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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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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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Original manuscripts
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1908]-1925
- Reference Code
- M79 / 2 - 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Mary Schaffer papers: literary
- Reference Code
- M79 / 2 - 7
- Date Range
- [ca.1908]-1925
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Finding Aid
- Copies available for reference use.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files
- Content Details
- LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS :
- * Flora of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca River tributaries / Mary T. S. Schaffer, [1908], 2 p., typewritten. (M79 / 2)
- * A glimpse of the head-hunters of Formosa, [1908], 10 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2)
- * The monarch of the plains, [ca.1908], 2 p., typewritten, 2 copies, 1 annotated, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2)
- * Locating and measuring Lake Maligne, [ca.1908], 6 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2)
- * My garden / Mary T. S. Schaffer, [1910], 10 p., typewitten. (M79 / 2)
- * [Untitled], [1911], 46 p., typewritten, 2 copies, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to survey trip to Maligne Lake, 1911. (M79 / 3)
- * A small boy's summer in the Canadian Rockies, [1912], 34 p., typewritten, 4 copies, by Mary Schaffer, copies have various titles. (M79 /4)
- * [Untitled], [1912], 7 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to history of Howse, Yellowhead and Athabasca Passes. (M79 / 5)
- * The story of Revelstoke, [1912], 22 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5)
- * Trail-life at Lake Louise, [ca.1915], 10 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5)
- * [Untitled], [ca.1916], 6 p., handwritten, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to medical mission of Dr. Atkin and Nurse Fulcher to Ya Ha Tinda Ranch. (M79 / 5)
- * The byways of Banff, [ca.1918], 14 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5)
- * Teepee life in the northern hills / Mary Schaffer Warren, [1924], 39 p., typewritten, 2 copies. (M79 / 6)
- * A new year in the wilds, [ca.1925], 14 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer Warren. (M79 / 6)
- * A chapter of accidents, [after 1908], 6 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
- * The heart of a child, [after 1908], 17 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
- * A ptarmigan story, [after 1908], 7 p., handwritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
- * Fairy-land of the north, [after 1908], 17 p., typewritten, 2 copies, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
- * [Untitled], [after 1908], 9 p., typewritten, double-sided, by Mary Schaffer, children's story about Puff, the wind. (M79 / 7)
- * Lake Louise of early days, [after 1908], 3 p., typewritten, incomplete, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
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Published manuscripts
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- 1907-1908, [n.d.]
- Reference Code
- M79 / 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Mary Schaffer papers: literary
- Reference Code
- M79 / 8
- Date Range
- 1907-1908, [n.d.]
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Content Details
- LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS :
- * The valleys of the Saskatchewan with horse and camera / Mrs. Charles Schaffer, 1907, in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Phiadelphia, vol.V, no.2, April 1907.
- * Among the sources of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca Rivers / Mary T. S. Schaffer, 1908, in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, vol.VI, no.2, April 1908.
- * Flora of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca River tributaries / Mary T. S. Schaffer, 1908, in the Canadian Alpine Journal, vol.1, no.2, 1908; 2 copies.
- * Untrodden ways / Mary T. S. Schaffer, 1908, in the Canadian Alpine Journal, vol.1, no.2, 1908; 2 copies.
- * Palliser's expedition, some intimate glimpses / Mary S. Warren, [after 1914], in Calgary Herald.
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Maps of Maligne Lake
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Records are: Hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, 1911, pencil; hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, ca.1911, photographic copy; hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, 1911, ink on linen
- Date Range
- 1911, [ca.1911]
- Reference Code
- M79 / 9A (oversize F)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.C. Mary Schaffer papers: maps
- Accession Number
- 573, 1043, 5248
- Reference Code
- M79 / 9A (oversize F)
- Date Range
- 1911, [ca.1911]
- Physical Description
- 3 cartographic records
- Scope & Content
- Records are: Hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, 1911, pencil; hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, ca.1911, photographic copy; hand-drawn map of Maligne Lake, 1911, ink on linen
- Title Source
- Title based on items.
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook contains clippings, menus, sketches and photographs
- Date Range
- 1905-1911
- Reference Code
- M79 / 9B
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.D. Mary Schaffer papers: other
- Reference Code
- M79 / 9B
- Date Range
- 1905-1911
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Scrapbook contains clippings, menus, sketches and photographs
- Title Source
- Title based on item.
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- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Papers include letter from Oliver Wheeler, 1903; Putnam's Sons royalty statement re alpine flowers book, 1909; book review, 1911; published essay on treatment of foreigners, n.d.; notebook, 1860-1862, includes accounts, recipes
- Date Range
- 1909-1911, [n.d.]
- Reference Code
- M79 / 10A, 10B
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.D. Mary Schaffer papers: other
- Reference Code
- M79 / 10A, 10B
- Date Range
- 1909-1911, [n.d.]
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Papers include letter from Oliver Wheeler, 1903; Putnam's Sons royalty statement re alpine flowers book, 1909; book review, 1911; published essay on treatment of foreigners, n.d.; notebook, 1860-1862, includes accounts, recipes
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files.
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Mollie Adams diary
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.A. Other papers: diaries
- Reference Code
- M79 / 11
- Date Range
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (3 cm)
- Title Source
- Title based on item.
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Trip to Jaspar Park, Rocky Mountains, Canada, May 29th - August 16th, 1911 : [diary]
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Diary pertains to trip to Jasper
- Date Range
- 1911
- Reference Code
- M79 / 12
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.A. Other papers: diaries
- Reference Code
- M79 / 12
- Responsibility
- Attributed to Mrs. H. H. Sharples
- Date Range
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (1 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Diary pertains to trip to Jasper
- Title Source
- Title based on item. Spelling of Jasper is the author's
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Original manuscripts by others
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of manuscripts mainly pertaining to the Athabasca region by A. P. Coleman, Charles S. Thompson, Jean Habel, Jimmy Simpson and unknown authors.
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-ca.1913]
- Reference Code
- M79 / 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.B. Other papers: manuscripts, reports by others.
- Reference Code
- M79 / 13
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-ca.1913]
- Physical Description
- 6 textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of manuscripts mainly pertaining to the Athabasca region by A. P. Coleman, Charles S. Thompson, Jean Habel, Jimmy Simpson and unknown authors.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files.
- Content Details
- LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS :
- * Mount Brown and the sources of the Athabasca / Professor A. P. Coleman, [n.d.], 5 p., typewritten;
- * A new pass at the head of the west branch of the Saskatchewan River / Charles S. Thompson, 1901, 5 p., typewritten;
- * At the western sources of the Athabasca River / Jean Habel, 1902, 17 p., typewritten;
- * The beginning, the middle and the end of a hunting trip / J. S., [ca.1913], 20 p., handwritten, by Jimmy Simpson;
- * Notes of Mr. Oliver's trip through the Districts of Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon, returning Dawson and Vancouver, [n.d.], 6 p., typewritten, unknown author.
- * My four years experience of the great war, 1915, 20 p., typewritten, unknown author
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