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Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds
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- Part Of
- Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of material pertaining to the separate careers and families of Jim and Dorothy Boyce, as well as material from their life together. Jim Boyce material consists mainly of business and personal papers and photographs, ca.1910-1982. Business papers arise mainly from the incorporation, …
- Date Range
- [ca.1850-2001]
- Reference Code
- M250 / V79
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Jim and Dorothy Boyce fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M250 / V79
- Sous-Fonds
- M 250
- V 79
- Accession Number
- 1418, 1570, 1574, 2453, 3037, 3087, 3609 (unproc), 5575 (unproc), 5856 (unproc), 6359 (unproc), 6762 (unproc), 6790 (unproc), 7047 (unproc), 7363 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M250 / V79
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Corporate record
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [ca.1850-2001]
- Physical Description
- ca.6.5 m textual records. -- ca.3500 photographs: prints, negatives, copy negatives. -- 4 photograph albums. -- 5 motion pictures: film reels; 8mm, 16mm; col.
- History / Biographical
- James (Jim) Hawkins Boyce, 1892-1982, was a guide, outfitter, log builder and businessman at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. Dorothy Boyce was a pharmacist and business woman at Calgary, Quebec and Banff, Canada.
- Jim Boyce was the son of Joseph Boyce, 1856-1927, and stepson of Wilma "Josephine" Boyce, 1866-1952, of Banff, Alberta. In 1911, Jim joined his father building trails. His guiding and outfitting career began with Jimmy Simpson's outfit as a trail cook. During the 1920s Boyce formed his own outfit with Max Brooks and went on to guide prominent clients Carl Rungius, Caroline Hinman and her parties, George and Adeline Link and William D. Cox of Chicago, USA.
- In addition to guiding and outfitting, Jim Boyce worked with motion picture companies on location in the Rockies with his dog teams during the 1920s. A number of well-known log buildings are testament to his log-building skills, including Skoki, Mount Temple Lodge and the Lake Louise Ski Lodge. During the 1930s, Boyce managed and expanded Skoki Lodge. He also supervised road construction on the Banff-Jasper Highway and the Alaska Alcan Military Highway for the U. S. Army during the Second World War and operated the Bar C Ranch (for William D. Cox) for many years. Boyce made his home in Banff.
- Dorothy Frances Llewellyn (Whiteman) Boyce, 1901-2001, was the daughter of Rev Arthur Wellesley Richard Whiteman, 1865-1926, and Nina L. Whiteman, 1873-1956. After studying pharmacy at the University of Alberta, Dorothy came to Banff in 1922 to work for Dr. Brett. She subsequently studied at the University of Toronto, Ontario; worked at the Calgary General Hospital, Alberta, from 1926 to 1940; and during the Second World War, worked as a chemist in Quebec, Canada. After the death of her first husband, Tronson James Draper, 1879-1949, an oilman of Calgary, Alberta, Dorothy became a permanent resident of Banff. She owned and operated Travellers Digest in Banff and married Jim Boyce in 1957.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of material pertaining to the separate careers and families of Jim and Dorothy Boyce, as well as material from their life together.
- Jim Boyce material consists mainly of business and personal papers and photographs, ca.1910-1982. Business papers arise mainly from the incorporation, operation and expropriation of the Lake Louise Ski Lodge (later Post Hotel) 1941-1969. Other business and personal material pertains to Skoki Lodge, 1933-1942; guiding and outfitting, 1938-1940; Army Service Forces and Alaska Alcan Military Highway, 1943-1944; Bar C Ranch, 1947-1969; laundry and rental businesses, 1962-1965, plans for Boyce house, Banff and family items. Correspondents include William D. Cox and Eldon Woolliams. Jim Boyce photographs pertain to family, friends, associates and activities, Banff and Skoki areas; includes guiding and outfitting, hunting, motion picture and dog team activities, Skoki Lodge and region, Alaska-Yukon activities, Bar C Ranch and personal material.
- Papers of Dorothy Boyce, 1901-ca.1950, pertain to her childhood, university career, business life and first marriage; Dorothy Boyce photographs, ca.1920s-1940, pertain to family, friends, professional and recreational activities in Banff, Banff and Yoho National Parks, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto.
- Jim and Dorothy Boyce joint material includes photographs, 1900s-1990s, and incoming letters pertaining to home, travel and friends. Album includes mainly published postcards from all over the world. Fonds also includes Boyce family personal and financial papers, 1901-1928; business and estate papers of Joseph Boyce, 1908-1954; Tronson Draper and Draper family personal and professional papers and photographs, 1906-1949; and Whiteman family papers and photographs, ca.1860, 1885-ca.1925. Also included in the Boyce's personal records are film reels ca.1920-1970 which pertain mainly to the Skoki area.
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Boyce, Dorothy
- Subject Access
- 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
- English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: preliminary electronic finding aid
- motion picture summaries
- Related Material
- Transparencies by Adeline and/or George Link of trips with Jim Boyce, formerly retained by Jim Boyce, can be found in George K. K. Link fonds (M60/V276)
- Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage collections, Whyte Museum)
- Creator
- Boyce, Jim
- Boyce, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Mary Schaffer fonds
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Personal, literary and research papers, 1907-ca.1935; II. Mary Schaffer photographs, 1893-ca.1920; II. Other, 1895-1928. I. Papers series consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1908-1922; B. Literary manuscripts (original and published), 1907-ca.1925; …
- Date Range
- 1893-[ca.1935]
- Reference Code
- M79 / V527
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M79 / V527
- Series
- V527
- Sous-Fonds
- V527
- Accession Number
- 275, 439, 573, 2685, 2764, 2933, 2996, 3284, 3302, 5248, 7202, 7731, 7737
- Reference Code
- M79 / V527
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Other Title Info
- Also known as Mary Schaffer Warren fonds
- Date Range
- 1893-[ca.1935]
- Physical Description
- 35 cm of textual records. -- ca.2025 photographs (ca.1550 transparencies, ca.400 negatives, 75 prints). -- 7 photograph albums (ca.1760 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Mary Schaffer, 1861-1939, also known as Mary Schaffer Warren, was an American explorer, photographer and artist who visited the Canadian Rockies and Selkirk Mountains frequently beginning in 1888, finally settling in Banff, Alberta in 1912. Born Mary Townsend Sharples to moderately wealthy Quaker parents at West Chester, Pennsylvania, she first visited the Canadian Rockies and Selkirk Mountains in 1888 with her friend Mary Vaux. She returned the following year with her husband, Dr. Charles Schaffer, and until Charles died in 1903, the Schaffers travelled annually to the mountains to study botany. Using Dr. Schaffer's data and her drawings and photographs, Mary Schaffer and Stewardson Brown completed "Alpine flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains" in 1907.
- Schaffer continued to travel in the Canadian mountains, often through remote regions. In 1908, she reached Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, and returned in 1911 to survey the region. "Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies," 1911, recounts her adventures of 1907 and 1908. Schaffer settled in Banff in 1912 and married her guide, Billy Warren, in 1915.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Personal, literary and research papers, 1907-ca.1935; II. Mary Schaffer photographs, 1893-ca.1920; II. Other, 1895-1928.
- I. Papers series consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1908-1922; B. Literary manuscripts (original and published), 1907-ca.1925; C. Maps of Maligne Lake; D. Other, 1905-ca.1935. Literary manuscripts pertain to the Athabasca River, Maligne Lake, Howse, Yellowhead and Athabasca passes; hunting; Dr. Gilbert Atkin and Nurse Fulcher's medical mission to Ya Ha Tinda Ranch; Banff, Revelstoke BC, Saskatchewan River; Stoney Nakoda; Palliser Expedition; and Mary Schaffer life and activities.
- II. Photographs series consists of four sub-series: A. Lantern slides; B. Photograph albums; C. Negatives; D. Prints. Lantern slides pertain to Mary Schaffer's trips to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead Pass, mountain scenics, nature subjects (animals, birds, flowers); and includes Mary Schaffer's lantern slide presentations "In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies", accompanied by scripts; Philip Moore's Indigenous lecture series, mainly copies from books and other graphic sources; and Mary Schaffer's slides of China and Japan. Photograph albums, 1908-ca.1921, pertain mainly to trips in the Canadian Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, especially expeditions to the Yoho and Ptarmigan Valleys, Nakimu Caves, North Saskatchewan River, Wilcox Pass and Maligne Lake. Two albums pertain to travels in Mexico and Asia. Negatives pertain mainly to Schaffer's trips and explorations, Glacier House and environs, alpine flora and fauna, mountain views, portraits, Sampson Beaver family, 1902-1911.
- III. Other material series consists of diaries of Molly Adams, 1908, and Mrs. H. H. Sharples, 1911, and original manuscripts and published reports by other writers, 1895-1928.
- Name Access
- Adams, Molly
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description for processed material
- electronic finding aid
- item list for lantern slides
- copies of literary manuscripts
- modern reference prints for lantern slides
- Related Material
- Accompanied by books, artifacts and art works
- Creator
- Schaffer, Mary
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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]
- Processing Status
- Processed
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