File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.
File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.
File consists of 90 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm. File pertains to photographs taken by Dorothy Wardle of places, events, and scenery around Banff and Canmore. For Banff, file documents winter and fall scenery (mountains like Rundle and Cascade, the Bow River, Banff Avenue), wildl…
90 photographs : col. ; 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 90 colour photographs, 15 x 10 cm and 12.5 x 9 cm. File pertains to photographs taken by Dorothy Wardle of places, events, and scenery around Banff and Canmore. For Banff, file documents winter and fall scenery (mountains like Rundle and Cascade, the Bow River, Banff Avenue), wildlife (elk and a bear), war memorial, Warren house, Baine house, Louis Trono concert in the park in 1995, and the Old Banff Cemetery. For Canmore, file documents the Highland Games in 1994, winter activities (ice sculptures, dog sled races at the Nordic Centre), St. Michael's Place, and a photograph of the valley. File also documents the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the cabins (Bill Peyto, Jack Sinclair, and Mather Family) located on the museum's property.
Notes
Old Banff Cemetery photographs include the headstones of: Wardle family, Stephen family, Mary Schaffer Warren, J. Murray Gibbon, and Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte.
File consists of 8 hand-written letters with envelopes and an assortment of smaller correspondence, H28 x W21.5 cm or smaller.
M413 / I / 1 : Each letter is addressed to Charlie and is dated, signed, and written on a business or organization's letterhead, as follows: August 27, 1929, signed by Fri…
Negatives pertain mainly to explorations, including landscapes, participants, camps and activities; also fauna, flora and Japan. Areas include Fortress Lake, Maligne Valley and Lake, Kootenay Plains, Mount Columbia and Athabasca River
Negatives pertain mainly to explorations, including landscapes, participants, camps and activities; also fauna, flora and Japan. Areas include Fortress Lake, Maligne Valley and Lake, Kootenay Plains, Mount Columbia and Athabasca River
Notes
NA-101: Sky is masked out by a combination of fabric and paintlike substance.
Image of Mary Shaffer, Mrs Harry Brett, Mrs Earl Brett, and Mr Roberts, posing with a dog in winter - "Left to right Mrs Earl Brett Mr Robarts bank mgr Imp. BK. father of Prime Minister of Ontario Mary Schaffer and Lover the dog Mrs Harry Brett about 1916" written in pencil on the back by Catharine…
Image of Mary Shaffer, Mrs Harry Brett, Mrs Earl Brett, and Mr Roberts, posing with a dog in winter - "Left to right Mrs Earl Brett Mr Robarts bank mgr Imp. BK. father of Prime Minister of Ontario Mary Schaffer and Lover the dog Mrs Harry Brett about 1916" written in pencil on the back by Catharine Whyte
Fonds consists of 28 letters from Mary Schaffer Warren to Toms and one letter to Toms' brother, 1933-1938; also one card from William Warren to Toms re Mary Warren's death, 1939. The letters provide significant information about Warren's life, contemporaries and explorations in the Canadian Rockie…
Humphrey Toms was a young man in 1933 when he carried an introduction from a family friend to Mary Warren because he had an interest in botany. An occasional correspondence began with Mrs. Warren up to her death in 1939, influencing Toms' decision to study botany. Toms lived at Victoria, B.C. in his later years.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of 28 letters from Mary Schaffer Warren to Toms and one letter to Toms' brother, 1933-1938; also one card from William Warren to Toms re Mary Warren's death, 1939. The letters provide significant information about Warren's life, contemporaries and explorations in the Canadian Rockies.
