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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
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Summer 1921 and Summer 1923 Album
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photo album depicting a trip Lillian Gest and her mother took in summer 1921 and in summer 1923. Western Trip, Summer of 1921 (PD - 2 / 1 to 76) follow their travels from the Great Lakes, through Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, and Glacier National Park to Sicamous, Van…
- Date Range
- 1921-1923
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / II / b / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph albums
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / II / b / PD - 2
- Date Range
- 1921-1923
- Physical Description
- 1 album (531 photographs : b&w ; 14.6 x 9 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photo album depicting a trip Lillian Gest and her mother took in summer 1921 and in summer 1923. Western Trip, Summer of 1921 (PD - 2 / 1 to 76) follow their travels from the Great Lakes, through Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, and Glacier National Park to Sicamous, Vancouver and Victoria before heading down the coast to California and finally to the Grand Canyon. Page headings as follows: Great Lakes on board "Octorara"; Mackimac Island; Banff [Banff Springs Hotel, pools, Lake Minnewanka, Johnston Canyon etc.]; Banff Indian Days; Lake Louise [lake, Lake Agnes, Moraine Lake]; Paradise Valley; Wapta Camp, Hector B.C. [includes Lake O'Hara]; Emerald Lake, Field, B.C.; trip from field to Glacier [train, tunnels]; Glacier [Glacier House, Nakimu Caves]; Illecillewaet Glacier [includes ice caves and Marion Lake]; Asulkan Glacier; Sicamous; Vancouver - Stanley Park; Vancouver; Victoria; San Francisco - Chinatown; Del Monte; Historic Monterey; Santa Barbara; Los Angeles; Grand Canyon. Trip to Selkirk and Canadian Rocky Mountains, Summer of 1923 (PD - 2 / 77 to 89) depicts scenes mostly from the Glacier House region of Glacier National Park and Lake Louise of Banff National Park. Also includes scenes from Lake O'Hara. Page headings as follows: at Mackimac Island; Glacier, B.C.; trip to Nakimu Caves from Glacier; at the Great Illecillewaet Glacier; horseback trip up Mt. Abbott [includes Lake Louise], Camp Wapta; horseback trip to Lake O'Hara; [Glacier House]; [Mrs. Gest on horseback at Lake O'Hara]; [Lake O'Hara Lodge].
- Notes
- Please note: language used pertaining to First Nations during the Banff Indian Days included herein is outdated and offensive. Blank pages not scanned. Inserts free floating with album, are not specific to album contents.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Boats
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glacier House
- Indigenous Peoples
- Horses
- Mountains
- Off the Beaten Track
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Paradise Valley
- Lake O'Hara
- Emerald Lake
- Glacier House
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- San Francisco
- Del Monte
- Santa Barbara
- Los Angeles
- Grand Canyon
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Glacier National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- California
- Canada
- United States of America
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[1934-1937 Photograph Album]
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937. The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell.…
- Date Range
- 1934-1937
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 10
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.b. Photographic material / photograph album
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / b / PD - 10
- Date Range
- 1934-1937
- Physical Description
- 1 album (414 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 19 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to a photograph album depicting trips taken by Lillian Gest, usually during the summer, from 1934-1937. The 1934 trip was part of the Alpine Club of Canada Annual Camp in northern Jasper National Park - starting in the Eremite Mountain area and working east towards Mount Edith Cavell. Also includes a few photographs of mountains around the Banff town area. The 1935 trip was part of the ACC Annual Camp in the Mt. Assiniboine and East Kootenay areas. Also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to Club activities and greeting cards from Club members. The photographs associated with the Yoho Icefields from Bow Lake trip are most likely from the summer of 1936 based on greeting cards labelled as such, but very few of the photographs themselves are annotated. The remainder of the album is dedicated to the 1937 trips to Mt. Trident, Mt. Bryce, the Columbia Icefield area, Bryce and Zion, Utah, the Boulder Dam, Arizona, and Colorado. Also includes Christmas cards from 1937 from various friends and Club members. Inserts pertain to the overview/advertisements for the summer 1937 and 1938 trips that would have been sent out by Caroline Hinman in advance detailing routes, expectations, and prices ; a small photograph with a written note on the back, a letter addressed to Lillian Gest from the Springfield Television Broadcasting Corp, and a handwritten list of details pertaining to the summer 1934 trip orgainized by Caroline Hinman.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned. Inserts 4 and 5 are photocopies of the originals that were included with the album.
- Name Access
- Engelhard, Georgia
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Feuz, Ernest
- Gest, Lillian
- Hinman, Caroline
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Buildings
- Castles
- Camps
- Climbing
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Glaciers
- Huts
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Moose
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Mountain Goat
- Off the Beaten Track
- Portrait
- Scenery
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Mount Assiniboine
- Lake O'Hara
- East Kootenay
- Utah
- Arizona
- Colorado
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- United States of America
- Access Restrictions
- Microfilm copy available for reference use by appointment only.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Removed from plastic sleeve and rehoused in acid-free paper, tied with flat string. Locate original copies of inserts 4 & 5 and return them to PD - 10 Documents file - notes on the backs of the inserts note that the originals were moved to M67 but the documents could not be found.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Brown leather album cover. Inscribed on the front cover using a burn technique are the words “Snap Shots” and “Field B.C.” as well as a sketch of teepees. A painted head in the likeness of a First Nations person wearing a headdress also adorns the cover.]
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Reference Code
- \v439\v439_pd_358_web\v439_pd_358.jpg
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V439
- Series
- Edmee Moore Series
- Reference Code
- \v439\v439_pd_358_web\v439_pd_358.jpg
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Physical Description
- photograph album : front page
- Scope & Content
- [Brown leather album cover. Inscribed on the front cover using a burn technique are the words “Snap Shots” and “Field B.C.” as well as a sketch of teepees. A painted head in the likeness of a First Nations person wearing a headdress also adorns the cover.]
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Quebec
- United States of America
- Creator
- [Edmee Moore, Compiler]
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- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [John Brewster and Fern Brewster walking across a wooden bridge. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
2 images
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V439
- Series
- Edmee Moore Series
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with five photographs : 1 photograph
- Scope & Content
- [John Brewster and Fern Brewster walking across a wooden bridge. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Creator
- [Edmee Moore created the album]
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Jim Brewster and Fern Brewster sitting on chairs next to a large tropical plant. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
2 images
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V439
- Series
- Edmee Moore Series
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with five photographs : 1 photograph
- Scope & Content
- [Jim Brewster and Fern Brewster sitting on chairs next to a large tropical plant. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Creator
- [Edmee Moore created the album]
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [Jim Brewster, Fern Brewster and John Brewster next to a large tropical plant. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
2 images
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V439
- Series
- Edmee Moore Series
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with five photographs : 1 photograph
- Scope & Content
- [Jim Brewster, Fern Brewster and John Brewster next to a large tropical plant. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Creator
- [Edmee Moore created the album]
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [A wooden bridge in front of a large building with palm trees and other tropical plants. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
2 images
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V439
- Series
- Edmee Moore Series
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with five photographs : 1 photograph
- Scope & Content
- [A wooden bridge in front of a large building with palm trees and other tropical plants. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Buildings and memorials
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Creator
- [Edmee Moore created the album]
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [An unidentified woman and Fern Brewster sitting on chairs next to a large tropical plant. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
2 images
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V439
- Series
- Edmee Moore Series
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with five photographs : 1 photograph
- Scope & Content
- [An unidentified woman and Fern Brewster sitting on chairs next to a large tropical plant. Caption: "Brewster Family, Honolulu. 1926"]
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Creator
- [Edmee Moore created the album]
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- [A group including Jim Brewster (second from left), Dell Brewster (far right) standing in front of tropical plants. Caption: "Honolulu 1927"]
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
2 images
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V439
- Series
- Edmee Moore Series
- Reference Code
- V439 / PD - 358
- Date Range
- [1916], 1920-1928
- Physical Description
- 1 album page with five photographs : 1 photograph
- Scope & Content
- [A group including Jim Brewster (second from left), Dell Brewster (far right) standing in front of tropical plants. Caption: "Honolulu 1927"]
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Creator
- [Edmee Moore created the album]
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