Date Range

1958-2004

Fonds No.

Fonds

Creator

William H. Sharp

Physical Description

13 cm of textual records; 57 photographic prints, 221 negative frames, 514 35mm slides

History Biographical

Dr. William H. Sharp was a Biology professor at the University of Lethbridge for 32 years and a former president of the Lethbridge Naturalists’ Society. As a member of the Society, Dr. Sharp worked to record the songs of meadowlarks around the city. He was active in the Alberta Bird Atlas Project, identifying and documenting bird species in Alberta. He received his degrees in Biology and Zoology. His interest in plant species and identification began with a course taught by E. H. Moss, author of the Flora of Alberta. He began photographing and cataloguing landscapes, plants, and animal species in the late 1950s. After his retirement from the teaching at the University of Lethbridge in 1994, he continued his passion for photographing and cataloguing biological species and landscapes across Southern Alberta. Dr. Sharp’s photographs and academic work have been published in a variety of academic reports and journals, including Alberta Views.

Scope and Content

2020.1032/001-/085: Various Slides of People and Places: Great Slave Lake, Gorge Creek Trail, and more. 97 slides, 1 negative frame. 1958-1974. 2020.1032/086: Various Slides of Birds: Rock Wren, Cedar Waxwings, Golden Eagle, etc. 11 slides. 1980-1983. 2020.1032/087: Various Birds and Insects at Fincastle – Sanderlings, Grebe, etc. 36 slides. 2001-2002. 2020.1032/088: Lethbridge Plants in May 2002: Amelanchier alnifolia, Prunus Virginiana, Nature Reserve, etc. 19 slides. 2002. 2020.1032/089: Various Vegetation and Insect Slides: Wheat, turtles, Lady beetles, etc. 21 slides. 2002. 2020.1032/090: Indian Battle Park Slides: Mushroom Specimens, Scenery of Park, Coulee views, etc. 18 slides. 2002. 2020.1032/091: Henderson Lake, Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Paradise Canyon, etc. Slides: Various Landscapes, flora and fauna. 39 slides. 2002. 2020.1032/092: Milk River Canyon, Bertha Lake, Flora and Fauna Slides. 12 Slides, 1 negative frame. 1976-2002. 2020.1032/093: Various Slides of Geese, Ducks, the Coulees, and the River. 37 slides. 2002. 2020.1032/094: Trees and Branches – Negatives. Various negative frames of trees and branches throughout Lethbridge. 25 negative frames. 2002? 2020.1032/095: Middle Kootenay Pass, Porcupine Hills, flora and fauna slides. 36 slides. 1976-2002. 2020.1032/096: Lethbridge Valley – Scenery: Beaver Mines Lake, Bull Trail Park, Waterton, etc. 50 slides. 1959-2003. 2020.1032/097: Lethbridge Valley – Various Birds, Animals and Insects: Ducks, Woodchucks, Pika, etc. 33 slides. 1959-2001. 2020.1032/098: Lethbridge Valley- Views from the U of L: High Level Bridge, U of L Campus, Westside of City, etc. 21 slides. 1997-1998. 2020.1032/099: Unidentified Young Woman – Negative. 1 negative frame. 200-? 2020.1032/100: Lethbridge Valley – Animals: Foxes, Columbia Ground Squirrel, Buffalo, etc. 31 slides. 1958-2000. 2020.1032/101: Lethbridge Valley – Mountain Landscapes: West Castle Valley and Field Station, Lundbreck Falls, Blakiston Brook, etc. 34 slides. 1959-1999. 2020.1032/102: Lethbridge Valley – Various Birds and Insects: Swallowtail Butterfly, Beatles, Black Grouse, etc. 19 slides. 1959-2000. 2020.1032/103: Lethbridge Valley – Elizabeth Hall Wetlands: Vegetation. 14 photographic prints. 2001-2004. 2020.1032/104: Lethbridge Valley – 1974 Fieldwork Negatives: Various places in Lethbridge, Crowsnest Pass, U of L campus, etc. 67 negative frames. 1974. 2020.1032/105: Southern Alberta – Burmis, Waterton, Lethbridge, Crowsnest Pass Scenery, etc. 44 negative frames. 1974. 2020.1032/106: Southern Alberta – Landscapes and Trees from Waterton, 6-Mile Coulee, Paradise Canyon, etc. 16 photographic prints. 2001-2003. 2020.1032/107: Southern Alberta Images – Frank Slide, Lundbreck Falls, Lethbridge, Coalhurst, etc. 27 photographic prints, 82 negative frames. 1974-1975.

Accession No.

20201032

Collection

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