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Annotated copy of Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies
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- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.
- Date Range
- 1907
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 2023.63
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Part Of
- Archives General File Collection
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M8
- V8
- S8
- Sous-Fonds
- M8
- Accession Number
- 2023.63
- Reference Code
- M8 / accn. 2023.63
- GMD
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.
- Name Access
- Warren, Mary Schaffer
- Schaffer, Mary
- Wright, Mary
- Adams, Molly
- Subject Access
- Artist
- Art
- Flowers
- Plants
- Mountains
- Publication
- Environment
- Geographic Access
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Banff and Canmore Miscellaneous
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 90 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm. File pertains to photographs taken by Dorothy Wardle of places, events, and scenery around Banff and Canmore. For Banff, file documents winter and fall scenery (mountains like Rundle and Cascade, the Bow River, Banff Avenue), wildl…
- Date Range
- 1993-1999
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1999
- Reference Code
- V75 / II / PA - 138 to 228
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- V75 / II : Dorothy Wardle, 1972-2001
- Sous-Fonds
- V75
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- V75 / II / PA - 138 to 228
- Date Range
- 1993-1999
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 90 photographs : col. ; 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 90 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm. File pertains to photographs taken by Dorothy Wardle of places, events, and scenery around Banff and Canmore. For Banff, file documents winter and fall scenery (mountains like Rundle and Cascade, the Bow River, Banff Avenue), wildlife (elk and a bear), war memorial, Warren house, Baine house, Louis Trono concert in the park in 1995, and the Old Banff Cemetery. For Canmore, file documents the Highland Games in 1994, winter activities (ice sculptures, dog sled races at the Nordic Centre), St. Michael's Place, and a photograph of the valley. File also documents the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the cabins (Bill Peyto, Jack Sinclair, and Mather Family) located on the museum's property.
- Notes
- Old Banff Cemetery photographs include the headstones of: Wardle family, Stephen family, Mary Schaffer Warren, J. Murray Gibbon, and Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Schaffer, Mary
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Subject Access
- Mountain
- Scenery
- Wildlife
- War Memorial
- Highland Games
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Cabins
- Bow River Bridge
- Old Banff Cemetery
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Alberta
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 hand-written letters with envelopes and an assortment of smaller correspondence, H28 x W21.5 cm or smaller. M413 / I / 1 : Each letter is addressed to Charlie and is dated, signed, and written on a business or organization's letterhead, as follows: August 27, 1929, signed by Fri…
- Date Range
- 1929-1939
- 1929
- 1935
- 1936
- 1938
- 1939
- Reference Code
- M413 / I / 1-2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
- Postcard
- Part Of
- Charles Reid fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M413 / V487
- Series
- M413 / I : Correspondence
- Sous-Fonds
- M413
- Accession Number
- 3303
- 5248
- Reference Code
- M413 / I / 1-2
- Date Range
- 1929-1939
- 1929
- 1935
- 1936
- 1938
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (39 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 8 hand-written letters with envelopes and an assortment of smaller correspondence, H28 x W21.5 cm or smaller.
- M413 / I / 1 : Each letter is addressed to Charlie and is dated, signed, and written on a business or organization's letterhead, as follows:
- August 27, 1929, signed by Fritz, University of Alberta
- March 3, 1935, signed Mary Schaffer Warren, Canadian Pacific Hotels - Hotel Vancouver
- January 23, 1936, signed Mary Schaffer Warren, The East Asiatic Company Ltd - M/S Amerika
- February 2, 1936, signed Mary Schaffer Warren, The East Asiatic Company Ltd - M/S Amerika
- February 12, 1936, signed Mary Schaffer Warren, The East Asiatic Company Ltd - M/S Amerika
- February 27, 1936, signed Mary Schaffer Warren, Grenville Hotel - Kingston, Jamaica
- March 18, 1936, signed Mary Schaffer Warren, Grenville Hotel - Kingston, Jamaica
- March 29, 1936, signed Mary Schaffer Warren, The East Asiatic Company ltd - M/S Canada
- M413 / I / 2 : Content includes 21 postcards (some annotated), invitations, greeting cards, passenger lists for cruise lines, and business cards.
- Name Access
- Reid, Charles
- Moore, Edmee
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Communications
- Personal and Family Life
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Edmonton
- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Charles C. Reid biofile
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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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]
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Group portrait
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Mary Shaffer, Mrs Harry Brett, Mrs Earl Brett, and Mr Roberts, posing with a dog in winter - "Left to right Mrs Earl Brett Mr Robarts bank mgr Imp. BK. father of Prime Minister of Ontario Mary Schaffer and Lover the dog Mrs Harry Brett about 1916" written in pencil on the back by Catharine…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1916]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 815
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 815
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Mary Shaffer, Mrs Harry Brett, Mrs Earl Brett, and Mr Roberts, posing with a dog in winter - "Left to right Mrs Earl Brett Mr Robarts bank mgr Imp. BK. father of Prime Minister of Ontario Mary Schaffer and Lover the dog Mrs Harry Brett about 1916" written in pencil on the back by Catharine Whyte
- Name Access
- Schaffer, Mary
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Humphrey Toms fonds
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- Part Of
- Humphrey Toms fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 28 letters from Mary Schaffer Warren to Toms and one letter to Toms' brother, 1933-1938; also one card from William Warren to Toms re Mary Warren's death, 1939. The letters provide significant information about Warren's life, contemporaries and explorations in the Canadian Rockie…
- Date Range
- 1933-1939
- Reference Code
- M429
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Humphrey Toms fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 429
- Sous-Fonds
- M 429
- Accession Number
- 3261
- Reference Code
- M429
- Date Range
- 1933-1939
- Physical Description
- 30 textual records
- History / Biographical
- Humphrey Toms was a young man in 1933 when he carried an introduction from a family friend to Mary Warren because he had an interest in botany. An occasional correspondence began with Mrs. Warren up to her death in 1939, influencing Toms' decision to study botany. Toms lived at Victoria, B.C. in his later years.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 28 letters from Mary Schaffer Warren to Toms and one letter to Toms' brother, 1933-1938; also one card from William Warren to Toms re Mary Warren's death, 1939. The letters provide significant information about Warren's life, contemporaries and explorations in the Canadian Rockies.
- Name Access
- Schaffer, Mary
- Toms, Humphrey
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- 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
- Creator
- Toms, Humphrey
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Josephine Schupp fonds
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- Part Of
- Josephine Schupp fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 23 letters sent to Josephine (Schäffer) Schupp from her cousin, Mary Schäffer Warren, between 1916 and 1939.
- Date Range
- 1916-1939
- Reference Code
- M588
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Josephine Schupp fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M588
- Sous-Fonds
- M588
- Accession Number
- 2021.33
- Reference Code
- M588
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1916-1939
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Josephine Schupp (née Schäffer) (1888-1975) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Phoenix, Arizona. Josephine married Alfred Adolf Schupp in 1912.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 23 letters sent to Josephine (Schäffer) Schupp from her cousin, Mary Schäffer Warren, between 1916 and 1939.
- Notes
- Majority of letters in fonds are dated between 1934-1939
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Correspondence
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- United States of America
- Arizona
- Phoenix
- Reproduction Restrictions
- No restrictions
- Language
- English
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Letters from Mary Schäffer Warren
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- Part Of
- Josephine Schupp fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 23 letters sent to Josephine (Schäffer) Schupp from her cousin, Mary Schäffer Warren, between 1916 and 1939. Content pertains to personal interests and travels, genealogical history and current events.
- Date Range
- 1916-1939
- Reference Code
- M588 / 1 to 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Josephine Schupp fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M588
- Sous-Fonds
- M588
- Accession Number
- 2021.33
- Reference Code
- M588 / 1 to 2
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- 1916-1939
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 23 letters sent to Josephine (Schäffer) Schupp from her cousin, Mary Schäffer Warren, between 1916 and 1939. Content pertains to personal interests and travels, genealogical history and current events.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Genealogy
- Travel
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- United States of America
- Arizona
- Phoenix
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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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
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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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