William O. Field fonds : Resources

Resources series. -- 1902-1985. -- ca.720 photographs : prints, transparencies, negatives; originals and copies. -- 40 items of cartographic records. -- 1 cm. of textual records. -- 1 sketch. -- Series consists of materials gathered by William O. Field as part of his Canadian Rockies research. Includes photographs by Howard Palmer, William Skinner Cooper, C. C. Morrison, Royal Canadian Air Force, John Noxon and others.  Text item is C. D. Walcott field notebook, 1909-1923. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Constitutes Series III of the William O. Fields fonds.

V6 / 289 (PA) (NA)

Collected photographs. -- [ca.1905-ca.1950] -- 4 cm of photographs (ca.140 prints, 6 negatives). -- 1 item of print material. -- 1 sketch. -- Photographs in 54 groups pertain to glaciers in the Canadian Rockies. Primarily includes photographs by numerous photographers and collected by W. O. Field. Includes one item by W. O. Field. Published item is Walcott panorama. Pencil sketch of Scott Glacier Recession Survey. Includes material both in files and loose. Photographer's group / item list follows. -- Title based on contents of file.

V6 / 290 (PA) - 1 to 210; V6 / 291 (PA) - 1 to 23; M58 / 123

Howard Palmer and John Noxon photographs. -- 1907-1925, 1957. -- 233 photographs : prints. -- 1 cm of textual records. -- Photographs are primarily prints pertaining to Selkirk and Rocky Mountains made from Howard Palmer negatives held by the American Alpine Club, 210 items (V6 / 290 PA). Text is lists of Palmer photographs compiled by American Alpine Club and by W. O. Field. Sub-series also includes twenty-three photographs by John Noxon, 1957, that duplicate Howard Palmer views made during expedition to the Sir Sandford Glacier in the Selkirk Mountains in 1909-1910 (V6 / 291 PA). Nine Noxon photographs are multiple print panoramas. -- Title based on contents of file.

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