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Textual records. -- [ca.1925]

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William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of: Canadian Rockies 1920-1925 no.1 copy 2, [before 1980], copy, subtitled Glaciers between Lake Louise and the head of Sunwapta River at Wilcox Ridge; List of glacier photos, CR 22, 20, 21 & AC 25, 27, 4 pages; W. O. Field receipt for Swiss Guide services, 1927
Reference Code
M58 / 1
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
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4 / Sub-series
Series
I.A.2. CR files : CR19-CR27 : textual records
Reference Code
M58 / 1
Physical Description
6 textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of: Canadian Rockies 1920-1925 no.1 copy 2, [before 1980], copy, subtitled Glaciers between Lake Louise and the head of Sunwapta River at Wilcox Ridge; List of glacier photos, CR 22, 20, 21 & AC 25, 27, 4 pages; W. O. Field receipt for Swiss Guide services, 1927
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Reports. -- [before 1980]

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William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Reports are: Glaciers in Canadian Rockies 1922-1963 (M58/120); Canadian Rockies 1948- 1953 reports on glaciers (M58/121); Canadian Rockies report 1953 (M58/122)
Reference Code
M58 / 120 to 122
Description Level
5 / File
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Description Level
5 / File
Series
II. Reports
Reference Code
M58 / 120 to 122
Physical Description
3 textual records (4 cm)
Scope & Content
Reports are: Glaciers in Canadian Rockies 1922-1963 (M58/120); Canadian Rockies 1948- 1953 reports on glaciers (M58/121); Canadian Rockies report 1953 (M58/122)
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Maps. -- [ca.1915]-1985

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William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Item list of titles follows
Reference Code
M58 / 124 - 1 to 22 / O.S. / "F"
Description Level
5 / File
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5 / File
Series
III.B. Resources : maps
Accession Number
5852
Reference Code
M58 / 124 - 1 to 22 / O.S. / "F"
Physical Description
23 items of cartographic records : oversize
Scope & Content
Item list of titles follows
Title Source
Title based on contents
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Map of Wapta Icefield: Showing glaciers flowing to South and East, 1903-4, Photographic Surveys Dept. of Interior, Scale 1:50,000, Contour 100 ft.; copy: black & white (M58 / 124-1)
Map of Victoria GL ,1904, W. H. Sherzer, Scale 1000 ft =1inch; copy (M58 / 124-2)
Boundary between Alberta & British Columbia, 1903 & 1906, Sheet No.16, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft, colour (M58 / 124-3)
Stovel's Pocket Map of Alberta, 1917, Scale 40 miles = 2 3/4", colour (M58 / 124-4)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1918, Sheet No. 20, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft., colour, (2 copies) annotated (M58 / 124-5 a/b) (see also C3-9.20)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., ca. 1919, [Sheets No. 18-21 pasted together?], Scale & Contour indeterminable, colour (M58 / 124-6)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1919, Sheet No. 22, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft., colour (M58 / 124-7)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1919 & 1920, Sheet No. 23, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft., colour (M58 / 124-8)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1919 & 1921, Sheet No. 24, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft., colour (M58 / 124-9)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1919 & 1921, Sheet No. 25, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft., colour (M58 / 124-10)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1920, Sheet No. 26, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft., colour (M58 / 124-11)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1920 & 1921, Sheet No. 27, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft., colour (M58 / 124-12)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1921, Sheet No. 28, Scale 1:62,500, Contour 100 ft., colour (M58 / 124-13)
Boundary between Alberta & B.C., 1921, Sheet No. 28A, Scale 1:25,000, Contour 100 ft., colour (M58 / 124-14)
British Columbia Chilcotin Sheet, Pre-Emptor's Map, Dept. of Lands, Scale 3 miles = 1 inch (M58 / 124-15)
Sketch map showing principal peaks at Headwaters of the Clearwater and Siffleur Rivers, 1927, W. Osgood Field, Scale 5 miles = 3 1/4", black & white (M58 / 124-16)
Nat'l Parks of Canada: Jasper Park South Sheet, 1936, Dept. Mines & Technical Surveys, Scale 3 miles = 1 inch, Contour 200 ft., colour, annotated (M58 / 124-17) [see also C6-1.2(b)]
Revelstoke-Golden: Big Bend - Columbia River, 1941, BC Dept of Lands, Scale 4 miles = 1 inch, Contour 500 ft., colour (M58 / 124-18)
[Portions of map of Banff Park], 1946, Dep't of Energy Mines, and Resources Scale 1:190,080, Contour 250 ft., colour annotated (M58 / 124-19 a/b)
Terminus of Saskatchewan Glacier, 1953, Scale 700 ft. = 1 inch, black & white annotated (M58 / 124-20) [see also C5-1.5]
Columbia Icefield 83C/3,1969, Nat'l Topographic System Dept. of Energy Mines and Resources, Scale 1:50,000, Contour 100 ft., colour, annotated (M58 / 124-21)
[BC & Alberta], 1967, Dep't of Energy Mines & Resources, [map sheets pasted together], Scale & Contour indeterminable, colour annotated (M58 / 124-22)
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Canadian Rockies C. D. Walcott field notebook. -- 1909-1923

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Part Of
William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Notebook is accompanied by letter of transfer to William O. Field from the American Geographical Society, 1960.
Reference Code
M58 / 125
Description Level
5 / File
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5 / File
Series
III.C. Resources : other
Reference Code
M58 / 125
Physical Description
1 textual record : volume
Scope & Content
Notebook is accompanied by letter of transfer to William O. Field from the American Geographical Society, 1960.
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Diaries and notebooks. -- 1948-1953

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Part Of
William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Items pertain to trips and glacier studies. Titles are: Canadian Rockies 1948, 3 volumes, handwritten; Canadian Rockies 1949, 4 volumes, handwritten; Canadian Rockies 1953, 5 volumes, handwritten; and, WOF Canadian Rockies diaries 1948, 1949,1953, 1 volume, typescript
Reference Code
M58 / 2 - 8
Description Level
5 / File
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William O. Field fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
I.B.1. CR files : CR48-CR53 : text
Reference Code
M58 / 2 - 8
Physical Description
13 vol of textual records
Scope & Content
Items pertain to trips and glacier studies. Titles are: Canadian Rockies 1948, 3 volumes, handwritten; Canadian Rockies 1949, 4 volumes, handwritten; Canadian Rockies 1953, 5 volumes, handwritten; and, WOF Canadian Rockies diaries 1948, 1949,1953, 1 volume, typescript
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CR 49 : [files]. -- 1948-1949

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Part Of
William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Files include correspondence, lists and diaries regarding glacier surveys. File list available
Reference Code
M58 / 24 - 33
Description Level
5 / File
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5 / File
Series
I.B.1. CR files : CR48-CR53 : text
Reference Code
M58 / 24 - 33
Physical Description
10 files of textual records (3cm)
Scope & Content
Files include correspondence, lists and diaries regarding glacier surveys. File list available
Title Source
Title based on file titles
Content Details
File list (titles are from original folders):
Canadian Rockies 1949 correspondence. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 24)
CR 49 corresp Paul Livingston. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 25)
Canadian Rockies 1949 temperatures & diary. -- 1949. -- 1cm. (M58 / 26)
Can Rockies 1949. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 27)
CR 49 Castleguard observations. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 28)
Sask Gl 1948 & 49. -- 8 items. (M58 / 29)
Sta occupations '49. -- 5 items. (M58 / 30)
Lawrence data tree counts 1949. -- 1 item. (M58 / 31)
CR 49 photo list. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 32)
1949 photo captions. -- 5 items. (M58 / 33)
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CR 53 : [files]. -- 1948-1953

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Part Of
William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Files include correspondence, lists and diaries regarding glacier surveys. File list available
Reference Code
M58 / 34 - 74
Description Level
5 / File
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Description Level
5 / File
Series
I.B.1. CR files : CR48-CR53 : text
Reference Code
M58 / 34 - 74
Physical Description
41 files of textual records (14cm)
Scope & Content
Files include correspondence, lists and diaries regarding glacier surveys. File list available
Notes
1 file was empty
Title Source
Title based on file titles
Content Details
File list (titles are from original folders):
Correspondence A - K CR 53. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 34)
Correspondence L - Z CR 53. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 35)
Correspondence CR 53. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 36)
Correspond from AGS office CR 53. -- 2 items. (M58 / 37)
Canadian Rockies 1951 Field corresp. -- 2 items. (M58 / 38)
Hutton, Joseph CR 53. -- 17 items. -- Mainly correspondence. (M58 / 39)
Putnam 1953 Granite Gl Selkirk's slide. -- 3 items. -- 2 letters, 1 transparency. (M58 / 40)
Jim Simpson CR 53. -- 7 items. -- Mainly correspondence. (M58 / 41)
Re glaciers studies in Canadian Rockies corresp. -- 4 items. (M58 / 42)
CR 53 diary. -- 4 items. (M58 / 43)
CR 53 report. -- 1 item. (M58 / 44)
Glacier data CR 53. -- 10 items. (M58 / 45)
Canadian Rockies 1953 glacier notes. -- 4 items. (M58 / 46)
Field, W. O. notes on Saskatchewan Glacier and glaciers of Upper Castleguard (M58 / 47) Valley (Meier; Colbert). -- 1954. -- 2 items.
Field, W. O. Athabaska and Saskatchewan Glaciers, notes (to Baird, Meier, (M59 / 48) Mathews, Wood, Wilcox). -- 1948-1952. -- 4p.
Proposed glacial and botanical studies report CR 53. -- 2 items. (M58 / 49)
Geology reports CR 53. -- 1 item. (M58 / 50)
CR 53 recession data & photostats Tomko [?] d'w'gs [drawings?]. -- 1 item. (M58 / 51)
Athabasca Gl Columbia Icefield Canadian Rockies. -- 1953. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 52)
Columbia Gl variations 1901-1953. -- [1953]. -- 3 items. (M58 / 53)
Columbia Gl CR 48 to CR 53 notes and data. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 54)
Columbia Gl Columbia Icefield Canadian Rockies. -- 1948, 1949,1953. -- 2 cm. (M58 / 55-56)
1953 Freshfield Gl -- 1953. -- 9 items. (M58 / 57)
Freshfield Gl notes. -- [1948-1953]. -- 6 items. (M58 / 58)
Peyto Glacier survey CR 53. -- 1953. -- 5 items. (M58 / 59)
Robson Glacier survey CR 53. -- 8 items. (M58 / 60)
Robson CR 53 notes. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 61)
Saskatchewan Gl corresp 1952. -- 1 item. (M58 / 62)
Southeast Lyell Glacier survey & photo notes CR 53. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 63)
Toronto Gl CR 53 / Horseshoe Gl CR 48 ms notes. -- 3 items. (M58 / 64)
Yoho Glacier survey CR 53. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 65)
Miscellaneous notes CR 53. -- 19 items. (M58 / 66)
Accounts CR 53. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 67)
Clippings CR 53. -- 3 items. (M58 / 68)
Equipment and films CR 53. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 69)
Equipment CR 53. -- 4 items. (M58 / 70)
Insurance CR 53 (file empty)
Photo lists 1953 & references CR 53. -- 6 items. (M58 / 71)
Publications - publicity releases CR 53. -- 1 item. (M58 / 72)
Receipts and bills CR 53. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 73)
Stations occupied 1953; 1948,49,53. -- 4 items. (M58 / 74)
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CR 53/54/63 files. -- 1953-1989

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Part Of
William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Research files pertain to glacier research in the Canadian Rockies. Some files contain photographs. Contains some material outside stated dates??? File list available
Reference Code
M58 / 75 - 119
Description Level
5 / File
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Description Level
5 / File
Series
I.B.1. CR files : CR48-CR53 : text
Reference Code
M58 / 75 - 119
Physical Description
44 files of textual records (28cm)
Scope & Content
Research files pertain to glacier research in the Canadian Rockies. Some files contain photographs. Contains some material outside stated dates??? File list available
Title Source
Title based on contents
Content Details
File list (titles are from original folders):
ACC. -- 1.5 cm. (M58 / 75)
Alpine Club of Canada. -- 1.5 cm. (M58 / 76)
Alpine Club of Canada - Current. -- 1.5 cm. (M58 / 77)
Canadian Rockies. -- 3 files of textual records (5.5 cm). (M58 / 78 - 82) Second file is subtitled: CR pre-trip correspondence 1920s.
CR 53 - ms. -- 3 files of textual records (3 cm.) (M58 / 83 - 85)
CR 53 - references. -- 5 items. (M58 / 86)
Columbia Icefield Canadian Rockies / Saskatchewan Glacier 1953. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 87)
CR 53 - CAJ report . -- .5 cm. (M58 / 88)
CAJ 54. -- 10 items. (M58 / 89)
CAJ final ms Feb 54. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 90)
CR 63 - stas. occupied. -- 2 items. (M58 / 91)
CCM - CR 73. -- 3 items. (M58 / 92)
CR data - R. West ms 1954. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 93)
CR reports - glacier observations 1980. -- 6 items. (M58 / 94)
CR mss Oct 80 - carbon copies. -- 3 items. (M58 / 95)
CR notes - Canadian Gov. Data, Water Resources Branch. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 96)
Canadian Rockies - general. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 97)
CR - misc. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 98)
Corrspondence 1989 Simon Ommanney . -- .5 cm. (M58 / 99)
Memoranda from Glaciology Division, Canadian Department of the Environment -- 1972. -- 1 item. (M58 / 100)
Canadian Rockies - glacier observations. -- 1.5 cm. (M58 / 101)
CR observations. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 102)
Athabasca and Saskatchewan Gls. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 103)
Athabasca Glacier. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 104)
Athabasca maps. -- 7 items. (M58 / 105)
Bow Gl -- .5 cm. (M58 / 106)
Castleguard Valley. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 107)
Drummond Glacier. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 108)
Findlay Glacier - Purcells. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 109)
Freshfield Glacier. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 110)
Freshfield - early photo. -- 1 item. (M58 / 111)
Horseshoe Gl -- .5 cm. (M58 / 112)
Resthaven Icefield. -- 8 items. (M58 / 113)
Robson Glacier notes. -- 5 items. (M58 / 114)
Mount Robson CR. -- 1 cm. (M58 / 115)
Saskatchewan Glacier. -- 1.5 cm. (M58 / 116)
Wenkchemna Glacier data. -- 6 items. (M58 / 117)
Yoho Gl map 1907. -- 1 item. (M58 / 118)
Yale Scientific mag 1928. -- 1 item. (M58 / 119)
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CR 48 : [files]. -- 1948

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Part Of
William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Files include correspondence, lists and diaries regarding glacier surveys. File list available
Reference Code
M58 / 9 - 23
Description Level
5 / File
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Series
I.B.1. CR files : CR48-CR53 : text
Reference Code
M58 / 9 - 23
Physical Description
15 files of textual records (4cm)
Scope & Content
Files include correspondence, lists and diaries regarding glacier surveys. File list available
Title Source
Title based on file titles
Content Details
File list (titles are from original folders):
Canadian Rockies 1948 correspondence A-Mc (MS). -- .5 cm. (M58 / 09)
Canadian Rockies 1948 correspondence M-Z (MS). -- 7 items. (M58 / 10)
CR 48 correspondence Hickson, J. W. A. -- 4 items. (M58 / 11)
'48 McFarlane, Major W. T. -- 6 items. (M58 / 12)
CR 48 Munday, W. A. D. -- 2 items. (M58 / 13)
Canadian Rockies 1948 miscellaneous correspondence. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 14)
Canadian Rockies 1948 notes. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 15)
Canadian Rockies 1948 preparations and reservations. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 16)
Canadian Rockies 1948 miscellaneous. -- 17 items. (M58 / 17)
Diaries CR 48. -- 7 items. (M58 / 18)
Copies of 1948 Gl surveys. -- 6 items. (M58 / 19)
Prelim rpt obs in the CR 1948. -- 6 items. (M58 / 20)
148 sta occupied. -- 1 item. (M58 / 21)
CR photo lists 1948. -- 2 items. (M58 / 22)
CR 48 captions. -- .5 cm. (M58 / 23)
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William O. Field fonds

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William O. Field fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of records created and collected by William O. Field during to glacier study, research and travels in the Canadian Rockies and area. I. CR files : [Canadian Rockies series], 1919-1989, 110 files and 13 volumes of textual records and ca.275 files of photographs. Textual records inclu…
Date Range
1885-1989, predominant 1902-1989
Reference Code
M58 / V6
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Diary
Map
Private record
Published record
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1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 58
V 6
Sous-Fonds
M 58
V 6
Accession Number
5852, 6787
Reference Code
M58 / V6
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Diary
Map
Private record
Published record
Date Range
1885-1989, predominant 1902-1989
Physical Description
ca.7000 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 4 photograph albums (475 prints). -- ca.55 cm and 14 v. of textual records. -- 4 cartographic records
History / Biographical
William O. Field, 1904-1994, of Massachusetts, U.S.A., was a noted geologist with the American Geographical Society and an expert on mountain glaciers of the northern hemisphere. He made trips to the Canadian Rockies with his father, William Osgood Field, during the 1920s even before graduating from Harvard in 1926. William O. Field studied key glaciers in British Columbia and Alberta from 1922 until 1981.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of records created and collected by William O. Field during to glacier study, research and travels in the Canadian Rockies and area.
I. CR files : [Canadian Rockies series], 1919-1989, 110 files and 13 volumes of textual records and ca.275 files of photographs. Textual records include diaries, notebooks and files for 1948, 1949 and 1953. Photographs include ca.5800 prints, ca.325 negatives and 4 photograph albums in annual files for years 1919 to 1927 and 1948, 1949 and 1953.
II. Reports, before 1980.
III. Resources, 1902-1985, consists of photographs, maps and textual volume collected by Field for research use.
IV. Display photographs, 1885-1953.
Name Access
Field, William O.
Subject Access
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Science and technology
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
electronic finding aid
Creator
Field, William O.
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Science and technology
Biographical Source Notes
grant application 2000
Title Source
Title based on accession record
Processing Status
Processed
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