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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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Reggie Holmes fonds
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- Part Of
- Reggie Holmes fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Reggie Holmes and associates, Stoney Indians, pack trips, particularly 1908 Schaffer trip to Maligne Lake.
- Date Range
- Copies made in 1980
- Reference Code
- V415
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Reggie Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 415
- Sous-Fonds
- V 415
- Accession Number
- 3323
- Reference Code
- V415
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- Copies made in 1980
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs : negatives
- History / Biographical
- Reggie Holmes, d.1919, was an outfitter and packer in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Holmes accompanied the Mary Schaffer party to Maligne Lake, Alberta in 1908.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to Reggie Holmes and associates, Stoney Indians, pack trips, particularly 1908 Schaffer trip to Maligne Lake.
- Name Access
- Holmes, Reggie
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Indigenous Peoples
- Maligne Lake
- Pack trips
- Stoney Nakoda
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints
- Creator
- Holmes, Reggie
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Shopping lists, supplies, receipts, newspaper clippings
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of receipts [accommodation, groceries, etc.], supply lists, and other financial records pertaining to the Tilikum voyage in 1901/1902. File also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to the Tilikum voyage [1926-1954] and the 60th anniversary of Norman Luxton's participation on the t…
- Date Range
- 1901-1902
- 1926
- 1929-1930
- 1940
- 1954
- 1961
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / B1 / 17 to 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / B : Tilikum voyage
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / B1 : Clippings, notepads, photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / B1 / 17 to 18
- Date Range
- 1901-1902
- 1926
- 1929-1930
- 1940
- 1954
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of receipts [accommodation, groceries, etc.], supply lists, and other financial records pertaining to the Tilikum voyage in 1901/1902. File also includes newspaper clippings pertaining to the Tilikum voyage [1926-1954] and the 60th anniversary of Norman Luxton's participation on the trip [1961].
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Voss, John
- Subject Access
- Businesses
- Commerce
- Finances
- Exploration
- Travel
- Anniversary
- Museums
- Boats
- Boat building
- Canoes and canoeing
- Newspaper
- Publication
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Australia
- Sydney
- Language
- English
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Transportation
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Items stored in two file folders based on subject: LUX / I / B1 / 17 : Receipts, lists, other financial records LUX / I / B1 / 18 : Newspaper clippings
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tilikum - Australia docking and exhibition
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of documents pertaining to the Tilikum voyage and public exhibition in Australia. File includes a receipt for the cartage and docking of the Tilikum at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 1901; two 25-cent Canadian bills [one dated 1923] attached to a page titled "Austr…
- Date Range
- 1901
- [1901 or 1902]
- 1923
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / B1 / 16
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / B : Tilikum voyage
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / B1 : Clippings, notepads, photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / B1 / 16
- Date Range
- 1901
- [1901 or 1902]
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 0.2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of documents pertaining to the Tilikum voyage and public exhibition in Australia. File includes a receipt for the cartage and docking of the Tilikum at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 1901; two 25-cent Canadian bills [one dated 1923] attached to a page titled "Australia"; and an advertisement for an exhibit featuring the Tilikum in Australia [1901 or 1902?].
- Notes
- Items in file appear to have been removed from a souvenir scrapbook or larger textual collection pertaining to the Tilikum voyage.
- Material Details
- Currency and exhibition advertisement are attached to thick poster or folder paper and hand-decorated with blue and black ink around borders
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Voss, John
- Subject Access
- Advertising
- Commerce
- Finances
- Boats
- Canoes and canoeing
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Australia
- Sydney
- Access Restrictions
- Fragile materials - handle with caution
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Fragile materials - handle with caution
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items have been stored in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tilikum canoe and displays
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs depicting the Tilikum canoe and related information signs on display in Victoria, British Columbia [ca.1935-1940] before and after a restoration project completed in 1936. One photograph on brown matboard depicts several unnamed individuals [ca.1901, likely including Ca…
- Date Range
- [1901]
- [1935]-1940
- [1970]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PA - 115 to 126
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E4 : Photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PA - 115 to 126
- Date Range
- [1901]
- [1935]-1940
- [1970]
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w and col. ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of photographs depicting the Tilikum canoe and related information signs on display in Victoria, British Columbia [ca.1935-1940] before and after a restoration project completed in 1936. One photograph on brown matboard depicts several unnamed individuals [ca.1901, likely including Capt. John Voss and Norman Luxton] standing aboard the Tilikum. File also includes one colour postcard print [ca. 1970] depicting the Tilikum on display in the Maritime Museum in Victoria.
- Notes
- Photograph on matboard is signed "G.E.L." [possibly Georgina Eleanor Luxton] in bottom left corner
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Voss, John
- Subject Access
- Canoes and canoeing
- Geography
- History
- Transportation
- Travel
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Victoria
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items stored in mylar
- Related Material
- Duplicate of 1901 photograph in file [LUX/I/E4/PA-123] with less yellowing and fading processed under reference code [LUX/I/B1/12/PA-82]
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tilikum, Dodge Cove and Manihiki travels
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of negatives and photograph prints pertaining to John Voss and Norman Luxton’s travels in 1901 and 1902. Includes Norman Luxton and Captain John Voss posing with members of the Voss family aboard the Tilikum in 1901; views of Dodge Cove, British Columbia [including an Indigenous buria…
- Date Range
- 1901-1902
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / B1 / 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / B : Tilikum Voyage
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / B1 / 15
- Date Range
- 1901-1902
- Physical Description
- 67 photographs : b&w prints ; 31 x 21 cm or smaller -- 5 photographs : b&w negatives ; 16 x 12 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of negatives and photograph prints pertaining to John Voss and Norman Luxton’s travels in 1901 and 1902. Includes Norman Luxton and Captain John Voss posing with members of the Voss family aboard the Tilikum in 1901; views of Dodge Cove, British Columbia [including an Indigenous burial site]; and views from travels in Manihiki [Cook Islands?] [ca.1902] and Samoa [1901].
- Notes
- File contains some duplicate images
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Voss, John
- Subject Access
- Boats
- Travel
- Canoes and canoeing
- Family and personal life
- Transportation
- Indigenous Peoples
- Ceremony
- Weddings
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Victoria
- Dodge Cove
- Manihiki
- Samoa
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Negative photographs stored in negative envelopes, kept in box with prints in separate file folder to maintain context
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Transportation
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Vaux family fonds
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- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series. Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel ge…
- Date Range
- [after 1855]
- Reference Code
- M107 / V653
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Vaux family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 107
- V 653
- Sous-Fonds
- M 107
- V 653
- Accession Number
- 739, 1117, 1118, 1793, 2883, 3236, 3942, 4012, 7202, 7579 (unproc), 7792 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M107 / V653
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- [after 1855]
- Physical Description
- 2924 photographs: 2632 negatives, 167 transparencies, 125 prints. -- 1 photograph album (50 prints). -- ca.2.7 m textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Vaux family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were photographers, mountaineers and scientists. Mary M. Vaux, 1860-1940, George Vaux Jr., 1863-1927, and William S. Vaux Jr., 1872-1908, were the children of George Vaux (VIII) of Philadelphia. They were all involved in photography in the early 1880s and were members of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. All three were taking photographs when the family made its first trip west in 1885. The first Vaux family photographs of the Canadian mountain west were made in 1887 during a summer trip along the Canadian Pacific Railway to Glacier House in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia in 1887.
- The family made frequent visits to the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains over the next two decades to study the Illecillewaet and other glaciers, photograph, paint and climb. George's and Mary's photographic work centred on the mountain landscape, while William's concentrated upon the movement and physical features of glaciers. Due to the size of their large format cameras, the two brothers took most of the photographs during these trips and Mary was responsible for all of the printing. William Vaux died in 1908 and George did not return to the Canadian mountains after 1911; however, Mary Vaux Walcott returned to the region virtually every summer for over forty years. A detailed discussion of their activities is contained in "Legacy In Ice: The Vaux Family and the Canadian Alps," Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1983
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two or more series. Series I. Photography, 1893-1913, is processed. Series II. Textual records are processed and consist of six series.
- Photography series consists of twenty-four sub-series: A. to O. Travel 1893 to Travel 1907; P. to S. Travel 1909 to Travel 1913; T. Travel general, 1894?-1912?; U. Prints, 1899-1907; V. Lantern slides, 1900-1909; W. Photograph album, before 1907; X. Textual records, 1893-1910; Y. Damaged Negatives; Z. Mary Schaffer Negatives. Photographic negatives, arranged chronologically, are prominent in the series. Images pertain to landscape studies and scenic views of the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially the Glacier, Yoho and Lake Louise areas; glaciers in the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains, especially Illecillewaet, Asulkan, Yoho and Bow Glaciers; mountain scenes and panorama views in the Selkirks and Rockies; Canadian Pacific Railway in the Selkirks and CPR hotels; Glacier and Field, B.C. and Banff, Alberta and areas; climbing and other mountain activities; United States and Canadian views on trips to the mountains. Negatives include both glass (962 items) and film negatives (1740 items). Textual records are exposure records, original negative envelopes and publications.
- Textual series consists of six series: I. Trip Series, II. Correspondence Series, III. Publications Series, IV. George Vaux: Legal and Finance Management Series, V. Photographic Related Material, VI. Other Series (O.S.). Textual records pertain to glacier study, including research papers, maps and publications; William S. Vaux Jr. papers re travels, engineering and architecture, other; George Vaux Jr. writing and other papers; Mary Vaux correspondence and papers re writing and presentations; and other records, 1877, 1912-1913. Textual records also include family travel papers, 1881-1911; George Vaux, Jr. "Glacier" files; correspondence between George Vaux and the Schäffers, 1899-1926; papers of Dr. Charles Schäffer, Mary Schäffer and Schäffer estate, 1855-1927.
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series description
- file description for Series I
- electronic finding aid for Series I
- selected modern reference prints
- digital images in Images database and in Alberta InSight database
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to the Vaux family collection of photographs held by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics held by Special Collections of Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pennsylvania
- Creator
- Vaux, George
- Vaux, Mary
- Vaux, William
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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