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Charlie Russell fonds
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- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- The Charlie Russell fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the filming of "Grizzly Country", ranching, friends and family, wildlife, and recreational activities, ca.1961-ca.1968. The majority of the images were made in the Waterton Lakes area. There are some images made in New York City, Briti…
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Reference Code
- V557
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 557
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Accession Number
- 7728
- Reference Code
- V557
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Physical Description
- ca. 2520 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 4x5, 2 transparencies; col.
- History / Biographical
- Andrew Charles "Charlie" Russell (August 19, 1941 – May 7, 2018) was a naturalist, photographer, pilot, wilderness guide, and rancher. One of the son's of Andy Russell and Kay Russell and grandson of Bert Riggall, Charlie grew up at the Hawk's Nest ranch on the N.E. boundary of Waterton Lake National Park.
- Alongside his brother Dick Russell, Charlie assisted his father Andy in the production and filming of Grizzly Country throughout the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, and Alaska from 1961-1964. In 1967 he returned to the Tolkat River in Alaska to photograph and observe bears alone. In 1970 he purchased a large percentage of his fathers land on Waterton's north-east border to run a cattle operation. In 1991, he made his first visit to Princess Royal Island, British Columbia, and began photographing for "Spirit Bear", a book of photographs and writings published in 1994. Beginning in 1997, Charlie spent 6 years among the grizzlies of Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia alongside artist and partner Maureen Enns. After returning to Alberta from Russia, Charlie continued to be a conservation advocate until he passed from a surgery-related complication in May 2018.
- The bulk of Charlie Russell's work was destroyed in a house fire in [1991?].
- Scope & Content
- The Charlie Russell fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the filming of "Grizzly Country", ranching, friends and family, wildlife, and recreational activities, ca.1961-ca.1968. The majority of the images were made in the Waterton Lakes area. There are some images made in New York City, British Columbia, and Alaska. The fonds is comprised of two series: I. Black and white negatives; II. Transparencies; I. Black and white negatives consists of A. 1964, B. Waterton Park Flood, June 8-9, 1963, C. 35mm Books, D. 4x5 Book, E. Bert Riggall Copy Negatives. II. Transparencies consist of two 4x5 colour transparencies depicting Cal Wellman's Cattle.
- Notes
- I.C. was received in the form of three separate negative books. The books have been arranged numerically in subseries I.C, with the negative book book and page number of origin written on the negative sleeves. For example, V557/I/C/NA-1a to NA-6e [Book 1, pg. 1,2].
- Select 35mm negatives in I.C. are marked with red stickers and overlaid with rectangles on the negative sleeve. These negatives correspond to the negatives used in "Spirit Bear" and their cropping for publication. Each image is listed and described in the case file on the document titled "These are the negs used in Spirit Bear Chapter One". Some of the dots have a number corresponding to the document, others do not (the stickers were taken from the original negative sleeves and re-applied to the new negative sleeves).
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Science and technology
- Natural resources
- Education
- Hawk's Nest Ranch
- Bears
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Mount McKinley
- Canada
- Alberta
- Alaska
- British Columbia
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
- Related Material
- Related by provenance to a portion of Andy Russell fonds.
- Creator
- Russell, Charlie
- Category
- Education
- Environment
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Science and technology
- Natural resources
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record.
- Handwritten documents in case file.
- "Spirit Bear, Encounters with the White Bear of the Western Rainforest", Charlie Russell, 1994, Key Porter Books Limited. Pg 12-25.
- https://charlierussellbears.com/
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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I. C. 1. Book 1
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- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to a trip to New York City, Wildlife, Clarence Tillenius, the filming of Andy Russell's "Grizzly Country", the Hawk's Nest, packtrains, wildlife, and hiking.
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V557
- Series
- I
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Sub-Series
- C
- Accession Number
- 7728
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Physical Description
- ca. 800 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to a trip to New York City, Wildlife, Clarence Tillenius, the filming of Andy Russell's "Grizzly Country", the Hawk's Nest, packtrains, wildlife, and hiking.
- Notes
- When initially housed in negative books, certain negatives had numbered or unnumbered red stickers and overlaid rectangles to indicate which negatives were to be reproduced for Charlie Russells book "Spirit Bear", as well as how to reporduction was to be cropped. Both the stickers and the cropping information was carried over into the new housing and corresponds with the "These are the negs used for Spirit Bear chapter one" document in the case file.
- Subject Access
- Artist
- Animals
- Bears
- Big Horn Sheep
- Bighorn Sheep
- Birds
- Caribou
- Hawk's Nest Ranch
- Grizzly Bears
- Marmots
- Moose
- Geographic Access
- New York
- United States of America
- Mount McKinley
- Alaska
- Waterton
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
- Creator
- Charlie Russell
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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I. C. 35mm Books
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- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Subseries consists of 2377 black and white 35mm negatives pertaining to the filming of "Grizzly Country",ranching, friends and family, wildlife, skiing, hunting trophies, hiking, a trip to New York City, snowshoeing, and pack trains.
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / V
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- V557
- Series
- I
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Sub-Series
- C
- Accession Number
- 7728
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / V
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Physical Description
- 2337 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- Subseries consists of 2377 black and white 35mm negatives pertaining to the filming of "Grizzly Country",ranching, friends and family, wildlife, skiing, hunting trophies, hiking, a trip to New York City, snowshoeing, and pack trains.
- Notes
- When initially housed in negative books, certain negatives had numbered or unnumbered red stickers and verlaid rectangles to indicate which negatives were to be reproduced for Charlie Russells book "Spirit Bear", as well as how to reporduction was to be cropped. Both the stickers and the cropping information was carried over into the new housing and corresponds with the "These are the negs used for Spirit Bear chapter one" document in the case file.
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Backpacking
- Birds
- Bison
- Marmots
- Hiking
- Skiing
- Caribou
- Family and personal life
- Moose
- Horse packing
- Camping
- Environment and Nature
- Farmland
- Filmaking
- Grizzly Bears
- Hawk's Nest Ranch
- Hunting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Geographic Access
- Waterton
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Alaska
- New York
- United States of America
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
- Creator
- Charlie Russell
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The Three Wardles Tour the Maritimes
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album comprised of 74 black and white and colour photographs, 13.5 x 8.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's motor trip across eastern Canada and the United States in July 1951. File documents the family's travels to Ottawa; Quebec City; Fredericton, University of…
- Date Range
- 1951
- Reference Code
- V75 / I / PD - 5
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971
- Sous-Fonds
- V75
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- V75 / I / PD - 5
- Date Range
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 album (74 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album comprised of 74 black and white and colour photographs, 13.5 x 8.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the Wardle family's motor trip across eastern Canada and the United States in July 1951. File documents the family's travels to Ottawa; Quebec City; Fredericton, University of New Brunswick, Mount Allison University, Fundy National Park; Charlottetown (PEI); Cape Breton Island, Cabot Trail, Halifax, and Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia); Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Photos include scenery, buildings, and the Wardles in front of monuments and other landmarks, as well as a print of the Citadel in Halifax with an accompanying description.
- Notes
- Album was a Christmas gift from Dorothy to her parents. It is signed: "To Mom and Dad, who helped to make a wonderful trip even more so with love from Dorie, Christmas 1951."
- Album is also labelled "The Three Wardles Tour the Maritimes, July 1951."
- Album is red with "Photo Album" written in gold on the front, it is bound with a purple tassel.
- Most photographs are captioned.
- The last page is signed: "The end of another wonderful trip together!" with a drawing of the family sitting in their car.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Scenery
- Geographic Access
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Quebec City
- New Brunswick
- Prince Edward Island
- Maine
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album comprised of 69 black and white photographs, 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller. File pertains to various family trips and outings with family and friends (including Carl Rungius), primarily in the 1940s. File documents Wardle family trips to Wolfe Island (Ontario), the Seigniory Club…
- Date Range
- 1939-1951
- 1939
- 1944
- 1945-1950
- 1948
- 1951
- Reference Code
- V75 / I / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph print
- Poster
- Part Of
- Dorothy Wardle fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M521 / V75
- Series
- V75 / I : Wardle Family, c.1912-1971
- Sous-Fonds
- V75
- Accession Number
- 7504
- Reference Code
- V75 / I / PD - 3
- Date Range
- 1939-1951
- 1939
- 1944
- 1945-1950
- 1948
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 album (69 photographs : b&w ; 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album comprised of 69 black and white photographs, 17.5 x 11 cm or smaller. File pertains to various family trips and outings with family and friends (including Carl Rungius), primarily in the 1940s. File documents Wardle family trips to Wolfe Island (Ontario), the Seigniory Club in Montebello (Quebec), Banff-Windermere, Assiniboine, Takakkaw Falls, Yoho National Park, Mount Wardle, Bull Creek Ranch (High River), Collins Bay (Ontario), Ghost River, Lake Louise, Kingston (Ontario), and Washington, D.C., Atlantic City, and New York (USA). Includes photographs of family and friends, landmarks and scenery, picnics, James Wardle in front of the sign for Mt. Wardle, and Carl Rungius (1948-1950).
- Notes
- Album was a gift from Dorothy to her mother, Leette, for her birthday. It is signed: "To Mother for her birthday, May 24, 1951. With love from Dorie."
- Album is also labelled "Volume II: Trips, Family, Friends."
- V75 / I / PD - 2 is Volume I. Both albums were given to Leette from Dorothy as a birthday present on May 24, 1951.
- Album is green with "Photo Album" written in gold on the front, it is bound with a green tassel.
- Name Access
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Wardle, James M.
- Rungius, Carl
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Travel
- Picnics and picnicking
- Skiing
- Scenery
- Beach
- Holidays
- Horseback riding
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Personal and Family Life
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Windermere
- Lake Louise
- United States of America
- New York
- Assiniboine
- Ghost River
- Quebec
- Ontario
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V75 / I / PD - 2
- Creator
- Wardle, Dorothy
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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