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Legal and financial records
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- 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
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- 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
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Bird and plant records
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- 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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- 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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- Bert Riggall fonds
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- 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
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Bert and Dora Riggall family correspondence
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- 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
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- 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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- 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
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Allan Riggall papers and photographs
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- 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
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F. H. Riggall correspondence
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- 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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- 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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- 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
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- Title based on contents of file
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- 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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- 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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- 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
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Bert Riggall fonds
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- 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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Correspondence
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.A. Mary Schaffer papers: correspondence
- Reference Code
- M79 / 1
- Date Range
- 1908-1922
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Papers include letter from Oliver Wheeler, 1903; Putnam's Sons royalty statement re alpine flowers book, 1909; book review, 1911; published essay on treatment of foreigners, n.d.; notebook, 1860-1862, includes accounts, recipes
- Date Range
- 1909-1911, [n.d.]
- Reference Code
- M79 / 10A, 10B
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.D. Mary Schaffer papers: other
- Reference Code
- M79 / 10A, 10B
- Date Range
- 1909-1911, [n.d.]
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Papers include letter from Oliver Wheeler, 1903; Putnam's Sons royalty statement re alpine flowers book, 1909; book review, 1911; published essay on treatment of foreigners, n.d.; notebook, 1860-1862, includes accounts, recipes
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- Title based on contents of files.
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Original manuscripts by others
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of manuscripts mainly pertaining to the Athabasca region by A. P. Coleman, Charles S. Thompson, Jean Habel, Jimmy Simpson and unknown authors.
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-ca.1913]
- Reference Code
- M79 / 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.B. Other papers: manuscripts, reports by others.
- Reference Code
- M79 / 13
- Date Range
- [ca.1900-ca.1913]
- Physical Description
- 6 textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of manuscripts mainly pertaining to the Athabasca region by A. P. Coleman, Charles S. Thompson, Jean Habel, Jimmy Simpson and unknown authors.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files.
- Content Details
- LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS :
- * Mount Brown and the sources of the Athabasca / Professor A. P. Coleman, [n.d.], 5 p., typewritten;
- * A new pass at the head of the west branch of the Saskatchewan River / Charles S. Thompson, 1901, 5 p., typewritten;
- * At the western sources of the Athabasca River / Jean Habel, 1902, 17 p., typewritten;
- * The beginning, the middle and the end of a hunting trip / J. S., [ca.1913], 20 p., handwritten, by Jimmy Simpson;
- * Notes of Mr. Oliver's trip through the Districts of Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon, returning Dawson and Vancouver, [n.d.], 6 p., typewritten, unknown author.
- * My four years experience of the great war, 1915, 20 p., typewritten, unknown author
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Published reports by others
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Scope & Content
- Published articles are by A. P. Coleman, James McEnvoy, Jean Habel, A. O. Wheeler and Joseph Keele; also Department of the Interior and other reports. Articles pertain to Mount Brown; Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; Yellowhead Pass, Mackenzie Mountains; national parks. The Mountains of the…
- Date Range
- 1895-1928
- Reference Code
- M79 / 14 - 15
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III.B. Other papers: manuscripts, reports by others.
- Reference Code
- M79 / 14 - 15
- Date Range
- 1895-1928
- Physical Description
- 10 textual records
- Scope & Content
- Published articles are by A. P. Coleman, James McEnvoy, Jean Habel, A. O. Wheeler and Joseph Keele; also Department of the Interior and other reports. Articles pertain to Mount Brown; Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; Yellowhead Pass, Mackenzie Mountains; national parks. The Mountains of the Yellowhead Pass / A. O. Wheeler, 1913 is annotated with critical margin notes by Mary Schaffer
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Original manuscripts
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- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Date Range
- [ca.1908]-1925
- Reference Code
- M79 / 2 - 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Mary Schaffer fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.B. Mary Schaffer papers: literary
- Reference Code
- M79 / 2 - 7
- Date Range
- [ca.1908]-1925
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Finding Aid
- Copies available for reference use.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of files
- Content Details
- LIST OF MANUSCRIPTS :
- * Flora of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca River tributaries / Mary T. S. Schaffer, [1908], 2 p., typewritten. (M79 / 2)
- * A glimpse of the head-hunters of Formosa, [1908], 10 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2)
- * The monarch of the plains, [ca.1908], 2 p., typewritten, 2 copies, 1 annotated, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2)
- * Locating and measuring Lake Maligne, [ca.1908], 6 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 2)
- * My garden / Mary T. S. Schaffer, [1910], 10 p., typewitten. (M79 / 2)
- * [Untitled], [1911], 46 p., typewritten, 2 copies, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to survey trip to Maligne Lake, 1911. (M79 / 3)
- * A small boy's summer in the Canadian Rockies, [1912], 34 p., typewritten, 4 copies, by Mary Schaffer, copies have various titles. (M79 /4)
- * [Untitled], [1912], 7 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to history of Howse, Yellowhead and Athabasca Passes. (M79 / 5)
- * The story of Revelstoke, [1912], 22 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5)
- * Trail-life at Lake Louise, [ca.1915], 10 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5)
- * [Untitled], [ca.1916], 6 p., handwritten, by Mary Schaffer, pertains to medical mission of Dr. Atkin and Nurse Fulcher to Ya Ha Tinda Ranch. (M79 / 5)
- * The byways of Banff, [ca.1918], 14 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 5)
- * Teepee life in the northern hills / Mary Schaffer Warren, [1924], 39 p., typewritten, 2 copies. (M79 / 6)
- * A new year in the wilds, [ca.1925], 14 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer Warren. (M79 / 6)
- * A chapter of accidents, [after 1908], 6 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
- * The heart of a child, [after 1908], 17 p., typewritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
- * A ptarmigan story, [after 1908], 7 p., handwritten, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
- * Fairy-land of the north, [after 1908], 17 p., typewritten, 2 copies, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
- * [Untitled], [after 1908], 9 p., typewritten, double-sided, by Mary Schaffer, children's story about Puff, the wind. (M79 / 7)
- * Lake Louise of early days, [after 1908], 3 p., typewritten, incomplete, by Mary Schaffer. (M79 / 7)
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