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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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Manuscripts

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Part Of: 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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Bird and plant records

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity

Date Range: 1904-1954

Reference Code: M376 / 136 to 142

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Series: V. Natural history series

Reference Code: M376 / 136 to 142

Date Range: 1904-1954

Physical Description: 8 v. of textual records (15 cm)

Scope & Content: Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Content Details: ITEM LIST :; * Budd, A. C. / A key to plants of the farming and ranching areas of the Canadian Prairies, 1952; annotations record occurrences at Waterton Lakes, F.H.R.'s [Riggall's] ranch, Twin Butte and Porcupine Hills and are found throughout the volume, 1953 photocopy; * Coulter, John M. / New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular plants), 1909; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1911-1953; * Hales, B. J. / Selected Western Flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, 1915; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1905-1952; * Rand, A. L. / Birds of Southern Alberta, 1948; annotations (throughout volume) record occurrences at Waterton Lake, [National] Park, [Riggall] Ranch and elsewhere; * Reed, Chester A. / Bird Guide, Part 2, Land Birds East of the Rockies . . . 1912; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1904-1953 and also annual lists, 1914-1917; * Saunders, Charles Francis / Western Flower Guide; annotations are mainly "nature notes" (plant and animal sightings) 1949-1952, list of species in rock gardens, 1915, and some plant sightings throughout volume; * Taverner, P. A. / Birds of Canada, 1949; annotations, 1951-1954; record sightings, (throughout volume) bird notes, 1951, loose clippings; * Vareschi, Volkmar and Ernest Krause / Mountains in Flower, 1940; annotations indicate flowers found or not found in the Canadian Rockies and closely related species

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Annotated books

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of annotated books indicating Riggall's opinions, observations or involvements

Date Range: 1907-[ca.1940]

Reference Code: M376 / 146 to 148

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: VI. Other interests series

Reference Code: M376 / 146 to 148

Date Range: 1907-[ca.1940]

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual records (4 v.)

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of annotated books indicating Riggall's opinions, observations or involvements

Title Source: Title based on contents of subseries

Content Details: ITEM LIST :; * Boone and Crockett Club / North American big game competitions, 1939; note on Riggall's chapter "Hunting the Black Bear" in North American big game, 1939; * Gray, Prentiss N. / North American big game : official measurement records, 1934; additions of McKnight and Riggall records for bighorn sheep and black bear; * Hornaday, William T. / Campfires in the Canadian Rockies, 1907; extensive margin notes on people, places, flora and fauna; * White, Stewart Edward / The Mountains, 1904; some notes on trail life

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Bert and Dora Riggall personal papers

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of cookbook; writings arising from Dora's death, 1951, including obituaries and articles, notes by Bert for same; extended "letter" (diary) written by Bert to Dora following her death; death, funeral and gravestone records, memorial notices

Date Range: [ca.1905]-1952

Reference Code: M376 / 164, 165

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: VII. Riggall family series

Reference Code: M376 / 164, 165

Date Range: [ca.1905]-1952

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of cookbook; writings arising from Dora's death, 1951, including obituaries and articles, notes by Bert for same; extended "letter" (diary) written by Bert to Dora following her death; death, funeral and gravestone records, memorial notices

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Bert and Dora Riggall family correspondence

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of letters to Bert and Dora Riggall from friends and family; correspondence between Bert and Dora Riggall; correspondence between the Riggalls and their daughters; and letters to Bert and Dora Riggall and Doris Burton from Fanny Riggall

Date Range: 1906-1955

Reference Code: M376 / 166 to 176

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: VII. Riggall family series

Reference Code: M376 / 166 to 176

Date Range: 1906-1955

Physical Description: 11.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of letters to Bert and Dora Riggall from friends and family; correspondence between Bert and Dora Riggall; correspondence between the Riggalls and their daughters; and letters to Bert and Dora Riggall and Doris Burton from Fanny Riggall

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: CONTENT DETAILS :; * Letters to Bert and Dora Riggall from friends and family, especially overseas Riggall and Williams family members, 1906-1955, 2 cm.; * Correspondence between Bert and Dora Riggall, 1945, 1951 (.5.cm); * Correspondence between the Riggalls and their daughters Doris "Babe" Burton and Kay Russell, 1935-1954, 2 cm. Letters pertain to family matters, illness and death of Dora Riggall and care and illness of Bert Riggall. Includes letter of instruction from Bert Riggall on disposition of his papers.; * Letters to Bert and Dora Riggall and Doris "Babe" Burton from Bert's mother Fanny Riggall, including letters from other Riggall and Williams family members to Fanny Riggall, subsequently sent by her to her son and daughter-in-law, 1926-1955, 7 cm.

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Frederick and Fanny Riggall family papers

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of personal and legal papers of Bert Riggall's parents, grandparents and English relatives, 1905-1956, 2 cm; and Fanny Neave diary, 1877-1880, [ca.1948], 1 v. (1 cm). Diary was written at age 17; later notes and footnotes were written in advance of being mailed to her son, Bert Rigga…

Date Range: 1877-1956

Reference Code: M376 / 177, 178

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: VII. Riggall family series

Reference Code: M376 / 177, 178

Date Range: 1877-1956

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of personal and legal papers of Bert Riggall's parents, grandparents and English relatives, 1905-1956, 2 cm; and Fanny Neave diary, 1877-1880, [ca.1948], 1 v. (1 cm). Diary was written at age 17; later notes and footnotes were written in advance of being mailed to her son, Bert Riggall, ca.1948. File also includes Doris (Babe) Riggall's notes on Riggall extended family

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Allan Riggall papers and photographs

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of letters and postcards to Allan Riggall, brother of Bert Riggall, and photographs of him and his family. Also includes five letters from Allan Riggall to his mother

Date Range: 1900-1940

Reference Code: M376 / 179; V26 / VII / D

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: VII. Riggall family series

Reference Code: M376 / 179; V26 / VII / D

Date Range: 1900-1940

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records. -- 29 photographs : prints, transparencies

Scope & Content: File consists of letters and postcards to Allan Riggall, brother of Bert Riggall, and photographs of him and his family. Also includes five letters from Allan Riggall to his mother

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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F. H. Riggall correspondence

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Correspondence consists mainly of incoming letters to Bert Riggall from clients, friends, family and suppliers re guiding, hunting and fishing trips, personal matters, guns, photography, taxidermy, land matters, road allowance, publishers, wildlife societies. Frequent and/or prominent corresponden…

Date Range: 1902-1959

Reference Code: M376 / 20 to 53

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Series: I. Personal and professional series

Reference Code: M376 / 20 to 53

Date Range: 1902-1959

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Correspondence consists mainly of incoming letters to Bert Riggall from clients, friends, family and suppliers re guiding, hunting and fishing trips, personal matters, guns, photography, taxidermy, land matters, road allowance, publishers, wildlife societies. Frequent and/or prominent correspondents include: Russell H. Bennett (1918-1959), Russell M. Bennett (1913-1928), Charles C. Bovey (1919-1951), Martin Bovey (1918-1952), Bertram Chichester (1937-1959), F. M. Crosby (1921-1952), A. Phimister Proctor (1909-1912, 1952), Andy Russell (1947, undated) and Arnold C. Schueren (1940-1954).; Includes some copies of out-going letters, dated 1902, 1909, 1918, 1920, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952 and 1956

Finding Aid: Index to correspondents available

Content Details: LIST OF FOLDERS BY DATE :; * 1902, 1907 (M376/20); * 1909 (M376/21); * 1910, 1911 (M376/22); * 1912 (M376/23); * 1913, 1914 (M376/24); * 1915, 1916 (M376/25); * 1917, 1918 (M376/26); * 1919, 1920 (M376/27); * 1921 (M376/28); * 1922 (M376/29); * 1923-1925 (M376/30); * 1926, 1927 (M376/31); * 1928-1930 (M376/32); * 1931-1933 (M376/33); * 1934-1938 (M376/34); * 1939-1940 (M376/35); -; * 1941 (M376/36); * 1942 (M376/37); * 1943 (M376/38); * 1944 (M376/39); * 1945 (M376/40); * 1946 (M376/41); * 1947 (M376/42); * 1948 (M376/43); * 1949 (M376/44); * 1950 (M376/45); * 1951 (M376/46-47); * 1952 (M376/48-49); * 1953 (M376/50); * 1954 (M376/51); * 1955-1959 (M376/52); * undated (M376/53)

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Personal papers

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of personal papers, 1884-1959; school compositions, ca.1893; autobiography, after 1920; obituaries and funeral records, 1959

Date Range: 1884-1959

Reference Code: M376 / 54 to 57

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I. Personal and professional series

Reference Code: M376 / 54 to 57

Date Range: 1884-1959

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of personal papers, 1884-1959; school compositions, ca.1893; autobiography, after 1920; obituaries and funeral records, 1959

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: * Personal papers, 1884-1959, 1 cm, consist of birth, marriage and death certificates; homestead, fire arms, game, drivers, licences and permits, visa and passport, memberships; list of property including guns, cameras, books, equipment, photographs, furniture and effects; Riggall family tree, Golden Jubilee Senior Citizen Award, 1955 (M376/54); * School compositions, ca.1893, 2 items are by Bert Riggall, aged nine, and titled Half the Bargain and Christopher Columbus (M376/55); * Notes on life of F.H.R. : [autobiography], after 1920, 16p (M376/56); * Obituaries and funeral records, 1959, 1 cm, consist of two tributes, one by son-in-law Andy Russell; also funeral flower cards (M376/57); Items from file: Personal papers. -- 1884-1959. -- 2.5 cm of textual records. -- File consists of personal papers, 1884-1959; school compositions, ca.1893; autobiography, after 1920; obituaries and funeral records, 1959. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Includes 3 oversize items. Some material in fragile condition. -- Location: M376 / 54 to 57. Oversize items held in "B" (Certificates); "H" (Miscellaneous)

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Artwork

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: F. H. Riggall sketch book, 1903-[1912], 1 v., includes pencil drawings of birds and insects drawn while still in England; mountain sheep, 1912; house and stable plans; boat plans for fishing boats, Waterton Lakes, ca.1910. Also includes 2 sketches by American artist Philip R. Goodwin of a moose an…

Date Range: 1903-[ca.1930]

Reference Code: M376 / 58, 59

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I.Personal and professional series

Reference Code: M376 / 58, 59

Date Range: 1903-[ca.1930]

Physical Description: 1 v. of textual records (1 cm). -- 10 graphic records

Scope & Content: F. H. Riggall sketch book, 1903-[1912], 1 v., includes pencil drawings of birds and insects drawn while still in England; mountain sheep, 1912; house and stable plans; boat plans for fishing boats, Waterton Lakes, ca.1910. Also includes 2 sketches by American artist Philip R. Goodwin of a moose and a grizzly bear, 1909; Silhouettes, [ca.1930?], 10 items, include "Frenchy's horse silhouette and cutout" (perhaps referring to H. "Frenchy" Riviere), bighorn sheep profiles, bear profile. Game silhouettes were enlarged to produce target templates for shooting practice. Bear profile based on Goodwin sketch

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Publications

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Publications pertain to home, school and travel, including Bert Riggall's early life at Grimsby, Lincolnshire prior to emigration; also in Switzerland where he vacationed prior to 1904. Most items are annotated

Date Range: 1894-1950

Reference Code: M376 / 60, 61

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I. Personal and professional series

Reference Code: M376 / 60, 61

Date Range: 1894-1950

Physical Description: 3 cm of print material (8 items)

Scope & Content: Publications pertain to home, school and travel, including Bert Riggall's early life at Grimsby, Lincolnshire prior to emigration; also in Switzerland where he vacationed prior to 1904. Most items are annotated

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF ITEMS :; * Terry's Theatre : [programme], 1894; annotated; * Bacon's county map and guide, ca.1901; annotated; * Plan of an estate at Gayton-Le-Wold and Welton-Le-Wold Lincolnshire belonging to the late Mr. Jabez Riggall for sale October 25, 1905; annotation: "F. H. Riggall's birthplace"; also annotated with Bert Riggall's notes and geographic names; * Grimsby Fish Market, The Times, June 8, 1914; * The Govian, October 1914; annotated; * Switzerland, 1921; * One hundred years, 1847-1947 : George Street Chapel; annotated; * Grimsby's Freeman, 1950

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General notebooks

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of notebooks pertaining to outfits, camps, horses, food, tools and supplies; travel and trips, itineraries re packtrain business, personal travel accounts; house and building construction; nature observations; hunting and gunsmithing; personal biography and illness; to-do lists; othe…

Date Range: 1900-1950

Reference Code: M376 / 8 to 17

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: I. Personal and professional series

Reference Code: M376 / 8 to 17

Date Range: 1900-1950

Physical Description: 22 v. of textual records (11.5 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of notebooks pertaining to outfits, camps, horses, food, tools and supplies; travel and trips, itineraries re packtrain business, personal travel accounts; house and building construction; nature observations; hunting and gunsmithing; personal biography and illness; to-do lists; other. Most volumes were used for several purposes and some are indexed

Notes: Unless otherwise indicated, notebook titles have been assigned by Archivist; Some notebooks have titles added by Riggall's daughter, Doris (Babe) Burton

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF ITEMS (M376 / 8 to 17) :; v.24 General notebook 1900-1904 (M376/8); v.25 General notebook 1905-1920 (M376/8); v.26 General notebook 1909-1922 (M376/9); v.27 General notebook: expenses, photography list, 1914, 1933 (M376/9); v.28 General notebook: trips, etc., 1909-1946 (M376/10); v.29 General notebook 1914-1947 (M376/10); v.30 General notebook 1927-1930 (M376/11); v.31 General notebook 1929, 1939 (M376/11); v.32 General notebook 1930, 1932 (M376/11); v.33 General notebook 1930, 1933; includes building log (M376/11); v.34 General notebook 1934 (M376/11); v.35 General notebook 1938, 1941; includes "Notes on the black bear", trip account, lists, bird notes, other (M376/12); v.36 General notebook 1942 (M376/13); v.37 General notebook 1948 (M376/13); v.38 "F.H.R.'s Idea Book" 1948; includes biographical notes to 1921 (M376/14); v.39 General notebook 1954; re health, gun, photography (M376/14); v.40 General notebook, no date (M376/15); v.41 General notebook, no date (M376/15); v.42 "House building" : [notebook], no date (M376/16); v.43 Notebook re building plans, no date (M376/16); v.44 Address notebook, no date (M376/17); v.45 Address notebook 1950 (M376/17)

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Client papers and photographs

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Photographs consist of hunting and fishing photographs and portraits by or from various clients sent to Bert Riggall. Includes photographs from the following: Phimister Proctor (wildlife sculpture with newspaper feature on same, 1909-1910); Dr. H. F. Harvey (hunting, 1915); Sam H. Clark (sheep and…

Date Range: 1909-1943

Reference Code: M376 / 94; V26 / II / A4 - [3]

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II. Business and financial series

Reference Code: M376 / 94; V26 / II / A4 - [3]

Date Range: 1909-1943

Physical Description: ca.70 photographs : prints. -- 1 cm of print material

Scope & Content: Photographs consist of hunting and fishing photographs and portraits by or from various clients sent to Bert Riggall. Includes photographs from the following: Phimister Proctor (wildlife sculpture with newspaper feature on same, 1909-1910); Dr. H. F. Harvey (hunting, 1915); Sam H. Clark (sheep and portraits, 1914); Stabeck and Gillfillan (British Columbia hunting trip, 1914); Roy Thompson family; Howard Sykes (African safari); Chapin party (British Columbia fishing? trip); and, others, 1933-1942. Print material, 1917-1943, consists of articles on hunting clients W. J. Morden and G. D. Pope, and hunting and trophy clippings

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Bert Riggall fonds

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds includes seven series: I. Personal and professional, 1884-1959; II. Business and financial, ca.1910-1959; III. Professional photography, 1900-1955; IV. Writing, 1906-1957; V. Natural history, 1904-1954; VI. Other interests, 1913-1956; VII. Riggall family, ca.1865-1959. Personal and pro…

Date Range: [ca.1865]-1959, predominant [ca.1890]-1959

Reference Code: M376 / V26

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 376; V 26

Sous-Fonds: M 376; V 26

Accession Number: 5777, 7200, 7201, 7772 (unproc)

Reference Code: M376 / V26

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1865]-1959, predominant [ca.1890]-1959

Physical Description: ca.13,100 photographs: ca.7080 prints, ca.5310 negatives, ca.700 transparencies. -- 9 photograph albums. -- ca.2 m textual records, print material and graphic records. -- 33 cartographic records

History / Biographical: Frederick Herbert (Bert) Riggall, 1884-1959, was a mountain guide, outfitter, hunter, trapper, rancher, naturalist, photographer, writer and gunsmith/loader in southern Alberta. Born in 1884 at Gayton-le-Wold Grange, Lincolnshire, his family moved to Grimsby where his father was an auctioneer and, in 1905, served as Mayor. In England, Riggall was an athlete, avid sportsman and naturalist. He was exposed to alpine country on school holidays in Switzerland and, determined to visit Canada, left for North America in 1904.; Upon arriving in western Canada, Riggall worked for a year at Craighurst Farm near Calgary. There he met Dorothea (Dora) Williams, 1877-1951, an Irish Quaker ranch cook who had emigrated with her sister Anna in 1902. In 1905, Bert worked on the Correction Land Survey in southwestern Alberta and explored Waterton Lakes. Bert and Dora married in 1906 and until 1946 they homesteaded and ranched adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park.; Initially, Bert and partner Jack Hazzard built boats and guided fishing parties on Waterton Lakes. In 1909, with partner Cyril Watmough, the Riggalls began guiding and outfitting summer and fall hunting and fishing trips for numerous repeat clients, especially, after 1913, four Minneapolis, Minnesota families: Bovey, Crosby, Bennett and McKnight. Hunts involved Big Horn Sheep, goats, black and grizzly bears. Bert served as chief guide and Dora as camp cook. Prior to 1911, the Riggalls worked at Gloyne's oil camp and Oil City to supplement their income. In 1911, Bert and partner Cyril Watmough made a 1000 mile (1600 km) exploratory trip from Fort Steele, B.C. to the Yellowhead Pass and beyond. Following that trip, Riggall concentrated guiding activities on the continental divide as far north as the Highwood region, but primarily in the upper Oldman River Valley and Gap in the Livingstone Range. Their outfit grew to include numerous saddle and pack horses.; Of five children, only two daughters survived infancy. Kay Riggall (Russell), 1909-1984, and Doris (Babe) Riggall (Burton), 1910-1999, were both able riders, markswomen and packtrain workers. They accompanied their parents on summer back country trips starting in 1918. Bert Riggall was renowned for his knowledge of botany, geology, zoology, wilderness life and lore as well as literature and current affairs. He was especially endeared to his clients for his skill as a raconteur and campfire storyteller. He wrote articles for magazines such as: Arms and the Man, American Rifleman, Field and Stream and the Boone and Crockett Club's book: North American Big Game. Riggall was an accomplished semi-professional photographer who specialized in wildlife studies, panoramic landscapes, Dufaycolor and later Kodachrome transparencies. His photographs appear in Department of Interior Reports and other publications.; Bert's heart problems forced the Riggalls to move to Pincher Creek in 1947. Daughter Kay and son-in-law Andy Russell continued the packtrain and guiding business until 1960. After Dora's death, Bert experienced medical problems and lived with or close to Doris.

Scope & Content: Fonds includes seven series: I. Personal and professional, 1884-1959; II. Business and financial, ca.1910-1959; III. Professional photography, 1900-1955; IV. Writing, 1906-1957; V. Natural history, 1904-1954; VI. Other interests, 1913-1956; VII. Riggall family, ca.1865-1959.; Personal and professional series consists of diaries and notes, correspondence and personal papers.; Business and financial series consists of guiding and ranching records, gunsmithing, shooting and loading records; and legal and financial records.; Professional photography series consists of standard photographs, panoramas, transparencies and textual records; Writing series contains manuscripts, published magazines, book outlines, newspaper articles and letters to the editor; Natural history series contains bird and plant records, and other natural history papers; Other interests series consist of clippings, annotated books and collected material; Riggall family series contains Bert and Dora Riggall family papers and photographs, Williams family photographs, Frederick W. and Fanny Riggall papers and photographs, and Allan Riggall papers and photographs. Negatives and transparencies pertain to Andy Russell as a young man with Bert Riggall.

Notes: Some transparencies in V110 Dick Russell are marked Andy Russell, some marked 64 dup; V110 - original transparencies have full set of duplicates (2 sets were made, 1 for Dick Russell and the other is part of this accession)

Name Access: Riggall, Bert

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: basic description for processed material

Related Material: Related to the Andy Russell fonds (M153/S43/V555) and the Kay Russell family fonds (M63/V63)

Creator: Riggall, Bert

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession record and contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Guiding trips

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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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F.H. Riggall and packhourse crossing Boundary Creek

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Image depicts Bert Riggall and packhorse crossing Boundary Creek with Phillip R. Goodwin, artist of New York, in August, 1909.

Date Range: 1909

Reference Code: V26 / III / A1 / PA - 7

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M376 / V26

Series: III. Professional Photography: Guiding and Hunting Trips

Sous-Fonds: V26

Sub-Series: Goodwin and Proctor Trips

Accession Number: 7201

Reference Code: V26 / III / A1 / PA - 7

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1909

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print

Scope & Content: Image depicts Bert Riggall and packhorse crossing Boundary Creek with Phillip R. Goodwin, artist of New York, in August, 1909.

Name Access: Goodwin, Phillip R.; Riggall, Bert

Subject Access: Environment and Nature; Pack trips; Exploration; Horses; Horse packing

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Boundary Creek

Language: N/A

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Environment

Title Source: Title based on subject of item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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Topical files

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of files of standard photographs pertaining to landscape, hunting, trapping, gunsmithing, camps, clients, family and friends, wildlife and fauna. Wildlife subjects include animals in their habitats, as well as hunting trophies. Portraits / old timers files pertains to numerous…

Date Range: 1903-1954

Reference Code: V26 / III / A2 - 1 to 25

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 / A2 - 1 to 25

Date Range: 1903-1954

Physical Description: 25 files of photographs (ca.3600 photographs : ca.2700 prints, ca.900 negatives)

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of files of standard photographs pertaining to landscape, hunting, trapping, gunsmithing, camps, clients, family and friends, wildlife and fauna. Wildlife subjects include animals in their habitats, as well as hunting trophies. Portraits / old timers files pertains to numerous Waterton and Twin Butte families, packers and pioneers, as well as friends of the Riggalls

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. Sheep, 1906-1946, ca.100 prints (+negatives); 2. Deer, 1922-1946, ca.90 prints (+negatives); 3. Bear, 1918-1947, ca.50 prints (+negatives); 4. Goat, 1909-1925, ca.35 prints (+negatives); 5. Elk & Moose, 1930-1944, ca.15 prints (+negatives); 6. Small Animals, 1907-1945, ca.50 prints (+negatives); 7. Birds & Nests, 1915-1950, ca.200 prints (+negatives); 8. Fish & Fishing, 1904-1937, ca.50 prints (+negatives); 9. Flowers, 1910-1946, ca.80 prints (+negatives); 10. Snakes & Insects, 1903-1937, ca.20 prints (+negatives); 11. Pack Trains & Horses, 1903-1946, ca.370 prints (+negatives); 12. Camps, 1906-1944, ca.150 prints (+negatives); 13. Hunting & Climbing Scenes, 1906-1916, ca.135 prints (+negatives); 14. Mountains, 1909-1936, (ca.540 prints (+negatives); 15. Landscape, 1906-1946, ca.45 prints (+negatives); 16. Waterton Lakes, 1909-1947, ca.270 prints (+negatives); 17. Ranch, 1912-1941, ca.90 prints (+negatives); 18. [Twin Butte], 1937-1940, ca.20 prints (+negatives); 19. Dogs, 1917-1947, ca.70 prints (+negatives); 20. Pincher [Creek], 1907-1948, ca.60 prints, ca.60 negatives); 21. Portraits / oldtimers, 1905-1944, ca.220 prints (+negatives); 22. Copies, [19--], ca.15 prints (+negatives); 23. Rifles, [19--]-1954, ca.40 prints (+negatives); 24. Interiors [empty file]; 25. Geology & Fossils, [19--]-1943, ca.30 prints (+negatives)

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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

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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

Images

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Negatives

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Part Of: 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.