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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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Mary Schaffer Warren by her fireplace
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of woman identified as Mary Schaffer Warren sitting next to a fireplace with a bulldog - hand tinted image
- Reference Code
- v527 / lc / accn 3007 / na66 - 527
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V527
- Reference Code
- v527 / lc / accn 3007 / na66 - 527
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of woman identified as Mary Schaffer Warren sitting next to a fireplace with a bulldog - hand tinted image
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Immigration and homesteading
- Sports and Recreation
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
Images
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Dr. Charles and Mary T.S. Schaffer's camp at Lake Louise
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a camp set up on the shore of Lake Louise - two tents and person with horse in foreground.
- Date Range
- 1893
- Reference Code
- v527 / lc / accn 3284 / na66 - 1401
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V527
- Reference Code
- v527 / lc / accn 3284 / na66 - 1401
- Date Range
- 1893
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a camp set up on the shore of Lake Louise - two tents and person with horse in foreground.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Immigration and homesteading
- Sports and Recreation
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a man identified as Carl Rungius standing amongst his paintings of antelope, landscapes, horses.
- Reference Code
- v527 / lc / accn 3295 / na66 - 1314
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative, copy
1 image
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V527
- Reference Code
- v527 / lc / accn 3295 / na66 - 1314
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative : copy negative
- Scope & Content
- Image of a man identified as Carl Rungius standing amongst his paintings of antelope, landscapes, horses.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Sports and Recreation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- copy negative envelope
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His Nibs, his mistress : the Saskatchewan, Sentinel Mountain
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Mary Schaffer on horseback, Kootenay Plains
- Date Range
- [1906?]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 2
- 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 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 2
- Date Range
- [1906?]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Scope & Content
- Mary Schaffer on horseback, Kootenay Plains
- Notes
- V527 / PD-1 has this caption
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- [Mollie Adams?]
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[Mary Schaffer? with horse]
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [between 1907 - 1911]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 3
- 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 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 3
- Date Range
- [between 1907 - 1911]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- [Mollie Adams?]
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Pinto Lake from summit of [Sunset] pass '06
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [1906]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 6
- 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 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 6
- Date Range
- [1906]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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Crowfoot Glacier
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [1907?]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 7
- 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 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 7
- Date Range
- [1907?]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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On Bow Lake .07
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [1907]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 8
- 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 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 8
- Date Range
- [1907]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [1907?]
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 9
- 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 1. Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area
- Reference Code
- V527 / PS 1 - 9
- Date Range
- [1907?]
- Physical Description
- 1 transparency : lantern slide
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
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