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Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Scope & Content
Negatives pertain mainly to flora and explorations. Many mountain and plant views are unidentified. Includes two photographs of the Sampson Beaver family
Date Range
1905-[ca.1906]
Reference Code
V527 / NG - 1 to 181
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  6 images  
Part Of
Mary Schaffer fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M79 / V527
Series
II.C. Photographs: negatives
Sous-Fonds
V527
Accession Number
275, 2764, 5248
Reference Code
V527 / NG - 1 to 181
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
1905-[ca.1906]
Physical Description
181 photographs : negatives; glass
Scope & Content
Negatives pertain mainly to flora and explorations. Many mountain and plant views are unidentified. Includes two photographs of the Sampson Beaver family
Access Restrictions
Access by appointment only
Finding Aid
Item list available. Some reference prints are available.
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected. Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material. LIST OF NEGATIVES (V527/NG) :
1 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
2 Mt. Forbes and Lyall Ice Fields from junction of Bear Creek and Saskatchewan River / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
3, 5-7, 9 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
4 Athabasca and Dome Glaciers / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
8 The Beacon in Cataract Valley / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
10 [Mary Schaffer on horse]. -- 1906
11 Looking south from near Graveyard Flats on the North Saskatchewan River / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
12 [Cones] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
13-16 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
17 [Mary Schaffer on horse]. -- 1906?
18 Mt. Saskatchewan from overflow lakes on the North Saskatchewan near Rampart Creek / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?
19 Look south on the North Fork of the Saskatchewan River / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
20-22 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?
23 Billy Warren, right, and [Joe?] Barker, left in camp with fish / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?
24,25 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?
26,27 Coral Canyon, Cline River area / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906?
28 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
29 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
30 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 1906
31-47 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer
48 Primula, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/10/05
49 Amelachier florida, Bankhead / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/19/05
50-53 [Plant]
54 Pinus albicaulis, Tunnel / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/5/05
55 Kruhsea Tilingiana, Glacier / Mary Schaffer. -- 5/26/05
56 Pentstemon conferlus, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/23/05
57 Draba, Sulphur Mtn / Mary Schaffer -- 6/22/05
58 Sheperdia canadensis, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 5/31/05
59 Berberis Aquisulium Field / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/7/05
60 Colliusia bicolor, Lake Louise / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/11/05
61 Primula, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/8/05
62 Vagnera stellata, Banff / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/9/05
63-65 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer
66 Plant - Dodecatheon / Mary Schaffer
67 Plant - Picaea alba - Tunnel Mtn / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/9/05
68 [Statue, Greek?] / Mary Schaffer
69 [Wall carving] / Mary Schaffer
70 [Head of statute] / Mary Schaffer
71 [Statue] / Mary Schaffer
72 [Sculpture of man] / Mary Schaffer
73 [Sculpture - boy & goose] / Mary Schaffer
74,75 [Sculpture] / Mary Schaffer
76 [Head of statue] / Mary Schaffer
77 Ledium palustre, L. latifolium : [plant] / Mary Schaffer
78-82 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer
83 Pachystima macrophyllium (Bear Cr.) : [plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 5/25/05
84-86 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer
87 Draba aurea; Stoney Squaw : [plant] / Mary Schaffer. -- 6/24/05
88-92 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer
93 Vacinium microphyllum : [plant] / Mary Schaffer
94 Observation Peak & Bow Pass from North? / Mary Schaffer
95 [Camp scene, Mary Schaffer at left]
96 [Teepee frame] / Mary Schaffer
97 [Unidentified mountains] / Mary Schaffer
98 Mt. Saskatchewan / Mary Schaffer
99,100 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer
101,102 [Unidentified mountains and lake] / Mary Schaffer
103 [Unidentified valley and mountains] / Mary Schaffer
104 [Train in the mountains] / Mary Schaffer
105,106 [Unidentified mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer
107 [Plant] / Mary Schaffer
108 [Mountain scene] / Mary Schaffer
109 [Saskatchewan River Valley?]. -- [1906]
110,111 [Saskatchewan Glacier?]. -- [1906]
112 [Mary Schaffer on her horse Nibs]
113 [Teepee at Maligne Lake?]
114 [Boat on shore of Maligne Lake]
115,116 [Joe Barker?]
117,118 [Camp at base of unidentified mountains]
119 [Camp on shore of unidentified lake]
120 [Man with pole at edge of lake]
121 [Man in door of shelter made with trees]
122 [Teepee at foot of unidentified mountain]
123 [Camp in burnt timber]
124 [Sampson Beaver family, 1906]
125 [Sampson Beaver family]
126 baby on Kootenai Plains : [Frances Louise Beaver]. -- [1906]
127-132 [Unidentified mountains]
133 [Unidentified lake]
134 [Unidentified river]
135,136 [Unidentified river and mountains]
137,138 [Unidentified lake and mountains]
139 [Map of Canadian Rockies]
140 [Duck]
141-155 [Plants - identified and dated]
156-159 [Plants - identified]
160-180 [Plants - unidentified]
181 [Cones]
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
Related Material
Accompanied by books, artifacts and art works
Creator
Schaffer, Mary
Category
Arts
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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