Fonds UAA Fonds 0381 - J. Dewey Soper Fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

J. Dewey Soper Fonds

General material designation

    Parallel title

    Other title information

    Title statements of responsibility

    Title notes

    Level of description

    Fonds

    Reference code

    UAA Fonds 0381

    Edition area

    Edition statement

    Edition statement of responsibility

    Statement of scale (cartographic)

    Statement of projection (cartographic)

    Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

    Statement of scale (architectural)

    Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

    Dates of creation area

    Date(s)

    • 1982 (Creation)
      Creator
      Soper, J. Dewey

    Physical description area

    Physical description

    2.37 metre

    Publisher's series area

    Title proper of publisher's series

    Parallel titles of publisher's series

    Other title information of publisher's series

    Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

    Numbering within publisher's series

    Note on publisher's series

    Archival description area

    Name of creator

    (1893-05-05 - 10.2.1982)

    Biographical history

    Zoologist (1893-1982). Joseph Dewey Soper worked as a naturalist with the National Museum of Canada (1923-1927) and led Baffin Island expeditions for the Northwest Territories Branch of the Department of the Interior. Later he served as chief Federal wildlife officer, Canadian Wildlife Services, for the Prairie Provinces (1934-1948) and Alberta, Northwest Territories and Yukon (1948-1952). As an explorer, he made corrections to the map of Baffin Island. As a zoologist, he was one of the first scientists to study the wildlife of the Arctic, discovering a new sub-species of ringed seal and the breeding ground of the blue goose on Baffin Island. Three geological features on the island and several zoological sub-species were named after him. For his contribution to the field of Arctic and Prairie Zoology, in 1960 he was given an honorary doctorate and research associateship in zoology by the University of Alberta.

    Custodial history

    Scope and content

    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.

    Notes area

    Physical condition

    Immediate source of acquisition

    Arrangement

    J. Dewey Soper's records are described in four series:

    1. Field Books, Notebooks and Catalogues
    2. Manuscripts and Reports
    3. Photographs and Sketches
    4. Correspondence

    Language of material

      Script of material

        Location of originals

        Availability of other formats

        Restrictions on access

        The J. Dewey Soper fonds is open for research. Restrictions on Use: The University of Alberta Archives holds copyright on all of the material in the J. Dewey Soper fonds. Permission to reproduce, transmit, or distribute material from the J. Dewey Soper fonds must be obtained from the University of Alberta Archives in writing. Certain documents in the J. Dewey Soper fonds are subject to third-party licensing and distribution agreements. Researchers obtaining access to J. Dewey Soper material for reproduction purposes are responsible to secure any third-party licensing or distribution rights.

        Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

        Finding aids

        Associated materials

        Related materials

        Accruals

        Alternative identifier(s)

        Standard number

        Access points

        Subject access points

        Place access points

        Name access points

        Genre access points

        Control area

        Description record identifier

        Institution identifier

        AEU

        Rules or conventions

        Status

        Level of detail

        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Finding aid written by Raymond Frogner with Elizabeth M. McCrum. Encoded by Raymond Frogner on September 04, 2002. Revised on June 21, 2004.

        Language of description

          Script of description

            Sources

            Accession area