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World travels

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides arising from travels of Mary Schaffer and/or Col. Philip Moore family to China, Japan, Formosa (Taiwan), India, Thailand, Panama, Cuba, Egypt, Middle East, Greece, Italy, Germany, France and Canada. Items 847 to #919 are possibly o…

Date Range: [ca.1908-192-]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 831 to 1435

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 831 to 1435

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [ca.1908-192-]

Physical Description: 605 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides arising from travels of Mary Schaffer and/or Col. Philip Moore family to China, Japan, Formosa (Taiwan), India, Thailand, Panama, Cuba, Egypt, Middle East, Greece, Italy, Germany, France and Canada. Items 847 to #919 are possibly of Mary Schaffer's trip to Japan, China and Formosa in 1908. Other slides include drawings of fossils, dinosaurs, forests and London Teahouse in 1671, Soapy Smith's grave, Lower Fort Garry and Eskimos, miscellaneous foreign views

Location (Copy): V527 / PS - 831, 832, 835, 837, 838, 850, 861, 862, 866, 874, 905, 923, 931, 932, 944, 951, 961, 969, 972, 988, 996, 1033, 1043, 1058, 1064, 1067, 1077, 1081, 1088, 1089, 1111, 1118, 1129, 1134, 1152, 1162, 1165, 1169, 1177, 1181, 1188, 1189, 1191, 1199, 1200, 1208, 1218, 1220, 1221, 1226, 1229, 1238, 1248, 1254, 1256, 1261, 1264, 1266, 1275, 1281, 1289, 1297, 1300, 1302, 1305, 1306, 1310, 1314, 1317, 1324, 1327, 1338, 1342, 1344, 1349, 1356, 1358, 1360, 1364, 1370, 1374, 1376, 1387, 1414

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Film negatives

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Negatives pertain mainly to explorations, including landscapes, participants, camps and activities; also fauna, flora and Japan. Areas include Fortress Lake, Maligne Valley and Lake, Kootenay Plains, Mount Columbia and Athabasca River

Date Range: [1907-1911]

Reference Code: V527 / NA - 1 to 136

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.C. Photographs: negatives

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 2764, 5248

Reference Code: V527 / NA - 1 to 136

GMD: Negative

Date Range: [1907-1911]

Physical Description: 136 photographs : negatives; film

Scope & Content: Negatives pertain mainly to explorations, including landscapes, participants, camps and activities; also fauna, flora and Japan. Areas include Fortress Lake, Maligne Valley and Lake, Kootenay Plains, Mount Columbia and Athabasca River

Notes: NA-101: Sky is masked out by a combination of fabric and paintlike substance.

Name Access: Schaffer, Mary; Warren, Billy; Lewis, John Swift; Sharples, Paul; Sharples, Carrie; Moberly, John

Subject Access: Animals; Big Horn Sheep; Bighorn Sheep; Bison; Environment and Nature; Horses; Indigenous Peoples; Japanese; Landscapes; Tourism; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Banff; Jasper; Maligne Lake; Mount Robson

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Language: English

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

Creator: Mary Schaffer

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF NEGATIVES (V527/NA) :; 1 [Mary Schaffer and others on mountain side]. -- 1906; 2,3 [Unidentified mountains and lake]. -- 1906; 4 [Laughing Falls]. -- 1906; 5 [Unidentified mountains and lake]. -- 1906; 6 Valley of the Lakes. -- 1906; 7 Mr. Muggins : [dog]. -- 1906; 8 [Flowers]. -- [1907 or 08]; 9 [Mt. Saskatchewan from Castleguard?]. -- [1907 or 08]; 10 Pinto Lake. -- [1907 or 08]; 11 Wildflowers : [Bow Park]. -- [1907 or 08]; 12 Sun Wapta Canyon. -- [1907 or 08]; 13 Sun Wapta Canyon. -- August 13, [1907 or 08]; 14, 15 Vaux Canyon : [Sunwapta Falls]. -- [1907 or 08]; 16 Sunwapta Canyon. -- August 13, [1907 or 08]; 17 Tete Jaune Cache; 18 [Hoodoos and Cascade River at Anthracite]. -- [1907 or 08]; 19 [Bird]. -- [1907 or 08]; 20 [Packtrain near mountain]. -- [1907 or 08]; 21 Moberly : [John Moberly?] . -- 1908; 22 Lewis John Swift. -- 1908; 23 [Mrs. Swift? and child]. -- 1908; 24 Moberly : [John Moberly?]. -- 1908; 25 [Man on horse on mountain pass]. -- [1907 or 08]; 26 [Billy Warren launching raft on Maligne Lake]. -- [1907 or 08]; 27 Head of Maligne Lake [and view of Mount Mary Vaux]. -- [1907 or 08]; 28 Mount Robson. -- 1908; 29 [Girl with dog at Lake Louise]; 30,31 Athabasca River Valley panorama from the Bump : [Mt. Kitchener]. -- 1908; 32,33 [Panorama from Wilcox Pass?: Mt. Kitchener to Mt. Stutfield, Song Sangen Creek and Snow Dome]. -- 1907?; 34 [View from the Bump - Wilcox Pass and Snow Dome?]. -- 1908; 35-37 Athabasca River Valley panorama. -- 1908; 38-39 Athabasca River Valley panorama. -- 1908; 40-41 [Unidentified mountains]. -- [1907 or 08]. -- #41 is reverse neg of #40; 42 [Fortress Lake]. -- [1907 or 08]; 43 [Unidentified mountain and lake]. -- [1907 or 08]; 44 [Horses by fire]. -- [1907 or 08]; 45 [Horse and rider by Ptarmigan Lake?]. -- [1907 or 08]; 46 [Horse with saddle]. -- [1907 or 08]; 47 [Laughing Falls]. -- [1907 or 08]; 48 [Unidentified mountain scene]. -- [1907 or 08]; 49 [Takakkaw Falls]. -- [1907 or 08]; 50 [Unidentified mountain scene]. -- [1907 or 08]; 51 Castle Mountain. -- [1907 or 08]; 52 Elk. -- [1907 or 08]; 53 Elk. -- 1906; 54-57 Buffalo in animal paddock. -- [1907 or 08]]; 58 [Unidentified cabins at animal paddock, Banff?]. -- [[1907 or 08]]; 59 Wild flowers. -- [1907 or 08]; 60 [Unidentified rock tower]. -- [1907 or 08]; 61 [Japanese lady at table]; 62 [Japanese woman in doorway]; 63 [Japanese woman in garden]; 64 [Japan scene]; 65 Maligne Lake : [camp]; 66 [Schaffer party on raft, Maligne Lake]; 67 Head of Maligne [Lake]; 68 Morning mists on Maligne : [Maligne Lake]; 69 Maligne Valley : [teepee poles]; 70 [People in boat on Maligne Lake]. -- [1911]; 71 Mount Unwin : [Paul Sharples and Carrie Sharples? in boat on Maligne Lake]. -- [1911]; 72 Maligne Lake near Sampson's Narrows; 73 Head of Maligne : [Maligne Lake]; 74,75 [Maligne Lake?]; 76 Sampson Peak : [Sampson Peakand Maligne Lake]. -- [1911]; 77 Sampson at dawn; 78 [Mary Schaffer, Paul Sharples, Carrie Sharples with teepee]. -- [1911]; 79 Shoulder of Charlton : [Paul Sharples in boat]. -- [1911]; 80 The Ramparts; 81 Henry House : [site of Henry House]; 82 [Horses on unidentified pass]; 83 Columbia : [packtrain near Mount Columbia]; 84 Bow Summit; 85 Pyramid Mountain; 86 Wilcox Summit; 87 [Trout hanging from tree]; 88 Mt. Columbia; 89 [Unidentified Indigneous woman and child with teepee]; 90 [Indigenous person with teepee on Kootenay Plains]; 91 [Unidentified mountain - winter scene]; 92 [Forest fire along the Athabasca River]; 93 Moberly's : [packtrain fording Athabasca River]; 94 Moberly's : [three people crossing Athabasca River in dugout canoe]; 95 [Wrecked raft? along river]; 96 Robson; horses grazing : [Mount Robson]; 97 Nashan : [Nashan Peak and Watchtower lake]; 98 [Indigenous people and horses on Kootenay Plains]; 99 [Chaba River?]; 100 [Unidentified mountains]; 101 [Horses on trail beside unidentified river]; 102 [Man and woman blowing up air mattresses]; 103 [Unidentified mountain]; 104 [Mary Schaffer and horses]; 105 Fortress : [Fortress Lake]; 106-109 [Fortress Lake]; 110 [Mount Quincy?]; 111 [Unidentified mountain and lake]; 112 [Unidentified mountain]; 113 [Camp scene]; 114 [Unidentified river]; 115, 116 [Unidentified lake and mountains]; 117 Athabasca : [Mount Athabasca]; 118 [Mount Columbia]; 119 [Unidentified mountains]; 120 [Mount Charlton and Pixie Valley]; 121 [Packhorses on steep trail]; 122 [Unidentified mountains]; 123 [Unidentified lake and mountains]; 124 [Person with horse on edge of gorge]; 125 [Vermilion Lakes]; 126 [Mount Rundle from Vermilion Lakes]; 127 [Moose calves at animal paddock]; 128 [Sheep in slough]; 129 [Woman feeding antelope at animal paddock]; 130 [Woman with moose calves at animal paddock]; 131 [Sheep]; 132 [Mountain sheep]; 133 [Antelope and buffalo at animal paddock]; 134 [Sheep]; 135, 136 [Flowers]

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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

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Photograph album [Japan and Taiwan]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to travels in Japan and Taiwan

Date Range: [1908]

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: v527

Series: II.B. Photographs: albums

Sous-Fonds: v527

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 5

Date Range: [1908]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (100 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains to travels in Japan and Taiwan

Notes: Researcher identified as Indigenous Peoples of Japan: Ainu

Name Access: Schaffer, Mary; Adams, Molly

Subject Access: Japanese; Ainu; Taiwan

Geographic Access: Japan; Taiwan

Creator: Mary Schaffer

Title Source: Title based on item.

Processing Status: Processed

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Prints

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Scope & Content: Photographs pertain to: Mary Schaffer (portraits, incl. one by fireplace with dog), flora and fauna, landscapes, Swift family, Sid Unwin, Swiss Guide and climbers (not by Mary Schaffer), Reggie Holmes residence at Banff, Indigenous mother and child, Quaker women, camp scene. Many images duplicate …

Date Range: 1905

Reference Code: V527 / PA - 1 to 69; V527 / PC - 1 to 6

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.D. Photographs: prints

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 5248

Reference Code: V527 / PA - 1 to 69; V527 / PC - 1 to 6

Responsibility: Portrait of Mary Schaffer by fireplace is attributed to George Noble

Date Range: 1905

Physical Description: 75 photographs : prints

Scope & Content: Photographs pertain to: Mary Schaffer (portraits, incl. one by fireplace with dog), flora and fauna, landscapes, Swift family, Sid Unwin, Swiss Guide and climbers (not by Mary Schaffer), Reggie Holmes residence at Banff, Indigenous mother and child, Quaker women, camp scene. Many images duplicate those in albums

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In the heart of the Canadian Rockies with horse and camera, part I : [lantern slide presentation]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Presentation pertains to the mountains and wildlife of the Selkirks and Canadian Rockies areas of Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Lake Louise. Originally consisted of 62 slides (missing items are numbers 3, 5-8, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 41, 56). Textual item is script

Date Range: [after 1915]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 2 - 1 to 61; M79 / 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency; Textual record

1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 2685

Reference Code: V527 / PS 2 - 1 to 61; M79 / 16

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency; Textual record

Date Range: [after 1915]

Physical Description: 50 photographs : transparencies; glass. -- 1 item of textual records (.5cm)

Scope & Content: Presentation pertains to the mountains and wildlife of the Selkirks and Canadian Rockies areas of Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Lake Louise. Originally consisted of 62 slides (missing items are numbers 3, 5-8, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 41, 56). Textual item is script

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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In the heart of the Canadian Rockies at the head waters of the Saskatchewan and Athabaska, part II (sequel) : [lantern slide presentation]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Presentation pertains to Mary Schaffer's travels to Maligne Lake in Jasper, Alberta in 1908 and 1911. Originally consisted of 54 lantern slides (missing items are numbers: 14, 20, 28, 29, 30, 40, 41, 42, 47, 52). Textual item is script

Date Range: [after 1915]

Reference Code: V527 / PS 3 - 1 to 54; M79 / 16

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 3 - 1 to 54; M79 / 16

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: [after 1915]

Physical Description: 44 photographs : transparencies; glass. -- 1 item of textual records (.5cm)

Scope & Content: Presentation pertains to Mary Schaffer's travels to Maligne Lake in Jasper, Alberta in 1908 and 1911. Originally consisted of 54 lantern slides (missing items are numbers: 14, 20, 28, 29, 30, 40, 41, 42, 47, 52). Textual item is script

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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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Mexican trip of American mining engineers

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Scope & Content: Album is in two parts: first part pertains to trip to Mexico, including cities and towns, people and landscapes; second part pertains to trip to the Canadian Rockies via Calgary. Latter includes: First Nations people in Calgary and environs, buildings and streetscapes, teepees; picnic in the foot…

Date Range: 1901

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 2

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II.B. Photographs: albums

Accession Number: 7731

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 2

Responsibility: Photographer is most likely Mary Schaffer or Dr. Charles Schaffer

Date Range: 1901

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (271 prints) : b/w

Scope & Content: Album is in two parts: first part pertains to trip to Mexico, including cities and towns, people and landscapes; second part pertains to trip to the Canadian Rockies via Calgary. Latter includes: First Nations people in Calgary and environs, buildings and streetscapes, teepees; picnic in the foothills; heavy horses; Field, BC area, including Yoho Valley, Mount Stephen, Cathedral Mountain, CPR line, and Kicking Horse Canyon?; Banff-Lake Louise area, including Lake Louise, Swiss guides at Banff Springs Hotel, Vermilion Lakes, flora and fauna

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Photograph album

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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

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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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Photograph album

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains to trip to the Canadian Rockies, including people, train station, camping, bison at animal paddock near Banff, canoeing on the Bow River, Lake Louise area, Glacier House manager Susie Kerr, First Nations people, teepees

Date Range: [ca.1902]

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 3

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II.B. Photographs: albums

Accession Number: 7731

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 3

Responsibility: Photographer is likely Mary Schaffer

Date Range: [ca.1902]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (102 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains to trip to the Canadian Rockies, including people, train station, camping, bison at animal paddock near Banff, canoeing on the Bow River, Lake Louise area, Glacier House manager Susie Kerr, First Nations people, teepees

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From Laggan to the Wilcox Pass 1906

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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

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Photograph album

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Album pertains mainly to the Banff area and the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Banff area views include: Banff Avenue, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Valley, Bow Falls, Cave and Basin, Mount Rundle, Banff Winter carnival activities (tobogganing, curling, dog-sledding, hockey, ski-jumping, ice palace, snowsho…

Date Range: [ca.1921]

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 7

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.B. Photographs: albums

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 7731

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 7

Responsibility: Photographs are by George Noble, and possibly Byron Harmon. Hand-colouring was likely done by Mary Schaffer

Date Range: [ca.1921]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (71 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains mainly to the Banff area and the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Banff area views include: Banff Avenue, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Valley, Bow Falls, Cave and Basin, Mount Rundle, Banff Winter carnival activities (tobogganing, curling, dog-sledding, hockey, ski-jumping, ice palace, snowshoeing), Banff Indian Days, Vermilion Lakes, Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Co. garage and cars. Content also includes: The Three Sisters, Moraine Lake, Sinclair Canyon, Canyon Tea Room, Lake Louise, S-curve on the CPR line near Lake Louise, Rocky Mountain flora and fauna

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 moose calves and antelope feeding at animal paddock?

Date Range: [ca.1910]

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II.B. Photographs: albums

Accession Number: 7731

Reference Code: V527 / PD - 6

Date Range: [ca.1910]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (13 prints)

Scope & Content: Album pertains to moose calves and antelope feeding at animal paddock?

Title Source: Title based on item.

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Postcard scrapbook

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of commercially-produced postcard views of Arizona, southwest United States, New Mexico and Colorado. Also includes a greeting card signed: "Warren & Mrs. Wallace."

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Reference Code: M79 / 9C

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Sous-Fonds: M79

Sub-Series: I / D Mary Schaffer papers: other

Accession Number: 7731

Reference Code: M79 / 9C

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: [ca.1930]

Physical Description: 3cm of textual records (33 pages ; 27 x 18 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of commercially-produced postcard views of Arizona, southwest United States, New Mexico and Colorado. Also includes a greeting card signed: "Warren & Mrs. Wallace."