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Guiding and ranching lists
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of grub lists, itineraries, horse lists, camp outfit lists, calculations pertaining to packtrips. Also includes financial calculations and wage figures for same and records of sheep and goats shot, as well as some later personal trip itineraries and notes
- Date Range
- 1913-1954
- Reference Code
- M376 / 63 to 83
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 63 to 83
- Date Range
- 1913-1954
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of grub lists, itineraries, horse lists, camp outfit lists, calculations pertaining to packtrips. Also includes financial calculations and wage figures for same and records of sheep and goats shot, as well as some later personal trip itineraries and notes
- Title Source
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of files of standard photographs pertaining to reconnaisance trips with partner Cyril Watmough, 1909-1911, and with clients, 1907-1950, in particular with four families (Bennett, Crosby, Bovey and McKnight families), their relatives and friends, who made many trips with Riggall …
- Date Range
- 1909-1950
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / A1 - 1 to 41
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- III. Professional photography series
- Accession Number
- 7200, 7201
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / A1 - 1 to 41
- Date Range
- 1909-1950
- Physical Description
- 41 files of photographs (ca.1600 photographs : ca.1200 prints, ca.400 negatives). -- 6 photograph albums (378 prints, ca.125 negatives)
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of files of standard photographs pertaining to reconnaisance trips with partner Cyril Watmough, 1909-1911, and with clients, 1907-1950, in particular with four families (Bennett, Crosby, Bovey and McKnight families), their relatives and friends, who made many trips with Riggall starting in 1913
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Content Details
- FILE DESCRIPTIONS :
- Note: Prints in all files are accompanied by some negatives. Negative extent is estimated at approximately one-third that of the print extent
- 1. [Bert Riggall and Cyril Watmough trip], 1909, 1 photograph album (77 prints, + negatives)
- 2. [Bert Riggall and Cyril Watmough trip], 1911, ca.100 prints (+negatives)
- 3. Bert Riggall and Cyril Watmough trip, 1914, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 4. [Bennett family trips], 1913-1950, ca.250 prints (+negatives)
- 5. [Bennett / Crosby families trips], 1917-1919, ca.35 prints (+negatives)
- 6. [Crosby family trips], 1918-1946, ca.160 prints (+negatives), 1 photograph album (102 prints, 21 p. text, ca.40 negatives)
- 7. [Bovey family trips], 1915-1941, ca.65 prints (+negatives)
- 8. [McKnight family trips], 1917-1942, ca.65 prints (+negatives)
- 9. [Goodwin trip], 1909, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 10. [Proctor trip], 1909, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 11. [Harvey trip], 1910, ca.30 prints (+negatives), 1 photograph album (23 prints, ca.10 negatives)
- 12. [O'Malley trips], 1912, 1913, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 13. [Stabeck and Peck trips], 1912, 1913, ca.30 prints (+negatives)
- 14. Stabeck and Gillfillam trip, 1914, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 15. [Clark and Gallagher trip], 1914, ca.30 prints (+negatives)
- 16. [Finlayson, Sibbald, Allison trip], 1915, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 17. [Thompson trips], 1915, 1916, 1921, ca.25 prints (+negatives), 2 photograph albums (108 prints, ca.40 negatives)
- 18. Velie trip, 1919, ca.5 prints (+negatives), 1 photograph album (68 prints, ca.23 negatives)
- 19. [MacMillan family trips], 1930-1942, ca.20 prints (+negatives)
- 20. [Stevens family trips], 1932-1946, ca.40 prints (+negatives)
- 21. Mills boys trip, 1935, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 22. [Faegre and Dorsey families trips], 1935-1945, ca.30 prints (+negatives)
- 23. Vincent trip, 1936, 2 prints (+negatives)
- 24. Brandeis trip, 1936, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 25. Harper trip, 1936, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 26. Lockwood trip, 1937, ca.20 prints (+negatives)
- 27. Walcott trip, 1938, ca.25 prints (+negatives)
- 28. Laidlaw trip, 1939, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 29. Plimpton trip, 1939, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 30. Lathrop and Elliot trips, 1940, 1941, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 31. Keeler, Norton and Haglin trip, 1941, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 32. Chapin trip, 1942, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 33. [Mueller trips], 1940-1942, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 34. [Schueren and Anderson trip], 1942, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 35. Staltze trip, 1942, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 36. [Mellon trips], 1942, 1943, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 37. Robinson trip, 1943, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 38. [Sellers trip], 1944, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 39. [Wranglers trip], 1937, ca.40 prints (+negatives)
- 40. [Trips, various clients], 1907-1944, ca.20 prints (+negatives)
- 41. Marmot hunting, 1937-1945, ca.30 prints (+negatives); trips by various clients' children
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Gunsmithing, shooting and loading business records
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions16580
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of letters, notes, clippings, financial records, targets and print material pertaining to Riggall's personal guns, scopes, loading, tools, target shooting and gunsmithing / loading business
- Date Range
- 1914-1955
- Reference Code
- M376 / 99 to 106
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 99 to 106
- Date Range
- 1914-1955
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of letters, notes, clippings, financial records, targets and print material pertaining to Riggall's personal guns, scopes, loading, tools, target shooting and gunsmithing / loading business
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Items from file: Gunsmithing, shooting and loading business records. -- 1914-1955. -- 10 cm of textual records. -- File consists of letters, notes, clippings, financial records, targets and print material pertaining to Riggall's personal guns, scopes, loading, tools, target shooting and gunsmithing / loading business. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Includes 12 oversize textual records. -- Location: M376 / 99 to 106. Held in oversize "H"
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Kodachrome transparencies
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to wildflowers, domestic flower studies, Riggalls' Pincher Creek home and environs, British Columbia trip, Carl Austin at Cochrane, Bill Wilson and Barbara (Riggall) Wilson, Burton / Riggall family, Dora Riggall's grave
- Date Range
- [1930s-1950s]
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / C2
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- III. Professional photography series
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / C2
- Date Range
- [1930s-1950s]
- Physical Description
- ca.180 photographs : transparencies; col
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to wildflowers, domestic flower studies, Riggalls' Pincher Creek home and environs, British Columbia trip, Carl Austin at Cochrane, Bill Wilson and Barbara (Riggall) Wilson, Burton / Riggall family, Dora Riggall's grave
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of subseries
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Large Panorama Prints
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 21 b&w photographs, some captioned. The photographs pertain to various panoramic views of the foothills and Southern Rockies. Subjects include Harry Nash at the Gap ranger Station; Riggall's Packtrain at the Gap ranger station; Kay and Babe Riggall at the Burton cabin; camp in the …
- Date Range
- [ca.1903 to ca.1959]
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / C / PA - LPP45-1 to LPP47-11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
6 images
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- V26 / III / C : Panorama Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Accession Number
- 7200
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / C / PA - LPP45-1 to LPP47-11
- Date Range
- [ca.1903 to ca.1959]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 21 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 21 b&w photographs, some captioned. The photographs pertain to various panoramic views of the foothills and Southern Rockies. Subjects include Harry Nash at the Gap ranger Station; Riggall's Packtrain at the Gap ranger station; Kay and Babe Riggall at the Burton cabin; camp in the gathering pasture near the ranger station; Crosby children on horseback near the Burton lease; Riggall's packtrain near the Livinstone Gap; packtrain crossing the Northwest branch of the Oldman River; a view of Riggall's guests crossing the Northwest brach of the Oldman River showing the 1910 burn and the 1923 flood; McKnight camp near the Oldman River; Bovey party at the falls camp near the Oldman River.
- Subject Access
- Landscapes
- Guiding
- Mountains
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Bert Riggall's grandson, John Russell provided some identifications Caption on envelope that previously housed prints V26 / III / C / PA - LPP45-1 to LPP45-7: LPP45 Oldman Ranger Station, Burton cabin and lease area near the station Caption on envelope that previously housed prints V26 / III / C / PA - LPP46-1 to LPP46-3: LPP46 Oldman Area moving packtrain between home ranch and Gap area Caption on envelope that previously housed prints V26 / III / C / PA - LPP47-1 to LPP47-11: LPP47 Oldman River stem (camps along it)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lecture outlines
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains outlines for lectures and field trips entitled: The charm of the Rockies, Beauties and wonders of the S.W. Alberta Rockies, Geological notes for field day..., The mountains, Forest life in Waterton Lakes park
- Date Range
- [ca.1935-ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- M376 / 134
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV. Writing series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 134
- Date Range
- [ca.1935-ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 5 textual records (.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File contains outlines for lectures and field trips entitled: The charm of the Rockies, Beauties and wonders of the S.W. Alberta Rockies, Geological notes for field day..., The mountains, Forest life in Waterton Lakes park
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Legal and financial records
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains mainly to household and business purchases, taxes, insurance, pension, properties, livestock, beaver trapping, other. Also pertains to guiding business, including trip accounting, wages and licences obtained for clients; hunting; other. Includes legal papers, licenses, permits,…
- Date Range
- 1909-1957
- Reference Code
- M376 / 110 to 120
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 110 to 120
- Date Range
- 1909-1957
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains mainly to household and business purchases, taxes, insurance, pension, properties, livestock, beaver trapping, other. Also pertains to guiding business, including trip accounting, wages and licences obtained for clients; hunting; other. Includes legal papers, licenses, permits, 1915-1947; bank records, 1922-1952; asset, expense and revenue records, 1909-1957
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of subseries
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists mainly of hunting and rifle articles for submission to sport magazines. Articles are: Sport in the Canadian Rockies, A Tramp after Bighorns, An Iliad of the Imp (re grizzly bear), My Lucky Stone, Hunting the Black Bear, Hunting Mountain Sheep, Giants of the Highrock, Horse Packing, T…
- Date Range
- 1906-1950
- Reference Code
- M376 / 128 to 130
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV. Writing series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 128 to 130
- Date Range
- 1906-1950
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists mainly of hunting and rifle articles for submission to sport magazines. Articles are: Sport in the Canadian Rockies, A Tramp after Bighorns, An Iliad of the Imp (re grizzly bear), My Lucky Stone, Hunting the Black Bear, Hunting Mountain Sheep, Giants of the Highrock, Horse Packing, The Ascent of Chief Mountain, Just One of Those Things. Includes holograph and typescript versions of most.
- Also includes poem "The King of the Rockies" and some drafts of out-going letters, 1906-1907
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 481 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Riggall pack trains and camps, the building of Cottonwood Canyon homes, Parkview school, Kay Russell (nee Riggall) and Doris "Babe" Burton as children and teens, homestead building, Gloyne's oil camp, Kootenay Brown, Dora cooking in camp,…
- Date Range
- [ca.1904 to ca.1959]
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / A / NA (A1 to A59)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
11 images
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Accession Number
- 7102
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / A / NA (A1 to A59)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1904 to ca.1959]
- Physical Description
- 481 photographs : b&w negatives
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 481 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Riggall pack trains and camps, the building of Cottonwood Canyon homes, Parkview school, Kay Russell (nee Riggall) and Doris "Babe" Burton as children and teens, homestead building, Gloyne's oil camp, Kootenay Brown, Dora cooking in camp, Cyril Watmough, Dora's cows, Chris William hauling logs, Dick Russell, Dora in Pincher creek, Doris "Babe" Burton in Vancouver, Jenkins ranch corralls, Riggall's log house on number 6, Riggall's dogs, flood at Cottonwood creek, various Riggall homes and picnics, hunting, fishing, Jack Hazzard's hotel, and Dora hiking and working.
- Subject Access
- Portrait
- Landscapes
- Hiking
- Packing
- Camping
- Fishing
- Animals
- Recreation
- Leisure
- Homestead
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Pincher Creek
- British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Language
- N/A
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Reference scans available: V26 / IX / A / PA (A1 to A59)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 425 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Riggall packtrains and camps, bighorn sheep, hunting, hunting trophies, various landscapes, men posing with hunting trophies, portraits of the Cox family, portraits of Riggall cousins at Brooks, flowers (calipso orchid), Parkview school p…
- Date Range
- [ca.1904 to ca.1959]
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / B / NA (B1 to B45)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
5 images
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Accession Number
- 7102
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / B / NA (B1 to B45)
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- [ca.1904 to ca.1959]
- Physical Description
- 425 photographs : b&w negatives
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 425 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Riggall packtrains and camps, bighorn sheep, hunting, hunting trophies, various landscapes, men posing with hunting trophies, portraits of the Cox family, portraits of Riggall cousins at Brooks, flowers (calipso orchid), Parkview school picture, Hawk's nest, well drilling, clients fishing, and Riggall's cars.
- Subject Access
- Packing
- Pack trips
- Hunting
- Sports
- Recreation
- Portrait
- Family and personal life
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Environment and Nature
- Fishing
- Natural resources
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Brooks
- Language
- N/A
- Category
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Reference scans available: V26 / IX / B / PA (B1 to B45)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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