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Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Drawing
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Responsibility
- Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs
- History / Biographical
- Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866. Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].
- Notes
- Fonds consists of two series: Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family] Series II : Personal and collected records
- Name Access
- Adams, Molly
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Family
- Correspondence
- Travel
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Connecticut
- New York
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Biographical Source Notes
- Searching for Mary Schaffer: Women Wilderness Photography by Colleen Skidmore
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tom Wilson family fonds
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- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members. Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed …
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 10
- V 701
- Sous-Fonds
- M 10
- V 701
- Accession Number
- 551, 981, 1234, 1578, 1634, 2097, 3039, 7750 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Physical Description
- 2 v. and 2 cm of textual records. -- ca.400 photographs : prints, copy negatives. -- 1 cm of print material
- History / Biographical
- The Wilson family were guides, outfitters and ranchers at Morley, Kootenay Plains, Banff and Nordegg, Alberta, Canada. Thomas Edmonds (Tom) Wilson, 1859- 1933, and Minnie McDougall Wilson, 1865-1936, had six children, including sons John Clark Wilson, 1888-1932, and Thomas Edmonds (Ed) Wilson, 1892-1973. Daughters were Ada, 1886-1967?, Rene, Bessie and Dora. Tom Wilson is credited with the discovery of Lake Louise in July of 1882, while working as a packer on the Canadian Pacific Railway survey through the mountains. In 1883, Wilson established his own business at Banff, Lake Louise and Field, British Columbia. After selling the business in 1904, Tom Wilson operated a horse ranch at Kootenay Plains. He later retired to Banff. Ed Wilson was born at Morley and raised in Banff. Around 1910 he began working for Brewster Trading Company at Banff and, later, Lake Louise. Just before the First World War, he moved to Nordegg, where he worked for the Bighorn Trading Company for many years.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members.
- Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed Wilson, the Wilson family, and early guiding and exploration in the Canadian Rockies (photocopy in two volumes); miscellaneous papers, 1905-1929, including a holograph speech by D. D. Galletly on the cave at Banff; letter and note re sale of horses to Frank Wellman, 1920; letters to Catharine Whyte from Ada Wilson re personal matters and Wilson family history, 1964-1965; transcripts of manuscripts by Tom Wilson and B. M. (Bess) Wilson re the CPR and tourism and 1916 pack trip Lake Louise to Kootenay Plains; letters of Col. Robert O'Hara to Tom Wilson, 1895- 1914, re Mount Assiniboine and Lake O'Hara; letter by Catharine Robb Whyte to Tom Link, 1965, re Lake O'Hara history based partly upon above material; diary, Trip to ranch by B. M. Wilson; essay, The last of the pathfinders by Dorie (Wilson) Legit; programmes, articles, clippings re Tom Wilson, 1924-1982; Eliza Edmonds certificate, 1845, and later clipping.
- Photographs pertain to outfitting and guiding activities of Tom, John and Ed Wilson, including clients, associates and trips throughout the Rocky Mountains; Wilson family, friends and associates; Stoney Indians; Kootenay Plains; Banff people and events; Banff townsite and surrounding area; Canadian Pacific Railway; Nordegg area; 1861-1930. Includes photograph of Tom Wilson at Lake Louise inscribed to A. O. Wheeler, 1932. Many of the early photographs were taken by clients of Tom Wilson. Later, after settling at Kootenay Plains, Wilson was apparently given a camera by Mary Vaux and likely took many of the Stoney Indians views. Ed Wilson was an amateur photographer and likely took most of the views of staff at Lake Louise and of Nordegg.
- Name Access
- Wilson, Ada
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- 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: basic description
- modern reference prints
- Creator
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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"[?] from Edison mill road"
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts landscape with small shrubs in the foreground and mountains in the background.
- Date Range
- 1904
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 19
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V777
- Series
- V777 / II : Personal and collected records
- Sous-Fonds
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 19
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with one photograph
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts landscape with small shrubs in the foreground and mountains in the background.
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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"[?] Mtn, San Pedro Mts & Ortiz Mts from Three Hills-"
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts landscape with mountains in the background and a hill in the foreground.
- Date Range
- 1904
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 21 / 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V777
- Series
- V777 / II : Personal and collected records
- Sous-Fonds
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 21 / 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with two photographs : one photograph
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts landscape with mountains in the background and a hill in the foreground.
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts sandy slopes with small shrubs.
- Date Range
- 1904
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 76 / 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V777
- Series
- V777 / II : Personal and collected records
- Sous-Fonds
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 76 / 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with three photographs : 1 photograph
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts sandy slopes with small shrubs.
- Notes
- Annotation below image partially worn, name of location not legible.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Environment and Nature
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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"2nd Highest from Highest-"
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts trees on a mountain slope with mountains in the background.
- Date Range
- 1904
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 47
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V777
- Series
- V777 / II : Personal and collected records
- Sous-Fonds
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 47
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with one photograph
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts trees on a mountain slope with mountains in the background.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Environment and Nature
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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"8360, Highest and 2nd Highest from mt north of K's High Mt -"
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts a panoramic view of a snow-covered mountain range.
- Date Range
- 1904
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 20 / 2
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V777
- Series
- V777 / II : Personal and collected records
- Sous-Fonds
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 20 / 2
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with two photographs : one photograph
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts a panoramic view of a snow-covered mountain range.
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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"8360, Highest and 2nd Highest from mt north of K's High Mt -"
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts panoramic view of a snowy mountain range.
- Date Range
- 1904
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 20 / 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V777
- Series
- V777 / II : Personal and collected records
- Sous-Fonds
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 20 / 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with two photographs : one photograph
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts panoramic view of a snowy mountain range.
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts view of desert plants [location unknown].
- Date Range
- 1904
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 2
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V777
- Series
- V777 / II : Personal and collected records
- Sous-Fonds
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 2
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with three photographs : one photograph
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts view of desert plants [location unknown].
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Environment and Nature
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts small shrubs on a slope in front of a rocky cliff [location unknown].
- Date Range
- 1904
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 3
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V777
- Series
- V777 / II : Personal and collected records
- Sous-Fonds
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- V777 / II / PD - 1 / 63 / 3
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with three photographs : one photograph
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts small shrubs on a slope in front of a rocky cliff [location unknown].
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Environment and Nature
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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