Contents : Yahe-Weha-Mountain Woman : the life and travels of Mary Schaffer Warren, 1861-1939 / E.J. Hart -- Old Indian trails expedition of 1907 / Mary T.S. Schaffer -- Old Indian trails expedition of 1908 / Mary T.S. Schaffer -- The 1911 expedition to Maligne Lake / Mary T.S. Schaffer
Call Number
TR140 S33 H37
Location
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Kit with various beads and supplies for working. 26 small paper bundles of beads, tied with string. One long beaded string, mauve. One piece of muslin 16.3 x 22.0, all edges whip stitched. Unfinished beadwork in blc 4.0 x 7.5, mauve background, green pot with stems and 2 hanging burgandy flower…
Kit with various beads and supplies for working. 26 small paper bundles of beads, tied with string. One long beaded string, mauve. One piece of muslin 16.3 x 22.0, all edges whip stitched. Unfinished beadwork in blc 4.0 x 7.5, mauve background, green pot with stems and 2 hanging burgandy flowers. Thin needle with string pinned in material. One bone crochet hook 8.5 x 1.8. One square paper box with lid with loose beads. Written on box in pencil: "Last piece beadwork by Grandmother Cope Sharples - 1820" Another piece of paper has written: "Elizabeth Jefferes last work about 2 years before she died."
In Alberta History, vol. 63, no. 1 (Winter 2015). Includes the story how Mary Warren knit woollen socks for the men in the front during World War I with other Banff women. She recieved a thank you letter from one of the men and sent a copy of the letter to the New York Times. She recieved a letter a few days later from an Episcopal clergyman named William Henderson Watts. She had a 2 year correspondance with him about her view on the war, particularly the lack of American involvement.
