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George Noble fonds

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series. I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival a…

Date Range: [ca.1912]-1958

Reference Code: M533 / V469

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Corporate record

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 533; V 469

Sous-Fonds: M 533; V 469

Accession Number: 82, 168, 275, 940, 1157, 1992, 2020, 3513, 5281, 6753, 6841, 7135

Reference Code: M533 / V469

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Corporate record

Date Range: [ca.1912]-1958

Physical Description: ca.8500 photographs : negatives. -- 36 transparencies : stereo, colour. -- 2 textual records

History / Biographical: George Noble, 1879-1965, was a professional photographer at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Noble was born in Woolwich, England where he apprenticed as a photographer. He came to Banff in 1909 to operate a photographic business for his uncles, George and Bill Fear, who owned a curio business. In 1919, Noble bought the photographic business and, in 1932, acquired the remainder of the Fear Brothers business. He built a new studio and shop, which offered portraiture, photo- finishing and framing services and sold photographic supplies, camera equipment and English china. In addition to portraiture, George Noble and employees, such as photographer Bill Jamieson, produced a wide range of documentary, scenic and commercial views. Noble's shop offered black and white and hand-coloured prints of local events and Rocky Mountain views. George Noble was an active member of the community, serving on both the Banff School Board and the Banff Board of Trade for many years. Upon his retirement in 1957, his business was acquired by a group of investors which included Bill Jamieson, lab-technician and photographer for the Noble business from 1936 to 1957

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of a broad-ranging commercial negative collection. Includes four series.; I. Scenic and documentary views, 2839 items; includes film and glass negatives in sizes up to 8 X 10 inches. Pertains to Banff and area buildings, facilities, activities, events, such as Banff Winter Carnival and Banff Indian Days; Indigenous; scenic views of Banff and area and other Rocky Mountains locations.; II. Commercial views, 765 items; includes buildings, businesses, facilities, sports events, organizations, conventions, group portraits, displays and presentations.; III. Mixed views, 242 items; includes scenic, documentary and commercial views similar to material in previous series. Also includes some views know to have been produced by Fred Armbrister, a professional photographer who operated out of Lake Louise, Alberta, ca.1930.; IV. Portraits, ca.4600. This series contains four groups: A. 1920s-1950s, most unidentified; B. 1930s and 1940s, arranged alphabetically, many unidentified; C. 1950s, arranged alphabetically, most identified, many with proofs (prints); D. 1950s, arranged chronologically by job number.; V. Other, ca.50 items. Includes 36 colour stereo transparencies, ca.1955, re Administration Building and gardens, Banff-Jasper Highway scenics, mountain sheep, autumn colour, Banff Avenue, George Noble and staff. Also includes small number of commercial prints produced by Noble, including several large hand-painted views.; Fonds is accompanied by business record books, 1950-1958, 2 v. (M533)

Name Access: Noble, George

Subject Access: Arts; Buildings and facilities; Commerce and industry; Community life; Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation

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; file description and index; electronic finding aid; selected modern reference prints

Related Material: Related commercial photographs made by Bill Jamieson in the employ of George Noble are located in the Ron Duke fonds (V180 / II.A.i. - V180 / II.A.vi.; V180 / III.A.); Portrait camera and electric 3D viewer reside in Heritage collections, Whyte Museum

Creator: Noble, George

Category: Arts; Commerce and industry; Environment; Sports, recreation and leisure; Transportation

Title Source: Title based on accession records and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1908-1922

Reference Code: M79 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.A. Mary Schaffer papers: correspondence

Reference Code: M79 / 1

Date Range: 1908-1922

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

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Other papers

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Papers include letter from Oliver Wheeler, 1903; Putnam's Sons royalty statement re alpine flowers book, 1909; book review, 1911; published essay on treatment of foreigners, n.d.; notebook, 1860-1862, includes accounts, recipes

Date Range: 1909-1911, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M79 / 10A, 10B

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.D. Mary Schaffer papers: other

Reference Code: M79 / 10A, 10B

Date Range: 1909-1911, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Papers include letter from Oliver Wheeler, 1903; Putnam's Sons royalty statement re alpine flowers book, 1909; book review, 1911; published essay on treatment of foreigners, n.d.; notebook, 1860-1862, includes accounts, recipes

Title Source: Title based on contents of files.

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Mollie Adams diary

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1908

Reference Code: M79 / 11

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: III.A. Other papers: diaries

Reference Code: M79 / 11

Date Range: 1908

Physical Description: 1 textual record (3 cm)

Title Source: Title based on item.

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Trip to Jaspar Park, Rocky Mountains, Canada, May 29th - August 16th, 1911 : [diary]

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Diary pertains to trip to Jasper

Date Range: 1911

Reference Code: M79 / 12

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: III.A. Other papers: diaries

Reference Code: M79 / 12

Responsibility: Attributed to Mrs. H. H. Sharples

Date Range: 1911

Physical Description: 1 textual record (1 cm)

Scope & Content: Diary pertains to trip to Jasper

Title Source: Title based on item. Spelling of Jasper is the author's

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Original manuscripts by others

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of manuscripts mainly pertaining to the Athabasca region by A. P. Coleman, Charles S. Thompson, Jean Habel, Jimmy Simpson and unknown authors.

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1913]

Reference Code: M79 / 13

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: III.B. Other papers: manuscripts, reports by others.

Reference Code: M79 / 13

Date Range: [ca.1900-ca.1913]

Physical Description: 6 textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of manuscripts mainly pertaining to the Athabasca region by A. P. Coleman, Charles S. Thompson, Jean Habel, Jimmy Simpson and unknown authors.

Title Source: Title based on contents of files.

Content Details: LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS :; * Mount Brown and the sources of the Athabasca / Professor A. P. Coleman, [n.d.], 5 p., typewritten;; * A new pass at the head of the west branch of the Saskatchewan River / Charles S. Thompson, 1901, 5 p., typewritten;; * At the western sources of the Athabasca River / Jean Habel, 1902, 17 p., typewritten;; * The beginning, the middle and the end of a hunting trip / J. S., [ca.1913], 20 p., handwritten, by Jimmy Simpson;; * Notes of Mr. Oliver's trip through the Districts of Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon, returning Dawson and Vancouver, [n.d.], 6 p., typewritten, unknown author.; * My four years experience of the great war, 1915, 20 p., typewritten, unknown author

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Published reports by others

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Published articles are by A. P. Coleman, James McEnvoy, Jean Habel, A. O. Wheeler and Joseph Keele; also Department of the Interior and other reports. Articles pertain to Mount Brown; Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; Yellowhead Pass, Mackenzie Mountains; national parks. The Mountains of the…

Date Range: 1895-1928

Reference Code: M79 / 14 - 15

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: III.B. Other papers: manuscripts, reports by others.

Reference Code: M79 / 14 - 15

Date Range: 1895-1928

Physical Description: 10 textual records

Scope & Content: Published articles are by A. P. Coleman, James McEnvoy, Jean Habel, A. O. Wheeler and Joseph Keele; also Department of the Interior and other reports. Articles pertain to Mount Brown; Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; Yellowhead Pass, Mackenzie Mountains; national parks. The Mountains of the Yellowhead Pass / A. O. Wheeler, 1913 is annotated with critical margin notes by Mary Schaffer

Title Source: Title based on contents of files.

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Original manuscripts

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: [ca.1908]-1925

Reference Code: M79 / 2 - 7

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.B. Mary Schaffer papers: literary

Reference Code: M79 / 2 - 7

Date Range: [ca.1908]-1925

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records

Finding Aid: Copies available for reference use.

Title Source: Title based on contents of files

Content Details: LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS :; * Flora of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca River tributaries / Mary T. S. Schaffer, [1908], 2 p., typewritten. (M79 / 2); * A glimpse of the head-hunters of Formosa, [1908], 10 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2); * The monarch of the plains, [ca.1908], 2 p., typewritten, 2 copies, 1 annotated, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2); * Locating and measuring Lake Maligne, [ca.1908], 6 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2); * My garden / Mary T. S. Schaffer, [1910], 10 p., typewitten. (M79 / 2); * [Untitled], [1911], 46 p., typewritten, 2 copies, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to survey trip to Maligne Lake, 1911. (M79 / 3); * A small boy's summer in the Canadian Rockies, [1912], 34 p., typewritten, 4 copies, by Mary Schaffer, copies have various titles. (M79 /4); * [Untitled], [1912], 7 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to history of Howse, Yellowhead and Athabasca Passes. (M79 / 5); * The story of Revelstoke, [1912], 22 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5); * Trail-life at Lake Louise, [ca.1915], 10 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5); * [Untitled], [ca.1916], 6 p., handwritten, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to medical mission of Dr. Atkin and Nurse Fulcher to Ya Ha Tinda Ranch. (M79 / 5); * The byways of Banff, [ca.1918], 14 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5); * Teepee life in the northern hills / Mary Schaffer Warren, [1924], 39 p., typewritten, 2 copies. (M79 / 6); * A new year in the wilds, [ca.1925], 14 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer Warren. (M79 / 6); * A chapter of accidents, [after 1908], 6 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7); * The heart of a child, [after 1908], 17 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7); * A ptarmigan story, [after 1908], 7 p., handwritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7); * Fairy-land of the north, [after 1908], 17 p., typewritten, 2 copies, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7); * [Untitled], [after 1908], 9 p., typewritten, double-sided, by Mary Schaffer, children's story about Puff, the wind. (M79 / 7); * Lake Louise of early days, [after 1908], 3 p., typewritten, incomplete, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)

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Published manuscripts

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Date Range: 1907-1908, [n.d.]

Reference Code: M79 / 8

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.B. Mary Schaffer papers: literary

Reference Code: M79 / 8

Date Range: 1907-1908, [n.d.]

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Content Details: LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS :; * The valleys of the Saskatchewan with horse and camera / Mrs. Charles Schaffer, 1907, in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Phiadelphia, vol.V, no.2, April 1907.; * Among the sources of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca Rivers / Mary T. S. Schaffer, 1908, in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, vol.VI, no.2, April 1908.; * Flora of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca River tributaries / Mary T. S. Schaffer, 1908, in the Canadian Alpine Journal, vol.1, no.2, 1908; 2 copies.; * Untrodden ways / Mary T. S. Schaffer, 1908, in the Canadian Alpine Journal, vol.1, no.2, 1908; 2 copies.; * Palliser's expedition, some intimate glimpses / Mary S. Warren, [after 1914], in Calgary Herald.

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Maps of Maligne Lake

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Records are: Hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, 1911, pencil; hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, ca.1911, photographic copy; hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, 1911, ink on linen

Date Range: 1911, [ca.1911]

Reference Code: M79 / 9A (oversize F)

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.C. Mary Schaffer papers: maps

Accession Number: 573, 1043, 5248

Reference Code: M79 / 9A (oversize F)

Date Range: 1911, [ca.1911]

Physical Description: 3 cartographic records

Scope & Content: Records are: Hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, 1911, pencil; hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, ca.1911, photographic copy; hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, 1911, ink on linen

Title Source: Title based on items.

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Scrapbook

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook contains clippings, menus, sketches and photographs

Date Range: 1905-1911

Reference Code: M79 / 9B

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.D. Mary Schaffer papers: other

Reference Code: M79 / 9B

Date Range: 1905-1911

Physical Description: 1 textual record (5 cm)

Scope & Content: Scrapbook contains clippings, menus, sketches and photographs

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."

Subject Access: Buildings; Cactus; Caves; Desert; Horses; Travel; Postcards

Geographic Access: Arizona; California; New Mexio; Colorado; Utah; United States of America

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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