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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
Processed
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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
GMD
Photograph print
Private record
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
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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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]
Processing Status
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Mary Warren Correspondence

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Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Scope & Content
File pertains to 4 type written letters written by Mary [Shaffer] Warren to Minnie Nickell regarding the former's first visit and subsequent survey of Maligne Lake in 1908, place names, botany, Jamaica, personal matters, and various individuals including Samuel Allen, J. Norman Collie, William "Bil…
Date Range
1936-1937
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 4005
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Private record
Textual record
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Archives General File Collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M8 / S8 / V8
Sous-Fonds
M8
Accession Number
4005
Reference Code
M8 / accn. 4005
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Date Range
1936-1937
Physical Description
0.2 cm of textual records (8 pages ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Scope & Content
File pertains to 4 type written letters written by Mary [Shaffer] Warren to Minnie Nickell regarding the former's first visit and subsequent survey of Maligne Lake in 1908, place names, botany, Jamaica, personal matters, and various individuals including Samuel Allen, J. Norman Collie, William "Billy" Warren, Mary Jobe, and Nellie McClung. Also inlcudes a newspaper clipping of Mary's obituary from 1939. Minnie Nickell and Mary Warren became acquainted during the 1930s through a mutual friend, a Mrs. Armstrong of Owen Sound, Ontario.
Name Access
Schaffer, Mary
Schaffer, Mary Townsend Sharples
Warren, Billy
Warren, Mary Schaffer
Subject Access
Botany
Correspondence
Exploration
Family and personal life
Glacier House
Guides
Horses
Packing
Personal and Family Life
Scouting
Surveying
Travel
Travel and Exploration
Geographic Access
Maligne Lake
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
thumbnail
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Photos, prints, negs, etc.

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Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to geological formations and research, rock climbing, views of glaciers and mountains, historic figures from Banff and Morley [including the Beaver family, Conrad Kain, Mary Schaffer and others] and other related subjects. Photographs were produced and/or col…
Date Range
[ca.1989-1995]
Reference Code
V810 / II / A / PA - 201 to 238
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Textual record
Part Of
Ben Gadd fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M590
V810
S61
Series
V810 / II : Research and publication records
Sous-Fonds
V810
Sub-Series
V810 / II / A : Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
Accession Number
2021.20
Reference Code
V810 / II / A / PA - 201 to 238
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Textual record
Date Range
[ca.1989-1995]
Physical Description
38 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 21.5 x 14 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of photographs pertaining to geological formations and research, rock climbing, views of glaciers and mountains, historic figures from Banff and Morley [including the Beaver family, Conrad Kain, Mary Schaffer and others] and other related subjects. Photographs were produced and/or collected by Ben Gadd for use in the second edition of his book, Handbook of the Canadian Rockies. File includes duplicates of historic images from the Whyte Museum and other sources.
Notes
Photographs in file are accompanied by a list of image numbers with descriptions, sent to Ben Gadd by David and Martha McIntyre.
Name Access
Gadd, Ben
Schaffer, Mary
Kain, Conrad
Beaver, Sampson
Beaver, Leah
Subject Access
Research
Geology
Geological formation
Glaciers
Mountains
Mountaineering
Indigenous Peoples
Environment
Recreation
Hiking
Climbing
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Jasper National Park
Banff National Park
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Reproduction Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
N/A
Related Material
Corresponding negative photographs : V810 / II / A / NA - 31 to 41
Category
Environment
Indigenous Peoples
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Original title used
Processing Status
Processed
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