Lantern slides of an expedition in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
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Description
- Title
- Lantern slides of an expedition in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
- Creator
- Fay, Samuel Prescott, 1884-1971
- Published / Created
- 1915.
- Abstract
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Lantern slides of photographs that chiefly document an expedition led by Samuel Prescott Fay in the northern Canadian Rockies from Jasper, Alberta, to Hudson's Hope, British Columbia, from June to November 1914. The expedition received financial support from the United States Bureau of Biological Survey to collect and record wildlife species in the region, as well as determine the northern range of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. The lantern slides were probably created to illustrate lectures delivered by Fay in 1915
The photographs include informal portraits of expedition members, including Fay, Frederick Archibald Brewster, Charles Robert Cross, Robert Boydell Jones, and John Barnes Symes. Images of the men include depictions of camp life and activities related to the expedition, including hiking, hunting, fishing, paddling canoes, and managing a herd of twenty horses that accompanied them. Other individuals depicted include Ewan Henri Moberly, a Métis homesteader at Grande Cache, Alberta, and the family of Cree Indian Joseph Calliou at Moberly Lake, British Columbia. A few images depict unidentified American Indians
Photographs of landscapes depict the terrain encountered by the expedition, including mountains, alpine ridges, meadows, burned over forests, rivers, and bogs. Identified sites include Grande Cache, Jarvis Pass, Kinuseo Falls, Moberly Lake, Mount Alexander, Mount Herman, Mount Ida, Murray River, Sapphire Lake, Smoky River, and Thunder Mountain, later known as Mount Cross. Several lantern slides reproduce maps of the region traversed by the expedition
- Description
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Samuel Prescott Fay (1884-1971) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard in 1907. He was an early member of the American Alpine Club and first visited the northern Canadian Rockies in 1906. From 1912 to 1914, Fay made a series of expeditions in Alberta and British Columbia. During World War I, he volunteered with the American Ambulance Field Service, and later served as a first lieutenant and aerial observer in the United States Army. After the war, he worked as a stockbroker and an investment counselor, as well as a trustee for the American Field Service. Fay died at his home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Title devised by cataloger.
Stored in 3 boxes. - Provenance
- Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2012.
- Extent
- 183 lantern slides : 8.3 x 10.2 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Collection includes restricted images of Native American burials.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 210
- Container / Volume
- Box 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Lantern slides - Material
- glass, b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Alberta
Alexander, Mount (B.C.)
British Columbia
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
Cross, Mount (B.C.)
Grande Cache (Alta.)
Herman, Mount (B.C.)
Hudson's Hope Region (B.C.)
Ida, Mount (B.C.)
Jarvis Pass (B.C.)
Jasper (Alta.)
Kinuseo Falls (B.C.)
Moberly Lake (B.C.)
Murray River (B.C.)
Peace River (B.C. and Alta.)
Sapphire Lake (B.C.)
Smoky River (Alta.)
Yellowhead Mountain (Alta. and B.C.)
Yellowhead Pass region (Alta. and B.C.) - Subject (Name)
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Brewster, Frederick Archibald, 1884-1969.
Calliou, Joseph, ca. 1890-1960.
Cross, Charles Robert, 1881-1915.
Fay, Samuel Prescott, 1884-1971.
Jones, Robert Boydell, 1893-1954.
Moberly, Ewan Henri, 1859-1918.
Symes, John Barnes, 1891-1917.
United States. Bureau of Biological Survey. - Subject (Topic)
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Cree Indians
Indians of North America
Métis
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep - Subjects
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Brewster, Frederick Archibald, 1884-1969
Calliou, Joseph, ca. 1890-1960
Cross, Charles Robert, 1881-1915
Fay, Samuel Prescott, 1884-1971
Jones, Robert Boydell, 1893-1954
Moberly, Ewan Henri, 1859-1918
Symes, John Barnes, 1891-1917
United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
Cree Indians > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Métis > Pictorial works
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep > Pictorial works
Alberta > Pictorial works
Alexander, Mount (B.C.) > Pictorial works
British Columbia > Pictorial works
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.) > Pictorial works
Cross, Mount (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Grande Cache (Alta.) > Pictorial works
Herman, Mount (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Hudson's Hope Region (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Ida, Mount (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Jarvis Pass (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Jasper (Alta.) > Pictorial works
Kinuseo Falls (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Moberly Lake (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Murray River (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Peace River (B.C. and Alta.) > Pictorial works
Sapphire Lake (B.C.) > Pictorial works
Smoky River (Alta.) > Pictorial works
Yellowhead Mountain (Alta. and B.C.) > Pictorial works
Yellowhead Pass region (Alta. and B.C.) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Samuel Prescott Fay, Lantern Slides of an Expedition in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11183912
- Object ID (OID)
- 11680839