Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1902 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
26 pp; 28 cm x 23 cm; bound album; printed cardstock leaves and mounted monochromatic photographic plates
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A copy of ‘The Far North’, an historical photographic souvenir album compiled and published in 1902 by the Canadian photographer Charles Wesley Mathers (C.W. Mathers). Mathers travelled extensively through the Northwest Territories and the Arctic in 1901, documenting Indigenous communities, fur trade outposts, and northern landscapes. Upon returning to his studio in Edmonton, Alberta, he custom-bound these collections of photographs into string-bound souvenir albums to sell to collectors and travellers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The green paper card wrappers and the string/cord binding are highly fragile. There is also notable edge fraying and wear to the covers.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
See description of the album at https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/far-north
Note
For additional information and content from the album see https://www.abebooks.com/photographs/Far-North-Trading-life-Inuit-Indians/30601577533/bd