Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1892-1937, predominant 1921-1937 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
416 lantern slides. -- 1 cm of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Black Moffat, 1870-1939, was born in Fergus, Ontario. He studied at the Chicago School of Engraving in the late 1880s, and then taught at the school for several years. He travelled through Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA and the western American states ca. 1892. He returned to Canada and lived in Toronto and Winnipeg before settling in Calgary, Alberta in 1910. He and his brother, Alex, ran a jewelry and optician business at 208-8th Avenue SW, Calgary during the 1910s and 1920s. In 1926 he married Winifred A. Heathcote, 1895-1972, who was born in Edmonton. They had one son, Thomas David, 1927-2010. In the 1930s Thomas was the chief engraver for Henry Birks and Sons. He joined the Alpine Club of Canada in 1911, and served as president in 1928. He did extensive hiking in Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, and Yoho National Parks. In 1930 Mount Moffat near Maligne Lake was named after him. In 1934 the Moffats took a trip to eastern Canada and USA during which Thomas gave illustrated lectures on the mountains and ACC activities.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Winifred A. Moffat, 1965.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of lantern slides (1921-1937) of the Canadian Rockies, Alpine Club members, and mountain flora and fauna. Also consists of diary of trip to Yellowstone and western USA (ca. 1892).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3EM063
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Note
NA 4681 are copies of S 20.