Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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Vaux family fonds |
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Vaux family fonds. -- [between 1887 and 1913]. -- 2924 photographs. -- 1 photograph album. -- ca.30 cm of textual records. -- 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 and were were making photographs when the family first visited the Canadian mountain west in 1887, while on a summer trip along the Canadian Pacific Railway to Glacier House in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia. 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. William Vaux died in 1908 and George did not return to the Canadian mountains after 1911; however, Mary Vaux Walcott returned to the region for over forty years. -- Fonds consists of three series: I. Photography, 1893-1913; II. Glacier study, [before 1906]; III. Other activities, [after 1887]. -- 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 Detailed fonds description and access to images - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database
I. Photography Photography series. -- 1893-1913. -- 2924 photograph (2632 negatives, 167 transparencies, 125 prints). -- 1 photograph album (50 prints). -- 14 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of twenty-four sub-series documenting annual trips from 1893 to 1913 (family did not travel in 1908): A. to S. Travel 1893 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. Photographic negatives, arranged chronologically, are prominent in the series and include 962 glass negatives and 1660 film negatives. -- On-line images are available for most sub-series (click on sub-series pages below). -- Constitutes Series I of the Vaux family fonds. Sub-series / item descriptions: Travel 1893 Travel 1894 Travel 1895 Travel 1896 Travel 1897 Travel 1898 Travel 1899 Travel 1900 Travel 1901 Travel 1902 Travel 1903 Travel 1904 Travel 1905 Travel 1906 Travel 1907 Travel 1909 Travel 1910-1911 Travel 1912 Travel 1913 Travel general Prints / Lantern slides / Photograph album / Textual records
II. Glacier study Glacier study series. -- [before 1906]. -- ca.20 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of two sub-series: A. Research papers (1. Notes, 2. Correspondence, 3. Maps and table, 4.Writings, 5. Later work); B. Glacier library : [publications]. -- Constitutes Series II of the Vaux family fonds.
III. Other activities Other activities series. -- [after 1887]. -- ca.10 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of four sub-series: A. William S. Vaux Jr. (1. Diaries, 2. Engineering and architecture, 3. Other); B. George Vaux Jr. (1. Writing, 2. Other); C. Mary Vaux (1. Correspondence, 2. Writing and presentations); D. Other.-- Constitutes Series III of the Vaux family fonds. |
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The Vaux family fonds was processed with financial support of the Archives Society of Alberta, 2001-2002 On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003 |
