This album, comprised of 112 pages on which 298 photographs are mounted, documents the Snyder expedition, which took place in 1937. Harry Snyder was a Montreal mining executive who mounted an expedition of the Mackenzie Mountains with George Goodwin (Natural History Museum, N.Y.) and Howard Lambert (Canadian Geological Survey) as the leading scientists. Photos by G. Goodwin and H.F. Lambert for the Snyder Expedition and Capt. E Hoffa and J.P. Richards for the other photographs. Capt. E. Hoffa's (C.P. Airlines) photographs are from 1945 when he made a small flight carrying Miss M. Oldenberg from Coppermine to Winter Harbour, Melville Island. J.P. Richards' photographs detail various government initiatives, such as Wood Buffalo Park, Reindeer Station and the Hay Camp.
The following places can be found in the album: Wood Buffalo Park; Hay River, N.W.T.; Brintnell Lake; Ida Lake; Great Slave Lake; South Nahanni River; government Reindeer Station, N.W.T.; Richards Island; Walker Bay, Victoria Island; Hudson's Bay Company post, Holman Island; Chipewyan, Alberta; Fort Simpson; Fort Providence; Virginia Falls; Cathedral Peak; "Snyder" mountain range (aerial views); Resolution; Forth Smith waterfront; government Hay Camp, Slave River, AB; Aklavik, N.W.T.; Winter Harbour, Melville Island; marshlands; Semmler's establishment, Mackenzie Delta; various rivers.
The following events can be found in the album: Natives beating tomtoms and playing gambling games; landslide at Fort Smith; D-7 Caterpillar operating on road; cabins being constructed; fire in Wood Buffalo Park; tank being constructed; camp scenes; culvert construction at Hay Camp; fitting new propeller in the "Stanton"; Native boys riding on Roman Catholic Mission boat.
The following objects can be found in the album: teepee; papoose; airplane from Mackenzie Airways; new cabin at Hay Camp; D-4 tractor; skiffs; departmental refrigerators; cairn; Silver Queen, power boat; studies of clouds; barges; river rapids; M.B. Reindeer; S.S Mackenzie River; inscriptions on rocks on Melville Island by early explorers.
The following animals can be found in the album: buffalo; fish; reindeer.
The following people can be found in the album: Native children at school in Resolution; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snyder; Colonel NcNab, friend of H. Snyder; George G. Goodwin, Natural History Museum, New York; E.G. Oldham; A.H. Atkinson; J.S. Rood; W. Lucas; J.P. Richards; A.W. Banfield; George J. Ross, N.W.T. personnel in charge of expedition; "Stan" MacMillan, pilot; Karl A. Stein, from New York; Mr. and Mrs. I. Kirkby; park wardens (Wood Buffalo Park); C.A. Laight; W.A. Morrison; O. Binder; Helen Pulk, daughter of chief Lapp herder.
Missing Photographs:
1. 51-1937-Snyder Expedition. "Group of Indians in for Treaty money beating tomtoms and playing well known gambling games" "In Resolution album"
2. 67-1937-Snyder Expedition. "Probably Indian school at Resolution" "In Resolution album".
