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Douglas Leighton fonds
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- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Resaerch 1999 - 2018 List of files 1. 2005 ALBERTA - working texts for book project, early explorers (Henday-Thompson-Henry+) 2. 2009 NAME – working texts for book project following history of the grizzly bear’s name (see #8) 3. 2011 PLAINS GRIZZ…
- Date Range
- ca. 1999 - 2018
- Reference Code
- M133 / V222
- Description Level
- 2 / Sous-fonds
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
- Digital born
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 2 / Sous-fonds
- Fonds Number
- M133 / V222
- Sous-Fonds
- M133
- Accession Number
- 2020.15
- Reference Code
- M133 / V222
- Date Range
- ca. 1999 - 2018
- Physical Description
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- Scope & Content
- Sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Resaerch 1999 - 2018 List of files 1. 2005 ALBERTA - working texts for book project, early explorers (Henday-Thompson-Henry+) 2. 2009 NAME – working texts for book project following history of the grizzly bear’s name (see #8) 3. 2011 PLAINS GRIZZ - working texts for book project on the history of the ‘Plains Grizzly’ 4. 2012 PLAINS GRIZ - reworking #3 texts; some additional research but some text still ‘messed up’ 5. 2015 FUR TRADER RECS – grizzly bears records of Canadian fur traders, tables and lists 6. 2015 TABLES – historic recs, compilations, fur trade, others; best edited versions of many in #18. 7. ABORIGINAL HUNTING – mostly working notes, tables, texts on hunting methods, weapons, religion 8. BOOK NAME Sep 09 – working updated texts from #2 9. BUFFER ZONES – working tables, texts on historic inter-tribal and other buffer zones 10. CA 1850 (1841-60) – Canadian historic records other than fur traders 11. CA 1880 (1861-1900) – Canadian historic records other than fur traders 12. CALIFORNIA – working texts and historic records; note best Portola text in LGH 2018 13. CANADIAN ROCKIES – grizzly bear and other wildlife records and misc 14. CYPRESS HILLS 2010 - working texts for project which expanded into #3,4 project 15. ESGBP GRIZZ POPULATION ANALYSIS* - not included on most discs; analysis of research results 16. GRIZZLY – BIO – ECO – research notes, tables on grizzly biology, behavior, ecology, etc 17. LEIG GRIZ HIST – FUR TRADE MISC – misc. fur trade records, texts, include Fort Colville research 18. LEIGHTON GRIZZLY HISTORY 2018 – files edited, updated, organized and sent out in 2018; BEST 19. NORTH CASCADES – research files, texts on history of grizzly bear in North Cascades Ecosystem 20. SHORT STORY – ALL – various working reiterations of condensed ‘short story’ of grizzly bear history 21. SPANISH CA RECORDS – early Spanish historic records 22. THE MYTH – ALL – various working texts on The Myth, historic pop estimates and historic range maps 23. US NW GRIZZLY RECORDS 1825- US historic records except Spanish and LEWIS and CLARK (in #6,18)
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Grizzly Bears
- Access Restrictions
- Access restriction on folder ESGBP GRIZZ POP ANALYSIS
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Douglas Leighton fonds
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- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records. Visual records are made up of approximately 13,650 colour transparencies. transparencies pertain to personal life and career as an professional photographer, and naturalist. Textual records pertain to background for assessing the status of the Banff / …
- Date Range
- 1953 - 2018
- Reference Code
- M133 / V222
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Douglas Leighton fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 133
- V 222
- Sous-Fonds
- M 133
- V 222
- Accession Number
- 6592, 7752, 2015.15 (unprocessed)
- Reference Code
- M133 / V222
- Date Range
- 1953 - 2018
- Physical Description
- ca.13,650 col. slide photographs -- 51 prints -- 58 negatives -- textual records
- History / Biographical
- Douglas (Doug) Leighton was born in Banff, Alberta, August 7, 1953. His family moved to Penticton, British Columbia in 1963 where he began using a camera at the early age of ten years old. At a young age, Doug was an enthusiastic birder, during his 20's Doug went on to become a Park Naturalist with British Columbia Parks for eight years until he returned to Banff in 1985 to pursue a professional photography career. In 1992 Doug moved from Banff to Golden, British Columbia and finally in 2005 Doug with his wife Myriam moved to Blaeberry, British Columbia. Doug died on March 28, 2018. Doug was a photographer and writer. Doug's photographs have been published by National Geographic Society, Audubon Society Books, Time-Life Books, Canadian Geographic, Equinox, and Nature Canada Magazine among others. IN 1989 a portfolio of his work was selected for the National Museum of Natural Science "The Nature of Photography" exhibition which celebrated 150 years of photography in Canada. Doug is also known for his best selling photographic books "The Canadian Rockies" 1993, "Alberta" and "Greater Vancouver" 1995.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual and visual records. Visual records are made up of approximately 13,650 colour transparencies. transparencies pertain to personal life and career as an professional photographer, and naturalist. Textual records pertain to background for assessing the status of the Banff / Central Rockies grizzly bear population / Douglas Leighton : [report], January 15, 2001; and photographs by Douglas Leighton of Jon Whyte, Ted Hart, Leslie Taylor and the Cascades of Time gardens. Unprocessed sous-fonds consists of Douglas Leighton's Grizzly Research 1999-2018
- Notes
- Douglas Leighton fonds arrangement Sous fonds M133 M133 / 1-2 Sous fonds V222 Series I: Personal Subseries A: Photograph prints Subseries B: Colour transparencies Subseries C: NegativesXXX Series II: AnimalsXXXSubseries A: UngulatesXXXSubseries B: Fish Reptiles and InsectsXXXSubseries C: BirdsXXXSubseries D: Mammals Series III: Trips, Topics and EventsXXXSubseries A: Gang RanchXXXSubseries B: Forest FiresXXXSubseries C: FishingXXXSubseries D: SkiingXXX Series IV: Scenic ViewsXXXSubseries A: AerialsXXXSubseries B: British ColumbiaXXXSubseries C: AlbertaXXX Series V: Plants Series VI: Published
- Name Access
- Leighton, Douglas
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Access Restrictions
- Copyright applies
- Privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Leighton, Douglas
- Category
- Environment
- Biographical Source Notes
- Obituary - biofile
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
- Unprocessed
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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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Reference file
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of scanned paper duplicates of materials donated in accession 2018.8685; includes scans of letters, one journal, postcards, planners and one album which belonged to Molly Wright Adams.
- Date Range
- 2018
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Textual record
- Album
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Responsibility
- Materials scanned in 2018
- Date Range
- 2018
- Physical Description
- Scanned copies of text and one album
- Scope & Content
- File consists of scanned paper duplicates of materials donated in accession 2018.8685; includes scans of letters, one journal, postcards, planners and one album which belonged to Molly Wright Adams.
- Notes
- Reference scans for file M555/I/A/3 materials not included
- Name Access
- Adams, Molly
- Subject Access
- Correspondence
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Tourism
- Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- United States of America
- Japan
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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