 739, 1117, 1118, 1793, 2883, 3236, 3942, 4012, 7202, 7579 (unproc), 7792 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M107 / V653
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [after 1855]
- Physical Description
- 2924 photographs: 2632 negatives, 167 transparencies, 125 prints. -- 1 photograph album (50 prints). -- ca.2.7 m textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Vaux family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were photographers, mountaineers and scientists. Mary M. Vaux, 1860-1940, George Vaux Jr., 1863-1927, and William S. Vaux Jr., 1872-1908, were the children of George Vaux (VIII) of Philadelphia. They were all involved in photography in the early 1880s and were members of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. All three were taking photographs when the family made its first trip west in 1885. The first Vaux family photographs of the Canadian mountain west were made in 1887 during a summer trip along the Canadian Pacific Railway to Glacier House in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia in 1887.
- The family made frequent visits to the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains over the next two decades to study the Illecillewaet and other glaciers, photograph, paint and climb. George's and Mary's photographic work centred on the mountain landscape, while William's concentrated upon the movement and physical features of glaciers. Due to the size of their large format cameras, the two brothers took most of the photographs during these trips and Mary was responsible for all of the printing. William Vaux died in 1908 and George did not return to the Canadian mountains after 1911; however, Mary Vaux Walcott returned to the region virtually every summer for over forty years. A detailed discussion of their activities is contained in "Legacy In Ice: The Vaux Family and the Canadian Alps," Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1983
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series.
- Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel general, 1894?-1912?; U. Prints, 1899-1907; V. Lantern slides, 1900-1909; W. Photograph album, before 1907; X. Textual records, 1893-1910; Y. Damaged Negatives; Z. Mary Schaffer Negatives. Photographic negatives, arranged chronologically, are prominent in the series. Images pertain to landscape studies and scenic views of the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially the Glacier, Yoho and Lake Louise areas; glaciers in the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially Illecillewaet, Asulkan, Yoho and Bow Glaciers; mountain scenes and panorama views in the Selkirks and Rockies; Canadian Pacific Railway in the Selkirks and CPR hotels; Glacier and Field, B.C. and Banff, Alberta and areas; climbing and other mountain activities; United States and Canadian views on trips to the mountains. Negatives include both glass (962 items) and film negatives (1740 items). Textual records are exposure records, original negative envelopes and publications.
- Textual series consists of six series: I. Trip Series, II. Correspondence Series, III. Publications Series, IV. George Vaux: Legal and Finance Management Series, V. Photographic Related Material, VI. Other Series (O.S.). Textual records pertain to glacier study, including research papers, maps and publications; William S. Vaux Jr. papers re travels, engineering and architecture, other; George Vaux Jr. writing and other papers; Mary Vaux correspondence and papers re writing and presentations; and other records, 1877, 1912-1913. Textual records also include family travel papers, 1881-1911; George Vaux, Jr. "Glacier" files; correspondence between George Vaux and the Schäffers, 1899-1926; papers of Dr. Charles Schäffer, Mary Schäffer and Schäffer estate, 1855-1927.
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series description
- file description for Series I
- electronic finding aid for Series I
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to the Vaux family collection of photographs held by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics held by Special Collections of Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Vaux, George
- Vaux, Mary
- Vaux, William
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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