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Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC broc…

Date Range: 1885-1944

Reference Code: M546 / V771

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Scrapbook

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 546; V 771

Sous-Fonds: M546 / V771

Accession Number: 2016.8598; 2014.8312; 8144; 8160

Reference Code: M546 / V771

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Scrapbook

Date Range: 1885-1944

Physical Description: 62 vol. of textual material. -- 66 vol. of photograph albums

History / Biographical: Arthur Oliver Wheeler (1860-1945) DLS, ALS, BCLS, was born in Ireland, arriving in Canada in 1876. Wheeler was a mountaineer, co-founder of the Alpine Club of Canada (1906), and Dominion Land Surveyor. In 1913, Wheeler was appointed Boundary Commissioner and tasked with photo surveying the Alberta / British Columbia interprovincial boundary.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of 53 diaries pertaining to personal life, travel, office work, and Alpine Club of Canada camps. Diaries range in date from 1885 to 1944. Also included are two volumes/scrapbooks compiled by A.O. Wheeler. Both volumes include numerous articles, newspaper clippings, letters, ACC brochures and notices addressed to ACC members. Volume one covers the period 1902 to 1913; volume two includes materials from 1914 to 1940. A inventory of both volumes, compiled by ACC member Paul Geddes, is also included. Additionally there are 7 volumes of notes corresponding to the photographs A.O. Wheeler took. Photographic material consists of 66 albums which contain approximately 5000 photographs, black and white positive prints from glass negatives, all 12 x 16 cm. The first album is dated 1915, the last 1924. Some of the albums contain a small map printed on linen. Each album contains an index to the photographs taken for the Alberta - British Columbia Interprovincial Boundary photo survey and are organized by Station, Bearing, and Subject.

Name Access: Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Survey; Dominion of Canada Land Surveyor; Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Government

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: electronic finding aid

Creator: Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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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

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Accounting books

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 accounting books, 1871 to 1904 are accounting books from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The remaining accounting books are for Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts. XXX

Date Range: 1871; 1872; 1873; 1891; 1901; 1902; 1904; 1912; 1914; 1931; 1932; 1939; 1954; 1955

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 1 to 24 O.S

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M486 / V152

Series: M486 / II : Deer Lake Lodge

Sous-Fonds: M486

Sub-Series: M486 / II / B : Financials

Reference Code: M486 / II / B / 1 to 24 O.S

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1871; 1872; 1873; 1891; 1901; 1902; 1904; 1912; 1914; 1931; 1932; 1939; 1954; 1955

Physical Description: 24 cm of textual records (24 volumes)

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 accounting books, 1871 to 1904 are accounting books from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The remaining accounting books are for Deer Lake Lodge and include charge accounts, dismemberments and receipts. XXX

Name Access: Crosby, Louis; Crosby, Lou

Subject Access: Administration; Finances

Geographic Access: Banff, Alberta; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Crosby family manuscripts and visual materials inventory

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Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.

Date Range: ca.1895-1975

Reference Code: M486 / V152 / Blueprints

Description Level: 7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]

GMD: Textual record; Blueprint

Part Of: Crosby family fonds

Description Level: 7 / Unprocessed [inventory box list]

Fonds Number: M 486; V152

Series: Inventory listing only

Sous-Fonds: M486; V152

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: M486 / V152 / Blueprints

GMD: Textual record; Blueprint

Date Range: ca.1895-1975

Physical Description: 1 Box

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of textual & visual records of several members of the Crosby family.

Name Access: Crosby, Gertrude; Crosby, Lou

Subject Access: Family; commercial; Education; sports & leisure; tourism; Mountaineering; Travel

Language: English

Creator: Crosby, Louis S.; Crosby, Gertrude

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Content Details: Inventory listing: Blueprints: Blueprints for garage and conservatory (rolled) A4 envelope w blueprints of garage and extension Blueprint of Dennyplane Junior (damaged) Blueprint of Banff cemetry

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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Photograph Books 1901

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of four notebooks labelled "1901, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 4 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1901.

Date Range: 1901

Reference Code: M546 / 56 - 59

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 8160

Reference Code: M546 / 56 - 59

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1901

Physical Description: 4 vol. textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of four notebooks labelled "1901, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 4 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1901.

Name Access: Arthur Oliver Wheeler; A.O. Wheeler

Subject Access: Surveying; Surveyors

Language: English

Creator: Arthur Oliver Wheeler

Category: Commerce and industry; Exploration and travel; Environment; Tourism; Science and technology

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Photograph Books 1902

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of four notebooks labelled "1902, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 3 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1902.

Date Range: 1902

Reference Code: M546 / 60 - 62

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 8160

Reference Code: M546 / 60 - 62

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1902

Physical Description: 3 vol. textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of four notebooks labelled "1902, Photograph Book, No. 1 to No. 3 A.O. Wheeler D.LS." Each notebook contains notes written in pencil regarding photographs that A.O. Wheeler took during the Selkirk Mountain Survey he did in 1902.