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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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Elliott Barnes fonds
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to: Elliott Barnes and Barnes family; pack trips; wildlife; Alaska trip; Eau Claire logging operations in Spray Valley; Jumping Pound homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch; Sawback Lake trip; bear hunting trip; Banff area views; Paradise Valley ACC camp; hockey at Banff; Stoney Indians at…
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-ca.1914]
- Reference Code
- V48
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- V 48
- Sous-Fonds
- V 48
- Accession Number
- 2512, 2580, 3247, 3307, 5431, 5076
- Reference Code
- V48
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-ca.1914]
- Physical Description
- ca.500 photographs : prints, negatives
- History / Biographical
- Elliott Chappel Barnes, 1866-1938, was a rancher, outfitter and trail guide and professional photographer at Kootenay Plains, Banff and Jumping Pound, Alberta. Barnes was born in Rochester, New York in 1866. In the early 1890s he travelled throughout the American Rockies supporting himself as an itinerant photographer. In 1905, Barnes and his family immigrated to Canada and homesteaded on the Kootenay Plains. For a short time, Barnes ran a small outfitting operation out of Banff, mostly dealing with the newly-created Alpine Club of Canada and its members. Also, while wintering in Banff during 1907-1908, he worked briefly with Byron Harmon in the photographic business. Following this association, Barnes upgraded from a small "pocket" Kodak camera to a 5x7 Graflex with a stereo adaptor. Utilizing this camera, he published a set of stereo view-cards and custom postcards. In 1908, Barnes moved to a homestead at Little Jumping Pound Creek in the foothills west of Calgary and abandoned photography as a profession. After several farming ventures near Calgary, the family moved into the city, where Elliott Barnes died in 1938.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds pertains to: Elliott Barnes and Barnes family; pack trips; wildlife; Alaska trip; Eau Claire logging operations in Spray Valley; Jumping Pound homestead, Morley and S-L Ranch; Sawback Lake trip; bear hunting trip; Banff area views; Paradise Valley ACC camp; hockey at Banff; Stoney Indians at Kootenay Plains; Bankhead mine site and operations; winter trip; Mount Rainer, Washington; other (mainly people, places and activities)
- Notes
- A detailed biography of Elliott Barnes can be found in: "A Delicate Wilderness: The Photography of Elliott Barnes, 1905- 1914" by Edward Cavell (Banff: Altitude Publishing and the Whyte Foundation, 1983).
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: modern reference prints
- Creator
- Barnes, Elliott
- Category
- Arts
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Natural resources
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[A canvas pyramid tent]
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts a canvas pyramid tent in camp.
- Date Range
- ca.1910 to ca.1945
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / D / NA - D1 - 14
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V26
- Series
- IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
- Sub-Series
- Negatives
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / D / NA - D1 - 14
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- ca.1910 to ca.1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts a canvas pyramid tent in camp.
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
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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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[An oil derrick]
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts an oil derrick on Frank Allred's ranch next to Dungarvin Creek.
- Date Range
- ca.1910 to ca.1945
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / A / NA - A36
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V26
- Series
- IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
- Sub-Series
- Negatives
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / A / NA - A36
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- ca.1910 to ca.1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts an oil derrick on Frank Allred's ranch next to Dungarvin Creek.
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
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[Andy Russell guiding guests]
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts Andy Russell guiding guests.
- Date Range
- ca.1910 to ca.1925
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / H / NA - H5 - 10
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V26
- Series
- IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
- Sub-Series
- Negatives
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / H / NA - H5 - 10
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- ca.1910 to ca.1925
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts Andy Russell guiding guests.
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
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[Andy Russell posed with beaver pelts]
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts Andy Russell posed next to beaver pelts.
- Date Range
- ca.1910 to ca.1925
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / G / NA - G3 - 16
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V26
- Series
- IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
- Sub-Series
- Negatives
- Reference Code
- V26 / IX / G / NA - G3 - 16
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- ca.1910 to ca.1925
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, b&w
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts Andy Russell posed next to beaver pelts.
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
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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 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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Baby (Eggley baby?)
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- Unidentified baby on bearskin
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-ca.1914]
- Reference Code
- V48 / NG - 55
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Negative series
- Reference Code
- V48 / NG - 55
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1905-ca.1914]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : negative, glass, 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Unidentified baby on bearskin
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- Elliott Barnes
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