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Series · 1909 - 1979
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Series consists of bound notebooks and catalogues, some in loose leaf form. Some notebooks are handwritten; most have been transcribed. The catalogues list in columns the flora and fauna observed on specific dates and locations. Soper illustrated some of the notebooks with colour pencil sketches and occaissionally pasted in a photograph. The notebooks are in roughly chronological order and document both his private naturalist studies and his professional work for the federal government and the University of Alberta. These books are the raw data of his work as a naturalist researcher in the Candian Arctic and Prairies.

The series title is based on the contents of the records.

Photographs and Sketches.
Series · 1913 - 1979
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Series consists of individual photographs and photograph albums documenting Soper's Arctic expeditions for the federal government and his research as a federal wildlife official, University of Alberta commissioned researcher, and independent researcher and naturalist. Soper identified and preserved some photographs by gluing them in albums with captions and others are loose but identified with an accompanying catalogue. Most photographs are black and white with a selection Soper tinted.

The series title is based on the content of the records.

Manuscripts and Reports.
Series · 1914 - 1970
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Series consists of bound notebooks and looseleaf writings. Some notebooks are handwritten; most have been transcribed. Soper illustrated some of the notebooks with colour pencil sketches and occaissionally pasted in a photograph. The original reports are in chronological order. They are organized as a manuscript draft and were written for the National Museum, Canadian Wildlife Service or the University of Alberta Department of Zoology. Serveral groups of reports are bound in single hard cover and were destined for a discrete office. The sketches, narratives and other manuscripts are less organized and lack a cover page, index, or at times, pagination.

The series title is based on the contents of the records.

1979-21-33-169 · File · [August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of the ruins of the German Polar Station at Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedtion of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-167 · File · [31-Jul]-24
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of the Hudson's Bay Company outpost at Sirmilling Bay, Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

Inuit Women at Pangnirtung
1979-21-33-155 · File · [August, 1924]
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of two Inuit women at Pangnirtung, illustrating two different kinds of summer clothing. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-153 · File · Summer, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of an Inuit skin tupik and canvas tents neat Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

Inuit Woman at Pangnirtung
1979-21-33-154 · File · [August, 1924]
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of a Pangnirtung Inuit woman carrying a pail of water for making tea; canvas tent in background. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-159 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a young glaucous gull at a nesting colony in Midlualik Bay. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

Ummalik at Blacklead Island
1979-21-33-200 · File · [August], 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of an Inuit hunter named Ummalik at Blacklead Island. An attached album label suggest that his clothing reflects western influence. J.Dewey Soper was conducting an exploratory expedition of Baffin Island supported by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-166 · File · [31-Jul]-24
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of the Hudson's Bay Company outpost at Sirmilling Bay, Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-161 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of a young Glaucous gull photographed at Issortukdjuak Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-164 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a young Glaucous gull photographed at Issortukdjuak Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory ecpedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-182 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts the total site of the old German Polar Station with various ruins; it was originally established in 1882. J. Dewey Soper was involved with a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-194 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of an abandoned building on the site of the old whaling station at Kekerten Island in Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was condcuting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

Sirmilling Bay Scene
1979-21-33-178 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of a river entering Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was involved with a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Vidtoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-191 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of icebergs in lower Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

Icebergs in Cumberland Sound
1979-21-33-185 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of icebergs in lower Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-189 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of the old abandoned whaling station at Kekerten Island. J. Dewey Soper had a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-187 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts whale boats in Pangnirtung Sound. J. Dewey Soper conducted a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

Blacklead Island Coastline
1979-21-33-201 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of the sea pounding on the rocky coastline at Blacklead Island and along the mainland to the south. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-186 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of a group of Inuits posing with a polar bear that had been killed near the entrance to Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-190 · File · August, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of whale boats gathered near the head of Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

Pangnirtung Fiord Scene
1979-21-33-209 · File · [23]-Aug-24
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a scene along Pangnirtung Fiord on the eastern side. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-220 · File · Summer, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of "Mac", the white collie mascot of the Mounted Police at Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratoty expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-217 · File · Summer, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a bearded seal taken in Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

Pangnirtung Fiord Scene
1979-21-33-208 · File · [23]-Aug-24
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a scene looking northeast up Pangnirtung Fiord to interior mountains that are over 6000 feet in height. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-210 · File · Summer, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of the mounted police cruiser, the Lady Borden" at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-240 · File · Early Winter, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Phootgraph depicts a large Inuit group at Cumberland Sound; a tupik is in the background. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-223 · File · Summer, 1924
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts two Inuit boys at Pangnirtung with a young sledge dog. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memoria Museum of Ottawa.

Caribou Killed by Soper
1979-21-33-241 · File · 22-Oct-24
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of J. Dewey Soper sitting beside a fallen caribou killed by Soper at [Cumberland Sound]. Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.

1979-21-33-105 · File · Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of Arctic cottongrass in a moist depression on the tundra near Pangnirtung Fiord; an attached album label provides further detail about the native uses for cottongrass. Photographs contained in album depicting J.D. Soper's expedition to Greenland and the Canadian Eastern Arctic.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-107 · File · Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts R.C.M.P. Constable Tom Tredgold standing with two young Inuit children in theri winter garb. The photograph is contained in an album depicting J.D. Soper's expedition to Greenland and the Canadian Eastern Arctic.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-106 · File · Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts an old Inuit hunter at Pangnirtung. The photograph is contained in an album depicting J.D. Soper's expedition to Greenland and the Canadian Eastern Arctic.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-26 · File · [1923]
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts three men in the ruins of an old storehouse at Erebus Bay. Franklin and his men spent nearly a year here. Constable Tredgold is in the foreground.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-30 · File · 1-Aug-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts an unidentified man holding a dead Greenland hare by its legs; two unidentified men in background. Parts of ship are visible. The hare was collected at Dundas Harbour, Devon Island by J. Dewey Soper for the National Museum of Canada.

Soper, J. Dewey
Five Inuit Hunters
1979-21-33-48 · File · 6-Apr-05
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts five unnamed Eskimo hunters posing for portrait. Standing in front of an unidentifed building. Note: Although Soper does not identify him here, the man standing second from the left is ""The Eskimo, Ororeangnak, an assistant to Nukudluk during the murder of [the newfoundland trader] Janes."" A closer view is available in picture 79-21-33-62 where Ororeangnak is identified.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-53 · File · 1-Aug-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph is a picturesque view of the coastline west of Pond Inlet settlement, looking northeast to the southeastern part of Bylot Island; trees in foreground and the schooner Arctic anchored in far distance.

Soper, J. Dewey
Mounties"" at Pond Inlet
1979-21-33-57 · File · 1-Aug-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph shows two unidentifed men, R.C.M.P. officers, posing while sitting on a rock face at Pond Inlet. They are wearing rubber boots, hats.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-58 · File · 1-Aug-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph shows a woman holding her two children (one on her back) in the midst of a crowd of ethnically diverse people gathered at the mounted police detachment at Pond Inlet during the trial of the Inuit, Nakudluk.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-55 · File · 1-Aug-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph shows two unidentifed men, R.C.M.P. Officers, posing while sitting on a rock face at Pond Inlet. They are wearing rubber boots, hats.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-61 · File · 1-Aug-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph shows the courthouse, several dogs, and a large crowd of people assembled in a semi-circle around the presiding Magistrate at the trail of Nukudluk. Magistrate L.A. Rivet is making his final speech. Photo is taken from a distance so little detail is visible.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-72 · File · 1-Aug-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a narwhal that had been harpooned by Inuits in Eclipse Sound and secured with a line to the shore prior to skinning and cuttin up.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-68 · File · [August, 1923]
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph shows J.D. Soper standing next to an Inuit summer tupik; a dog is sleeping in the tupik's doorway. Soper was out collecting birds specimens in the Pond Inlet area.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-73 · File · 1-Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph shows an Inuit tupik constructed of Ringed Seal skins at Pangnirtung Fiord just before the first snowfall of the season. Unidentified people and a dog are in the background.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-78 · File · [15]-Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph shows an Eskimo girl and dog standing beside an Eskimo summer tent at Pangnirtung, near the Hudson's Bay Company Post. Miscellaneous household items surround the tent. British flag is raised in the background.

Soper, J. Dewey
An Elaborate Native House
1979-21-33-80 · File · 1-Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a native family posing outside their house at Pangnirtung. The house is quite spectacular in its' construction. A Hudson's Bay Company post is in the background.

Soper, J. Dewey
Pangnirtung Fiord Scene
1979-21-33-98 · File · 1-Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a Pangnirtung Fiord coastline view of a mountain plateau. Part of the schooner ARCTIC is visible.

Soper, J. Dewey
Pangnirtung Fiord
1979-21-33-99 · File · 1-Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a Pangnirtung Fiord coastline view of a mountain plateau. Part of the schooner ARCTIC is visible and further details are provided in a photograph label.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-33-100 · File · 1-Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photogaph shows an H.B.C. building at Pangnirtung with several unidentified people surrounding it. Mountains in background.

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-35-252 · File · Winter, [1931]
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts an aerial view of the Hudson Bay railway bridge crossing the Saskatchewan River at The Pas, Manitoba. The Soper family travelled through Manitoba on their rail journey to Ottawa, Ontario. They were returning to southern Canada after spending thirteen months living in Lake Harbour, Baffin Island. This photograph was likely a purchased postcard.

Flin Flon, Manitoba
1979-21-35-253 · File · ca. 1931
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view of a portion of the mining settlement of Flin Flon Manitoba. The Soper family travelled through Manitoba on their rail journey to Ottawa, Ontario. They were returning to southern Canada after spending thirteen months living in Lake Harbour, Baffin Island. This photograph was likely a purchased postcard.

1979-21-33-97 · File · [15]-Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photogrpah shows an Eskimo tupik in the background. In the foreground are three puppies playing on the barren ground. Photograph is taken near the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Pangnirtung

Soper, J. Dewey
1979-21-35-258 · File · 1931
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph depicts a view looking north of Main Street in Wainwright, Alberta. Buildings, automobiles, a town clock, and several pedestrians are visible in the photograph. The photograph is a commercial postcard likely purchased by Dewey Soper.

1979-21-35-259 · File · ca. 1941
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Two young girls identified as Kay and Jane Cooper at Jasper National Park. The Cooper family lived at the Government Hay Camp in Wood Buffalo Park at the same time that the Soper family lived there.

1979-21-33-96 · File · [14]-Sep-23
Part of J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Photograph shows an Eskimo skin tupik next to Pangnirtung Fiord. The Schooner ARCTIC is in the distance unloading lumber and supplies for the new mounted police detatchment being built at this point.

Soper, J. Dewey