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Frederick and Fanny Riggall family photographs

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Bert Riggall fonds
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File pertains to Bert Riggall's parents, Frederick W. Riggall and Fanny Neave Riggall; grandparents and brothers, homes relatives and domestic staff
Date Range
[ca.1865]-1916
Reference Code
V26 / VII / C
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5 / File
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5 / File
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VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / C
Date Range
[ca.1865]-1916
Physical Description
ca.35 photographs : prints
Scope & Content
File pertains to Bert Riggall's parents, Frederick W. Riggall and Fanny Neave Riggall; grandparents and brothers, homes relatives and domestic staff
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Allan Riggall papers and photographs

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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
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5 / File
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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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Print material

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Sub-series consists of government publications, pamphlets, catalogues and poster re human and natural history, outdoor equipment, tools, tourism, Ed Burton (son-in-law of Bert Riggall) wildlife films; guns, sights, gunsmithing tools; photography and optical catalogues, magazines and databooks, some…
Date Range
1910-1955
Reference Code
M376 / 150 to 163
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
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4 / Sub-series
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VI. Other interests series
Reference Code
M376 / 150 to 163
Date Range
1910-1955
Physical Description
ca.35 cm of print material
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of government publications, pamphlets, catalogues and poster re human and natural history, outdoor equipment, tools, tourism, Ed Burton (son-in-law of Bert Riggall) wildlife films; guns, sights, gunsmithing tools; photography and optical catalogues, magazines and databooks, some annotated; articles from "The Field", the country gentlemen's newspaper
Title Source
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Oversize items are held in the following: "A" (Posters, placemats, etc.)
"H" (Miscellaneous)
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Photography papers

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Bert Riggall fonds
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File consists of technical notes on cameras, exposures, film, filters, lenses, processing, etc.; shot lists and classification scheme for negatives; information and statements from suppliers re black and white and Kodachrome photography
Date Range
1919-1954
Reference Code
M376 / 121 to 125
Description Level
5 / File
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5 / File
Series
III. Professional photography series
Reference Code
M376 / 121 to 125
Date Range
1919-1954
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of technical notes on cameras, exposures, film, filters, lenses, processing, etc.; shot lists and classification scheme for negatives; information and statements from suppliers re black and white and Kodachrome photography
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Topical files

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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
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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
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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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Trip diaries

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Bert Riggall fonds
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File consists of trip diaries and accounts, also horse lists, camp outfits, grub lists and itineraries re packtrain business
Date Range
1913-1947
Reference Code
M376 / 1 to 5
Description Level
5 / File
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5 / File
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I. Personal and professional series
Reference Code
M376 / 1 to 5
Date Range
1913-1947
Physical Description
18 v. of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of trip diaries and accounts, also horse lists, camp outfits, grub lists and itineraries re packtrain business
Notes
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LIST OF ITEMS (M376 / 1 to 5) :
v.1 Notes, trip diary 1913 (M376/1)
v.2 Trip diary 1919 (M376/1)
v.3 " Notes for 1920", also includes trip accounts 1925 (M376/1)
v.4 Trip diary, grublists 1921 (M376/1)
v.5 Diary 1923 (M376/2)
v.6 Trip diaries 1924, 1936; notes 1923 (M376/2)
v.7 Trip diary 1925 (M376/2)
v.8 Trip diary 1926 (M376/2)
v.9 Trip diary 1927 (M376/3)
v.10 Trip diaries and Kay Russell lists 1934 (M376/3)
v.11 Trip diary, notes 1942 (M376/4)
v.12 Trip diary, notes 1942 (M376/4)
v.13 Trip diary 1943 (M376/4)
v.14 Trip diary 1944 (M376/4)
v.15 Trip diary 1945, notes 1954 (M376/5)
v.16 Trip diary 1946 (M376/5)
v.17 Trip diary 1946 (M376/5)
v.18 Trip diary 1947 (M376/5)
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Publications

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Bert Riggall fonds
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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
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5 / File
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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
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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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Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas

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Bert Riggall fonds
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File consists of annotated published maps and holograph map pertaining to packtrain trips, expeditions and ranch properties, mainly in the Waterton and Upper Oldman River areas. Features marked on maps may include ranch properties, trails, routes, camps, game, local names, elevations, hunting and …
Date Range
[ca.1910]-1945
Reference Code
M376 / 84 to 86
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5 / File
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II. Business and financial series
Reference Code
M376 / 84 to 86
Date Range
[ca.1910]-1945
Physical Description
ca.23 cartographic records
Scope & Content
File consists of annotated published maps and holograph map pertaining to packtrain trips, expeditions and ranch properties, mainly in the Waterton and Upper Oldman River areas. Features marked on maps may include ranch properties, trails, routes, camps, game, local names, elevations, hunting and special licence areas, revised park boundaries, 1911 expedition to Jasper and Tete Jaune Cache, other
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LIST OF ITEMS (M376 / 84 to 86) :
* Sketch map of s.e. BC, s.w. Alberta. -- 1913. -- 1 photograph : copy. -- Copy of hand-drawn map of area bounded by Kintla Peak, Montana; Waterton Lakes; Twin Butte; Oldman River. Original drawn by F. H. Riggall (M376/84)
* Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta / Department of the Interior, Canada. -- 1918 January. -- Annotated showing location of Hawks Nest lodge and trails and elevations in the South Castle River area. -- Scale 1 : 100,000 or 1.58 miles : inch (M376/84)
* Waterton, Alberta / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1945. -- Annotated with F.H Riggall and A.K. Russell lands. * 2 copies (M376/84)
* Waterton, Alberta / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1945. -- Annotated with ranch locations, elevations and Hawks Nest lodge. * 2 copies.
* Waterton Lakes Park Alberta from photographic surveys by M. P. Bridgland D.L.S. and A. O. Wheeler B.C.L.S. / Department of the Interior Canada. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotated, showing elevations, lake? and unidentified bounded area within park. Scale: 1/100000 or 1.58 miles to 1 inch (M376/84)
* Waterton Lakes Park Alberta from photographic surveys by M. P. Bridgland D.L.S. and A. O. Wheeler B.C.L.S. / Department of the Interior Canada. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotated, showing cabin or campsites? and unidentified bounded area within park. Scale: 1/100000 or 1.58 miles to 1 inch (M376/84)
* Waterton and north. -- [n.d.]. -- S.W. Alberta, Canada; South Castle River with trails and campsites marked. Annotated. Scale 1 : 40,000 (M376/84) (stored rolled)
* Topographic map. -- [n.d.]. -- N.W. Montana, USA; Waterton Valley area between Flathead and St. Mary's rivers, south of Waterton Lake, Canada. Scale [1 : 50,000?]. -- Title based on map (M376/84) (stored rolled)
* Northern part of the Crowsnest Forest Reserve, Alberta. -- 1913. -- Annotated, showing camps? near Coleman and Racehorse Creek. Scale 1: 40,000 ft. (M376/85)
* South Castle River. --[n.d.]. -- Annotated with place names and elevations. Scale 4 miles : inch (M376/85)
* Livingstone Range. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotated with place names, camps? and trails in North Boundary, Dutch Creek and north fork of Oldman River areas. Scale 1 mile : 1/2 inch (M376/85)
* Lethbridge, west of fourth meridian / Office of the Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1924 May. -- S.W. Alberta, Canada, showing locations of Butcher Russell & Alberta Ranch. Scale 1 : 190,080 or 3 miles inch (M376/85)
* Callum Creek / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1943. --. Annotated with names of ranches and ranchers (M376/85)
* Cowley, Alberta / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1943 --. Annotated with names of ranches, ranchers and local schools (M376/85)
* Beaver Mines, Alberta / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1943. -- Annotated with location of Butcher's house and Cooks and Alberta ranches (M376/85)
* Bow River Provincial Forest / Department of Lands and Mines, Forest Service, Government of the Province of Alberta. -- 1936 October 1. -- Camps, Crosby trip 1933, S.W. Alberta, Canada. Scale 3 miles : inch (M376/86)
* Foothills of SW Alberta / Dept. of the Interior, Canada. -- [after 1910]. -- Map to accompany report of G.H. Edgecombe, BSc,B.Sc.F., on the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. SW Alberta, showing timber, woodland, open grazing, bare rock, coal seams, dwellings and sawmills. Annotated. Scale 6 miles : inch (M376/86)
* Upper Elk and Upper Highwood Rivers, British Columbia and Alberta / Department of Mines, Canada. --1920 -- Annotated with place names, camps? and trails in Livingstone River and Upper Highwood River areas. Scale 4 miles : inch or 1 : 250,000 (M376/86)
* British Columbia and Alberta Pincher Creek sheet west of fifth meridian / Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1916. -- Annotated with title: "Flathead Valley", campsites?, wells, games locations, personal contacts? (M376/86)
* Boundary between Alberta and British Columbia / Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1914 (M376/86)
* East and West Kootenay / British Columbia Dept. of Lands, Canada. -- 1911. -- Annotated with locations of camps? in Elk River Valley. Scale 8 miles : inch (M376/86)
* Hand-drawn map. -- [n.d.]. -- Map shows camps and trails in the Kootenay area, SW British Columbia, indicates directions. Directions given on bottom (M376/86)
Sketch map of s.e. BC, s.w. Alberta. -- 1913. -- 1 photograph : copy. -- Copy of hand-drawn map of area bounded by Kintla Peak, Montana; Waterton Lakes; Twin Butte; Oldman River. Original drawn by F. H. Riggall
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta / Department of the Interior, Canada. -- 1918 January. -- Annotated showing location of Hawks Nest lodge and trails and elevations in the South Castle River area. -- Scale 1 : 100,000 or 1.58 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Waterton, Alberta / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1945. -- Annotated with F.H Riggall and A.K. Russell lands. * 2 copies
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Waterton, Alberta / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1945. -- Annotated with ranch locations, elevations and Hawks Nest lodge. * 2 copies.
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Waterton Lakes Park Alberta from photographic surveys by M. P. Bridgland D.L.S. and A. O. Wheeler B.C.L.S. / Department of the Interior Canada. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotated, showing elevations, lake? and unidentified bounded area within park. Scale: 1/100000 or 1.58 miles to 1 inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Waterton Lakes Park Alberta from photographic surveys by M. P. Bridgland D.L.S. and A. O. Wheeler B.C.L.S. / Department of the Interior Canada. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotated, showing cabin or campsites? and unidentified bounded area within park. Scale: 1/100000 or 1.58 miles to 1 inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Waterton and north. -- [n.d.]. -- S.W. Alberta, Canada; South Castle River with trails and campsites marked. Annotated. Scale 1 : 40,000 (stored rolled)
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Topographic map. -- [n.d.]. -- N.W. Montana, USA; Waterton Valley area between Flathead and St. Mary's rivers, south of Waterton Lake, Canada. Scale [1 : 50,000?]. -- Title based on map
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Northern part of the Crowsnest Forest Reserve, Alberta. -- 1913. -- Annotated, showing camps? near Coleman and Racehorse Creek. Scale 1: 40,000 ft.
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas South Castle River. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotated with place names and elevations. Scale 4 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Livingstone Range. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotated with place names, camps? and trails in North Boundary, Dutch Creek and north fork of Oldman River areas. Scale 1 mile : 1/2 inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Lethbridge, west of fourth meridian / Office of the Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1924 May. -- S.W. Alberta, Canada, showing locations of Butcher Russell & Alberta Ranch. Scale 1 : 190,080 or 3 miles inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Callum Creek / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1943. --. Annotated with names of ranches and ranchers
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Cowley, Alberta / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1943 -- Annotated with names of ranches, ranchers and local schools
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Beaver Mines, Alberta / Department of Mines and Resources. -- 1943. -- Annotated with location of Butcher's house and Cooks and Alberta ranches
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Bow River Provincial Forest / Department of Lands and Mines, Forest Service, Government of the Province of Alberta. -- 1936 October 1. -- Camps, Crosby trip 1933, S.W. Alberta, Canada. Scale 3 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Foothills of SW Alberta / Dept. of the Interior, Canada. -- [after 1910]. -- Map to accompany report of G.H. Edgecombe, BSc,B.Sc.F., on the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. SW Alberta, showing timber, woodland, open grazing, bare rock, coal seams, dwellings and sawmills. Annotated. Scale 6 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Upper Elk and Upper Highwood Rivers, British Columbia and Alberta / Department of Mines, Canada. --1920 -- Annotated with place names, camps? and trails in Livingstone River and Upper Highwood River areas. Scale 4 miles : inch or 1 : 250,000
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas British Columbia and Alberta Pincher Creek sheet west of fifth meridian / Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1916. -- Annotated with title: "Flathead Valley", campsites?, wells, games locations, personal contacts?
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Boundary between Alberta and British Columbia / Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1914
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas East and West Kootenay / British Columbia Dept. of Lands, Canada. -- 1911. -- Annotated with locations of camps? in Elk River Valley. Scale 8 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Hand-drawn map. -- [n.d.]. -- Map shows camps and trails in the Kootenay area, SW British Columbia, indicates directions. Directions given on bottom
Part of file: Maps of the Waterton and upper Oldman River areas Maps held in oversize "F"
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Bert Riggall photographs

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Bert Riggall fonds
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File pertains to Bert Riggall's birth, childhood and education in England; travels and emigration to Canada; personal hunting; portraits. Album pertains to Riggall's activities and also includes photographs by his parents on their voyage to Canada and visit to the Riggall ranch in 1907, 1902-[ca.1…
Date Range
1885-1959
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A1
Description Level
5 / File
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5 / File
Series
VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A1
Date Range
1885-1959
Physical Description
ca.225 photographs (ca.150 prints, ca.75 negatives). -- 1 photograph album (ca.160 prints)
Scope & Content
File pertains to Bert Riggall's birth, childhood and education in England; travels and emigration to Canada; personal hunting; portraits. Album pertains to Riggall's activities and also includes photographs by his parents on their voyage to Canada and visit to the Riggall ranch in 1907, 1902-[ca.1909]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 family correspondence

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Bert Riggall fonds
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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
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Bert Riggall fonds
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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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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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Guiding trips

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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
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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
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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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Photography notebooks

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of photography notebooks containing shot lists with exposure details, darkroom and processing notes and formulas, image subjects and cost notes
Date Range
1910-1941
Reference Code
M376 / 6, 7
Description Level
5 / File
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5 / File
Series
I. Personal and professional series
Reference Code
M376 / 6, 7
Date Range
1910-1941
Physical Description
5 v. of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of photography notebooks containing shot lists with exposure details, darkroom and processing notes and formulas, image subjects and cost notes
Notes
Unless otherwise indicated, notebook titles have been assigned by Archivist
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS (M376 / 6, 7) :
v.19 Photography notes 1910-1911 (M376/6)
v.20 Photography notes 1912-1913 (M376/6)
v.21 Photography notes 1938-1940 (M376/7)
v.22 "Exposures 1941" (M376/7)
v.23 Exposures 1941 (M376/7)
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General notebooks

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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
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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
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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
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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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Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area

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Bert Riggall fonds
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Cartographic materials are holograph maps and annotated published maps concerning the area from northern Montana to the northern Rocky Mountains. Features marked on maps may include ranch properties, trails, routes, camps, game, local names, elevations, hunting and special licence areas, revised p…
Date Range
1928-1943
Reference Code
M376 / 87, 88
Description Level
5 / File
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5 / File
Series
II. Business and financial series
Reference Code
M376 / 87, 88
Date Range
1928-1943
Physical Description
ca.15 cartographic records
Scope & Content
Cartographic materials are holograph maps and annotated published maps concerning the area from northern Montana to the northern Rocky Mountains. Features marked on maps may include ranch properties, trails, routes, camps, game, local names, elevations, hunting and special licence areas, revised park boundaries, other
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File includes undated maps
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS :
* Laurier Pass country. -- [ca.1930]. -- 4 cartographic records. -- Letters transferred to correspondence series (M376/87)
* Halfway River / Department of the Interior, Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1928 April. -- Scale 4 miles : inch (M376/87)
* Prophet River, British Columbia / Department of the Interior, Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1928 April. -- Scale 4 miles : inch (M376/87)
* Report of an exploratory trip in the area covered by Halfway River and Prophet River, sheets of the National Topographic Series in the Province of British Columbia. -- 1928. -- [ n.s.]. By McCuster, K.F., D.L.S., F.A. Ackland, Printer. Ottawa (M376/87)
* Hudson Hope British Columbia / Department of the Interior, Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1929 February. -- Scale 8 miles : inch (M376/87)
* Hand-drawn map. -- [n.d.]. -- Map of the area located north-east of Jasper Park boundary on a fork of the Hay River, northwest of Solomon Creek, showing game locations of caribou and sheep. Map is drawn on reverse of published map: Jasper Park in the Province of Alberta (M376/88)
* Hand-drawn map. -- [n.d.] -- Map of sheep hunting territory north of Jasper Park boundary, near Hay River (M376/88)
* Jasper Park, Alberta, Mount Robson, British Columbia, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway / compiled in part from the Topographical Surveys by the Alpine Club of Canada. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotation reads: Indicates route Bert Riggall took on his 1911 trip, trails and stops marked. Scale: 5 miles to an inch (M376/88)
* Province of Alberta, Canada / Department of Lands of Mine, Canada. -- 1941. -- Annotated, showing areas near Clearwater River and north of Jasper as "special license". Scale 16 miles : inch (M376/88)
* Midnapore, Alberta showing (C.W. Peterson's Ranch) Craighurst Farm / Department of Mines and Resources, Canada. -- 1940. -- Annotation shows 1904 location of ranch. Scale 1 : 63,360 or 1 mile : inch (M376/88)
* Mundy's pocket map of northwest Canada and part of Alaska / Mundy Map Co., Edmonton, Alberta. -- 1943. -- Resources map annotated with highlight of Mt. Logan area. Scale 62 miles : inch (M376/88)
Laurier Pass country. -- [ca.1930]. -- 4 cartographic records. -- Letters transferred to correspondence series
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Halfway River / Department of the Interior, Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1928 April. -- Scale 4 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Prophet River, British Columbia / Department of the Interior, Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1928 April. -- Scale 4 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Report of an exploratory trip in the area covered by Halfway River and Prophet River, sheets of the National Topographic Series in the Province of British Columbia. -- 1928. -- [ n.s.]. By McCuster, K.F., D.L.S., F.A. Ackland, Printer. Ottawa
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Hudson Hope British Columbia / Department of the Interior, Surveyor General, Ottawa. -- 1929 February. -- Scale 8 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Hand-drawn map. -- [n.d.]. -- Map of the area located north-east of Jasper Park boundary on a fork of the Hay River, northwest of Solomon Creek, showing game locations of caribou and sheep. Map is drawn on reverse of published map: Jasper Park in the Province of Alberta
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Hand-drawn map. -- [n.d.] -- Map of sheep hunting territory north of Jasper Park boundary, near Hay River
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Jasper Park, Alberta, Mount Robson, British Columbia, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway / compiled in part from the Topographical Surveys by the Alpine Club of Canada. -- [n.d.]. -- Annotation reads: Indicates route Bert Riggall took on his 1911 trip, trails and stops marked. Scale: 5 miles to an inch
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Province of Alberta, Canada / Department of Lands of Mine, Canada. -- 1941. -- Annotated, showing areas near Clearwater River and north of Jasper as "special license". Scale 16 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Midnapore, Alberta showing (C.W. Peterson's Ranch) Craighurst Farm / Department of Mines and Resources, Canada. -- 1940. -- Annotation shows 1904 location of ranch. Scale 1 : 63,360 or 1 mile : inch
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Mundy's pocket map of northwest Canada and part of Alaska / Mundy Map Co., Edmonton, Alberta. -- 1943. -- Resources map annotated with highlight of Mt. Logan area. Scale 62 miles : inch
Part of file: Maps of the northern Montana to northern Rocky Mountains area Maps held in oversize "F"
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Dora (Williams) Riggall photographs

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File pertains to Dora Riggall's birthplace in Ireland, family, homesteading, haying, raising cattle, cooking for pack train and client trips, on horseback, portraits, grave site and marker
Date Range
[ca.1900]-1951
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A2
Description Level
5 / File
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Series
VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A2
Date Range
[ca.1900]-1951
Physical Description
ca.180 photographs (ca.90 prints, ca.90 negatives)
Scope & Content
File pertains to Dora Riggall's birthplace in Ireland, family, homesteading, haying, raising cattle, cooking for pack train and client trips, on horseback, portraits, grave site and marker
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Bert and Dora Riggall family photographs

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File pertains mainly to Bert and Dora and their children, Kay, Doris "Babe", and Richard Herbert (b.1907-d.1911). Includes group and individual portraits and candid photographs on the ranch and in the backcountry
Date Range
1907-1950
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A3
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5 / File
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VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A3
Date Range
1907-1950
Physical Description
ca.180 photographs (ca.90 prints, ca.90 negatives).
Scope & Content
File pertains mainly to Bert and Dora and their children, Kay, Doris "Babe", and Richard Herbert (b.1907-d.1911). Includes group and individual portraits and candid photographs on the ranch and in the backcountry
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Riggall family activities

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File pertains to Oil City and Gloyne's camp, where the Riggalls were employed; boat building and fishing at Waterton Lakes; ranching activities, haying, ice cutting, picnics and get- togethers; Park View School and sport activities at Twin Butte and Waterton
Date Range
1904-1945
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A4
Description Level
5 / File
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VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A4
Date Range
1904-1945
Physical Description
ca.160 photographs (ca.80 prints, ca. 80 negatives)
Scope & Content
File pertains to Oil City and Gloyne's camp, where the Riggalls were employed; boat building and fishing at Waterton Lakes; ranching activities, haying, ice cutting, picnics and get- togethers; Park View School and sport activities at Twin Butte and Waterton
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Riggall family trips

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File pertains to 1907 trip of Bert's parents Frederick W. and Fanny Riggall to Canada and the Riggall ranch; also, trips to Vancouver and Victoria, Cardston and elsewhere
Date Range
1907-1947
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A5
Description Level
5 / File
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VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A5
Date Range
1907-1947
Physical Description
ca.200 photographs (ca.100 prints, ca.100 negatives)
Scope & Content
File pertains to 1907 trip of Bert's parents Frederick W. and Fanny Riggall to Canada and the Riggall ranch; also, trips to Vancouver and Victoria, Cardston and elsewhere
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