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Lillian Gest fonds
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- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds documents Lillian Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Pertains to mountain travel, particularly pack trips, camps, mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landsca…
- Date Range
- 1894-1984
- Reference Code
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 67
- S 36
- V 225
- Sous-Fonds
- M 67
- S 36
- V 225
- Accession Number
- 431, 699, 737, 1096, 1105, 1274, 1516, 1886, 2120, 2144, 2411, 2613, 2781, 2959, 3436, 5142, 7732
- Reference Code
- M67 / S36 / V225
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1894-1984
- Physical Description
- 1.1 m of textual records. -- ca.7400 photographs : transparencies, prints, negatives, published photographs. -- 12 photograph albums (4208 prints). -- 47 motion pictures. -- 7 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes
- History / Biographical
- Lillian Gest, 1897-1986, of Merion, Pennsylvania visited the Canadian Rockies almost every summer for sixty years, beginning in 1921. She was an active participant in "Off the Beaten Track" trips organized by Caroline Hinman between 1923 and 1933, in which young people camped, hiked, hunted and went horseback riding throughout the region between Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson. During the 1930s, Gest attended hikes of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and developed mountaineering skills at Alpine Club of Canada annual camps. Christian Hasler Jr. often served as her guide. Gest also belonged to the American Alpine Club, the Philadelphia Trails Club and the Lake O'Hara Trails Club. She spent considerable time in the Lake O'Hara region and wrote "History of Lake O'Hara" (1961), "History of Moraine Lake" (1970), and "History of Mount Assiniboine" (1979).
- Scope & Content
- Fonds documents Lillian Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Pertains to mountain travel, particularly pack trips, camps, mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landscape; scenic views; family and friends.
- Textual records include: I. Personal papers, 1925-1982, 36 cm., including A. Diaries and trip notes, B. Correspondence, C. Other; II. Activities, 1913- 1984, 50 cm., including: A. Writing (book projects, articles, memoirs and other writing), B. Nature study, C. Photography, D. Travel; III. Clubs and organizations, 1932-1984, n.d., 22.5 cm., including: A. American Alpine Club, B. Alpine Club of Canada C. Other (Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, Lake O'Hara Trails Club, Philadelphia Trails Club); IV. Other, 1894-1968, n.d., 1.5 cm., including: A. Caroline Hinman papers, B. Miscellaneous papers.
- Photographs include: I. Transparencies, 1939-1981, 7153 items; II. Photograph albums, 1919-1958, 12 v. (4208 prints); III. Motion pictures, 1928-1942, 47 reels; IV. Prints and negatives, [ca.1912]-1980, 194 items; V. Published photographs, [ca.1930-ca.1980], n.d., 17 items. Images are well identified.
- Accompanied by sound recordings of portions of diaries.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- 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
- electronic finding aid
- microfilm copies of albums
- motion picture summaries and index (for 45 films)
- reference video copies for some films
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on 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
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Indigenous Grave near Tete Jaune
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- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - 1925]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 747
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Lantern slide
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M79 / V527
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sous-Fonds
- V527
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 8. Indigenous people
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 747
- Parallel Title
- Indian Grave near Tete Jaune
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - 1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Environment and Nature
- First nations
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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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
- 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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[...] at the Massacre Ghat
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- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Edward Van Altena 71-79 W. 45th St. N. Y. C.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1414
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1414
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Scope & Content
- Edward Van Altena 71-79 W. 45th St. N. Y. C.
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Geographic Access
- [India]
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[...] Bangkok, Siam
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1276
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1276
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Thailand
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[...] Benares, Ind[ia]
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1355
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1355
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Multiculturalism
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- India
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... Corfu- Greece
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1132
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1132
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Greece
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[...] in Bethlehem
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1308
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1308
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Religions
- Geographic Access
- Palestine
- Israel
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1362
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1362
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- India
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