Searching for Mary Schaffer : women wilderness photography / Colleen Skidmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skidmore, Colleen, 1957- author.

Series:

Mountain cairns

Mountain Cairns: A series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schäffer, Mary T. S. (Mary Townsend Sharples), 1861-1939--Influence.

Schäffer, Mary T. S.

Women photographers--Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)--Biography.

Women photographers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Mary Schäffer was a photographer, writer, and cartographer from Philadelphia, well known for her work in the Canadian Rockies at the turn of the twentieth century. Colleen Skidmore's engrossing study asks new questions, tells new stories, and introduces women and men with whom Schäffer interacted and collaborated. It argues for new ways of thinking about the significance and impact of Schäffer's work on historical and contemporary conceptions of women's experiences in histories and societies in which gender is fundamental to the distribution of power. Scholars and readers of women's photography and writing histories, as well as wilderness and mountain studies, will make new discoveries in Searching for Mary Schäffer."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Authors Note on Names

1 She Who Colored Slides

Introduction

Exploring, Challenging, and Comprehending

Women

Wilderness

Photography

Rethinking Mary Schaffer Studies

2 Philadelphia, Paris, and the Rocky Mountains of Canada, 18891903

Photography in Philadelphia

Photography Aesthetics and the Photographic Society of Philadelphia

Exhibition of American Women Photographers

Botany

Beauty, Realism, and Mountain Landscapes

3 The Rocky Mountains of Canada, 19041906

1903: Wealth and Widowhood

1904: Meeting Molly Adams

Civilization and Wilderness

1906: Imagination, Literary Licence, and Five Women on the Trail

Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies

4 Maligne Lake, 19071911

Seeking Chaba Imne

Finding Chaba Imne

The Beaver Family

Photographing the Beaver Family

Sketching Chaba Imne

Surveying Maligne Lake

Mistaken Identity

5 Japan, 19081909, and Banff, 19091939

Interest in Things Japanese, October 1908January 1909

Photographing in Ainu and Atayal Villages

Writing the Rockies, 19091939

Epilogue

Appendix 1: Mary T. S. Schaffer and Families

Appendix 2: Mary W. (Molly) Adams and Family

Notes

Bibliography

Illustrations and Permissions

Index

About the author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781772123661

1772123668

9781772123647

1772123641

OCLC:

1013526073