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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of Correspondence between George Vaux Sr. and Mary Morris Vaux. Includes letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, postcards, itineraries and The Alpine Club of Canada Rules and Regulations. 1 scrapbook album belonging to Mary Vaux given to her from her Grandmother. 1877. Album c…
- Date Range
- 1912
- Reference Code
- M107 / II / A / 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Scrapbook
- Drawing
24 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M107 / V653
- Series
- Correspondence Series: Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- M107
- Accession Number
- uknown
- Reference Code
- M107 / II / A / 7
- Date Range
- 1912
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of Correspondence between George Vaux Sr. and Mary Morris Vaux. Includes letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, postcards, itineraries and The Alpine Club of Canada Rules and Regulations. 1 scrapbook album belonging to Mary Vaux given to her from her Grandmother. 1877. Album contains painted tissue papers; visuals of flowers and people doing various activities. 1 album: Scrapbook album; contains 24 handpainted images on 12 pages within scrapbook. Album has been digitized.
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Contact Prints
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1887 - 1900]
- Reference Code
- V653 / I / U / 2 / PA-7 to PA-59
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M107/V557
- Series
- I. Photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Sub-Series
- U. Prints
- Accession Number
- 7792
- Reference Code
- V653 / I / U / 2 / PA-7 to PA-59
- GMD
- Photograph print
- Date Range
- [ca. 1887 - 1900]
- Physical Description
- 52 prints : b&w ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to print copies made from original negatives of Vaux family travels in the Canadian Rockies in the late 1800s. Includes views of mountains, scree slopes, glaciers, train scenes (including tracks and the interior of a dining car), Glacier House, and portrais of the family members.
- Name Access
- Vaux, William
- Vaux, George
- Vaux, George, X
- Walcott, Mary Vaux
- Subject Access
- Glaciers
- Glacier House
- Family and personal life
- Mountains
- Photography
- Trains
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of letters, postcards and telegrams pertaining to personal and business matters, also includes newspaper clippings, receipts, itineraries and Canadian Pacific Railways Passes; correspondence between George Vaux Jr., George Vaux Sr. and Mary Morris Vaux relating to time spent in …
- Date Range
- 1910 - 1911
- Reference Code
- M107 / I / A / 17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- Trip Series: Canadian Rockies
- Reference Code
- M107 / I / A / 17
- Date Range
- 1910 - 1911
- Physical Description
- 2 cm textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of letters, postcards and telegrams pertaining to personal and business matters, also includes newspaper clippings, receipts, itineraries and Canadian Pacific Railways Passes; correspondence between George Vaux Jr., George Vaux Sr. and Mary Morris Vaux relating to time spent in the Canadian Rockies.
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- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of telegrams and letters sent to the Vaux family while on trip. Correspondence pertains to their California trip. Also included: an itinerary for 1887 trip, map of the Eastern Dominion of Canada, California tourist map and pamphlet and Easter card from 1884.
- Date Range
- 1883 - 1887
- Reference Code
- M107 / I / F- 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- Trip Series: California
- Reference Code
- M107 / I / F- 1
- Date Range
- 1883 - 1887
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of telegrams and letters sent to the Vaux family while on trip. Correspondence pertains to their California trip. Also included: an itinerary for 1887 trip, map of the Eastern Dominion of Canada, California tourist map and pamphlet and Easter card from 1884.
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- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of letters addressed to George Vaux Jr. from the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Appalachia Mountain Club. Also included are documents pertaining to the Geographic congress and a manuscript by George Vaux Jr. titled Glacier Observations.
- Date Range
- 1888 - 1906
- Reference Code
- M107 / II / B / 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- Correspondence Series: Professional
- Reference Code
- M107 / II / B / 9
- Date Range
- 1888 - 1906
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of letters addressed to George Vaux Jr. from the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Appalachia Mountain Club. Also included are documents pertaining to the Geographic congress and a manuscript by George Vaux Jr. titled Glacier Observations.
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- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of publications, letters, and manuscripts Correspondence is addressed to George Vaux Jr., and Mary Morris Vaux; includes letters from the Alpine Club of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Publications include: Variations Periodiques des Glaciers, Exhibition program: The Ph…
- Date Range
- 1899 - 1910
- Reference Code
- M107 / II / B / 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- Correspondence Series: Professional
- Reference Code
- M107 / II / B / 13
- Date Range
- 1899 - 1910
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of publications, letters, and manuscripts Correspondence is addressed to George Vaux Jr., and Mary Morris Vaux; includes letters from the Alpine Club of Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Publications include: Variations Periodiques des Glaciers, Exhibition program: The Photographic Society of Philadelphia, and Canadian Pacific Railway Company booklets: Moraine lake Valley of the Ten Peaks on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National park, Banff on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Lakes in the Clouds, Canadian Rockies on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Lake Louise from C.P.R. Cos Chalet Lakes in the Clouds Canada. On the Canadian Pacific Railway, Takakkaw Falls, Yoho Valley B.C. On the Canadian Pacific Railway,
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- Content Details
- Also inlcuded: Panorama by Byron Harmon titled Crossing Waputik Ice Field, held in V653/? 1 metal plaque with note "1899 - original marker for Illecillewaet Glacier" - 17x15 cm, held in heritage collection: accession number 7202. 1 rock with label "First Ascent Mount Dawson 8/13/1899." held in heritage collection: accession number 7202.
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- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of publications: Glaciation of British Columbia,1888; Glacial studies in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks,1904; An Exploration of the Nun Kun Mountain Group and its Glaciers,1908; First Exploration of the Hoh Lumba and Sosbon Glaciers,1906; Discussion of the Climatic Conditions…
- Date Range
- 1866 - 1908
- Reference Code
- M107 / III / B / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- Publication Series: Scientific
- Reference Code
- M107 / III / B / 1
- Date Range
- 1866 - 1908
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of publications: Glaciation of British Columbia,1888; Glacial studies in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks,1904; An Exploration of the Nun Kun Mountain Group and its Glaciers,1908; First Exploration of the Hoh Lumba and Sosbon Glaciers,1906; Discussion of the Climatic Conditions of the Glacial Period,1890; The Jostedal-Brae Glaciers in Norway,1866; Glacial Erosion in Norway and in High Latitudes,1888; Recent Changes in the Muir Glacier,1893; The Causes of the Cold of the ice Period, 1876.
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- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of publications: Neue ergebnisse und Probleme der Gletscherforschung, 1899; Separatabdruck, 1899; Bericht der internationalen Gletscherkommission, 1903; Sonderabdruck aus der Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu berlin, 1908; Obersulzbach – Gletscher, 1880 – 82; New Asce…
- Date Range
- 1880 - 1908
- Reference Code
- M107 / III / B / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- Publication Series: Scientific
- Reference Code
- M107 / III / B / 2
- Date Range
- 1880 - 1908
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of publications: Neue ergebnisse und Probleme der Gletscherforschung, 1899; Separatabdruck, 1899; Bericht der internationalen Gletscherkommission, 1903; Sonderabdruck aus der Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu berlin, 1908; Obersulzbach – Gletscher, 1880 – 82; New Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1902; The Beaverfoot Valley and Mt. Mollison, 1901.
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- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of Department of the Interior, Report of the Rocky Mountain Park of Canada for the year ended June 1903; Geological and natural history Survey of Canada preliminary Report on the Physical and Geological features of the portion of the Rocky Mountains, 1886; A Certain type of lake…
- Date Range
- 1886 - 1903
- Reference Code
- M107 / III / B / 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- Publication Series: Scientific
- Reference Code
- M107 / III / B / 4
- Date Range
- 1886 - 1903
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of Department of the Interior, Report of the Rocky Mountain Park of Canada for the year ended June 1903; Geological and natural history Survey of Canada preliminary Report on the Physical and Geological features of the portion of the Rocky Mountains, 1886; A Certain type of lake Formation in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, 1899.
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- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of La Commissione Iternzionale per lo Studio Dei Ghiacciai, 1899; Le Glacier de Boim, 1869; Commission International des Glaciers Les Variation de Longuer des Glaciers, 1897; Observations sur les Glaciers de la Viege, 1868; L’ecoulemnet des Glaciers, 1888.
- Date Range
- 1868 - 1899
- Reference Code
- M107 / III / B / 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- Publication Series: Scientific
- Reference Code
- M107 / III / B / 6
- Date Range
- 1868 - 1899
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of La Commissione Iternzionale per lo Studio Dei Ghiacciai, 1899; Le Glacier de Boim, 1869; Commission International des Glaciers Les Variation de Longuer des Glaciers, 1897; Observations sur les Glaciers de la Viege, 1868; L’ecoulemnet des Glaciers, 1888.
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