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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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An Indian Packer with an average load of 200 lbs.
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1032
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M79 / V527
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sous-Fonds
- V527
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 10. World travels
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 1032
- Date Range
- [ca. 1908 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Transportation
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- [India]
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days [Stoney Nakoda camp at foot of Cascade Mountain]
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 683
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M79 / V527
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sous-Fonds
- V527
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 8. Native people
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 683
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Environment and Nature
- First nations
- Public events
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to bison, bison hunting and the decline of bison. Mainly illustrations, 1860s-1880s
- Date Range
- [ca.1910]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 639 to 668
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M79 / V527
- Series
- II.A. Photographs: lantern slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V527
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 639 to 668
- Date Range
- [ca.1910]
- Physical Description
- 30 photographs : transparencies; glass
- Scope & Content
- Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides pertaining to bison, bison hunting and the decline of bison. Mainly illustrations, 1860s-1880s
- Finding Aid
- Copy prints are available for reference use
- Location (Copy)
- Reference prints are available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :
- #639 - [Pile of buffalo bones]
- #640, 641 - [Illustration – Indigenous people hunting buffalo] (641)
- #642 - [Illustration] Indigenous people on Snowshoes hunting Buffaloes
- #643 - [Illustration – Indigenous people driving buffalo over buffalo jump]
- #644 - [Illustration] Driving Buffalo over a cliff
- #645 - [Indigenous woman stretching buffalo hide]
- #646 - [Indigenous woman with horse pulling travois]
- #647 - [Illustration] Cree Indigenous people impounding the buffalo
- #648 - [Illustration] The Herd, 1860 (648)
- #650 - [Illustration – Indigenous people hunting buffalo]
- #651 - [Illustration] The End, 1883
- #652 - Buffalo Bones In 1875
- #653, 654 - [Illustration - early depiction of buffalo]
- #655 - [Illustration] Buffalo - a hold up 1869
- #656 - [Loading buffalo bones onto railway cars]
- #657 - [Buffalo bones piled beside railway cars]
- #658 - [Illustration - hunter shooting buffalo]
- #659 - Buffalo Trail Buffalo National Park
- #660 - [Buffalo swimming river]
- #661 - Buffalo wallowing
- #662 - Buffalo starting to wallow
- #663 - Buffalo wallow
- #664 - Buffalo, Banff National Park
- #665 - [Illustration – Indigenous people hunting buffalo]
- #666 - [Illustration] Hunting disguised as wolves
- #667 - [Painted buffalo hide]
- #668 - [Illustration - Indigenous moccasins & carry bags]
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Coming over Nigel Pass
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Charles R. Pancoast, Philadelphia
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 4 - 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 11. General
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 4 - 1
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Scope & Content
- Charles R. Pancoast, Philadelphia
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs were made during trips in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains.
- Date Range
- 1901-ca.1930
- Reference Code
- V527 / LC - 1 to 97
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II.C. Photographs: negatives
- Accession Number
- 7731
- Reference Code
- V527 / LC - 1 to 97
- Date Range
- 1901-ca.1930
- Physical Description
- 96 Photographs: negatives, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Photographs were made during trips in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains.
- Notes
- Captions not always accurate; also not clear where additional information has been inserted into title information from albums or reverse of prints.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.A. Mary Schaffer papers: correspondence
- Reference Code
- M79 / 1
- Date Range
- 1908-1922
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
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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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[First Nations camp at foot of Cascade Mountain Banff Indian Days]
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Group of five teepees at foot of Cascade Mountain
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 689
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M79 / V527
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sous-Fonds
- V527
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 8. Native people
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 689
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Scope & Content
- Group of five teepees at foot of Cascade Mountain
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- Environment and Nature
- First nations
- Public events
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[First Nations dancers at Banff Indian Days]
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - 192-]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 694
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M79 / V527
- Series
- II. Photography series
- Sous-Fonds
- V527
- Sub-Series
- A. Lantern slides 8. Native people
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 694
- Date Range
- [ca. 1900 - 192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Buildings and memorials
- First nations
- Public events
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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