The J. Dewey Soper fonds consists of field books, photographs and illustrations, correspondence, and manuscripts. The material covers the years 1908 to 1981. The photographs document his Arctic expeditions for the Canadian government and his work as an officer of the Federal Wildlife Services Department and comprise predominantly the years 1920 to the early 1950s. The textual material more completely documents the span of his lifetime with diaries and field notes from the 1910s to his post 1960s research for the University of Alberta's Department of Zoology. Title is based on the content of the fonds. No further accruals are expected.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph of a waterfall near Godhavn, Greenland.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph of the ocean, looking overboard the C.G.S. ARCTIC. Part of the ship is visible.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotogaph shows an H.B.C. building at Pangnirtung with several unidentified people surrounding it. Mountains in background.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph show a coastal view of Pangnirtung terrain during low tide; three puppies playing in the foreground.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of a clump of Labrador Tea growing in a ravine near Pangnirtung Fiord.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of Dwarf Arctic Willow at Pangnirtung Fiord; it averages about 6 to 8 inches high.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of a mat of white heather growing on a rocky slope in the vicinity of Pangnirtung.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph 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. DeweyPhotograph 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. DeweyPhotograph 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. DeweyPhotograph depicts two Inuit men in early winter sealskin clothing carrying a cargo carrier for hauling goods from the beach to the warehouse. Photograph is contained in an album depicting J.D. Soper's expedition to Greenland and the Canadian Eastern Arctic.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of Inuit youngsters playing in the first snow of the season at Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was appointed naturalist to the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedition.
View of a group of mounted police and soldiers posing (mid-construction) in front of the R.C.M.P. detachment at Pangnirtung Fiord, Baffin Island.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of R.C.M.P. Constable Tom Tredgold posing with sledge dogs at Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was in the north as the appointed naturalist to the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedition.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of two Inuit hunters in sealskin clothing at Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was in the north as the appointed naturalist to the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedition.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a freighter passed in the Strait of Belle Isle. J. Dewey Soper was returning to Quebec City after serving as naturalist for the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedition of 1923.
Photograph depicts sledge dogs being tried out after the first snowfall of the season in Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was in the north as the appointed naturalist for the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedition of 1923.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of four Inuit boys at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was in the north as the appointed naturalist to the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedition.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of R.C.M.P. Officers abord the C.G.S. ARCTIC prior to the docking of the ship at Quebec City. J. Dewey Soper was returning to southern Canada after exploring the north as a naturalist with the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedition of 1923.
Photograph depicts a view of J. Dewey Soper aboard the S.S. ARCTIC. Soper was appointed naturalist to a Canadian Government Arctic Expedition of 1923.
Photograph depicts a view of Constable Friel at the wheel of the C.G.S. ARCTIC in the Strait of Belle Isle. J. Dewey Soper was returning to southern Canada on the steamer after exploring the north as the appointed natualist on the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedition of 1923.
Photograph depicts F.D. Henderson, Surveyor, dressed in Inuit skin clothing and displaying the long ivory tusk of the Narwhal. J. Dewey Soper was returning to Southern Canada after exploring the north as the appointed naturalist on the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedtion of 1923.
Photograph depicts J. Dewey Soper aboard the C.G.S. ARTIC at King's Dock, Quebec City prior to leaving the next day for the Canadian Eastern Arctic. Soper was under contract to the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa to conduct a two year expedition to Baffin Island.
Photograph of William Duval and Dewey Soper posing on the C.G.S. ARCTIC.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of icebergs and field-ice encountered in the Strait of Belle Isle. J. Dewey Soper was returning to Baffin island for a two year expedition under contract to the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of the C.G.S. ARCTIC cruising down the lower St. Lawrence River. J. Dewey Soper was returning to Baffin Island for a two year expedition under contract to the Victoria Memorial Museum in Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of icebergs in the Strait of Bele Isle. J Dewey Soper was travelling to Baffin Island for a two year exploring expeidtion under contract to the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts the C.G.S. Arctic in scattered field ice off the lower Labrador coast. J. Dewey Soper was returning to Baffin Island for a two year expedition under contract to the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of the C.G.S. ARCTIC fast in the polar pack ice off Cape Sabine, Ellesmere Island; J. Dewey Soper is walking about on the icefield. Soper was the appointed naturalist with the Canadian Government's Arctic Expedtion of 1923.
Photograph depicts a view looking northward up Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper had a two year engagement with the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa to conduct an expedition of Baffin Island.
Photograph depicts a view of R.C.M.P. Constables Fielder, Tredgold, and Margette with their mascot dog "Mac", standing in front of the Pangnirtung Detachment. J. Dewey Soper was engaged by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa to conduct a two year expedition on Baffin Island.
Photograph depicts a view of the R.C.M.P. Detachment at Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was engaged by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa to conduct a two year expedition of Baffin Island.
Photograph depicts a view of the R.C.M.P. Detachment at Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was under contract to the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa to conduct a two year expedition of Baffin Island.
Photograph depicts a view of the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Pangnirtung. J. Dewey Soper was under contract to the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa to conduct a two year expedition on Baffin Island.
Photograph of an unidentified house, mountains in background. Unidentified man in a canoe in foreground.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a species of Arctic mushroom growing near the Pangnirtung Post. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two year expedition on Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a bunch of Arctic cottongrass in full bloom beside Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two year expedition on Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts Arctic fireflowers in full bloom along Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year expedition on Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts the little Duval River to the north of Pangnirtung settlement. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year expedition on Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of Arctic cottongrass growing beside a brook at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year expedition to Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of catkins of the dwarf Arctic willow about mid-summer at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year study expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts flowering Arctic plants growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Musuem of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of a mushroom growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was studying the flora and fauna of Baffin Island under a two year contract to the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of Arctic flowers growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year expedtion of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of Arctic flowering plants growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph of Arctic flowers among the rocks along the coast of Disco Island, Greenland.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a group of Inuit children posing near the Pangnirtung Post. J. Dewey Soper was on two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of Arctic grasses growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two year expedition to study the flora and fauna of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts Arctic flowering plants growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of Arctic flowering plants growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum.
Photograph depicts a view of Arctic grasses growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was studying the flora and fauna of Baffin Island during a two-year expedition sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of Arctic flowering plants growing in Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was studying the flora and fauna of Baffin Island during a two-year expedition for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of an Arctic flowering plant at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of flowering Arctic vascular plants. J. Dewey Soper was sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa to conduct a two year expedition of Baffin Island.
Photograph depicts Arcitc cottongrass growing beside a brook at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Vidtoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts an Arcitic flowering plant growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph of three people posing by bear and seal skins pegged down in the snow; this shows the Inuit method of pegging out polar bear and seal skins on the snow to dry in the wind and feeble sunshine.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts an Arctic flowering vascular plant growing at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum.
Photograph depicts Arctic flowering vascular plants at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of an Arctic flowering vascular plant at Pangnirtung Fiord. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph depicts a view of J. Dewey Soper standing at Mount Edmonton, Kingua Fiord. Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of an Inuit woman dressed in summer apparel and standing in front of a skin tupik. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island supported by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a young glaucous gull photographed at Issortukdjuak. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
Photograph of Sedges growing in a low, moist area along the west coast of Greenland.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of Sirmilling Bay in Cuimberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper had a two-year sponsored expedtion to Baffin Island supported by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
Photograph depicts a view of J. Dewey Soper, Akatuga, and Abe Ford stopped for a picnic lunch break at Sirmilling Bay. Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of Constable Tredgold, Abe Ford (Skipper of UNGAVA), and Akatuga stopping for lunch at Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
Photograph depicts Constable Tom Tredgold, J. Dewey Soper, and Abe Ford on a lunch break at Sirmilling Bay, the site of an old German Polar Station built in 1882. Soper was conducting a two-year expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
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.
Photograph depicts a party of Inuit and whites engaged in a white whale kill at Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
Photograph depicts Arctic flowers growing in favoured areas among the rocks at Eskimo Point in Strathcona Sound, Baffin Island.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of Arctic cottongrass growing in wet lowlands at Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts old German polar station ruins at Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedtion of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of the H.B.C. UNGAVA on a white whale kill in Sirmilling Bay in upper Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was on a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts Arctic cottongrass growing in wet lowlands at Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of a high hill near the head of Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper conducted a two-year exploratory expedition to Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of the H.B.C. boat UNGAVA on a big white whale kill in Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition on Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
Photograph depicts a small iceberg in upper Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was involed in a two-year expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts Arctic flowers growing on low tracts close to the coast of Devon Island.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph depicts a view of the Hudson's Bay Company outpost at Sirmilling Bay. J. Dewey Soper was involved in a two-year expedition to Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of the H.B.C. boat, UNGAVA, in Sirmilling Bay on a white whale kill. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island sponsored by the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
Photograph depicts a view of J. Dewey Soper on board the H.B.C. boat, UNGAVA, at Sirmilling Bay. Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory expedition of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
Photograph depicts a view of icebergs in lower Cumberland Sound. J. Dewey Soper was conducting a two-year exploratory ecpedtion of Baffin Island for the Victoria Memorial Museum of Ottawa.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph depicts grasses and vascular flowering plants growing where some soil exists at Eskimo Point on Strathcona Sound.
Soper, J. DeweyPhotograph 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.