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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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Helen and George Shandruk fonds
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- Helen and George Shandruk fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series: I. Helen Stuart series, 1863-1947, ca.6 cm of textual records, ca.140 photographs : prints, 1 photograph album (9 prints). Series pertains to Helen Stuart's life before her marriage in 1948. Includes: A. Stuart family papers and photographs; B. Helen Stuart photo…
- Date Range
- 1863-1994
- Reference Code
- M5 / V18
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Helen and George Shandruk fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 5
- V 18
- Sous-Fonds
- M 5
- V 18
- Accession Number
- 4016, 6916, 7332
- Reference Code
- M5 / V18
- Date Range
- 1863-1994
- Physical Description
- ca.770 photographs : prints, negatives. -- 1 photograph album (9 prints). -- ca.14 cm of textual records.
- History / Biographical
- Helen and George Shandruk were residents of Banff, Alberta, Canada. Helen Isabel (Isobella) Stuart, 1899-2000, came to Banff from Scotland in 1911? with her parents, David Stuart, 1863-1919, and Isobella Stuart, 1872-1945, and sister Caroline "Carrie" (Crandell). The family resided at 119 Beaver Street, where Helen lived until 1995. Helen worked at the Banff Post Office, also at the Sign of the Goat and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. George Shandruk, 1914-1993, was born at Bankhead, Alberta and raised at Canmore, Alberta. He worked for many years as a fishing guide. Helen and George married in 1948.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three series:
- I. Helen Stuart series, 1863-1947, ca.6 cm of textual records, ca.140 photographs : prints, 1 photograph album (9 prints). Series pertains to Helen Stuart's life before her marriage in 1948. Includes: A. Stuart family papers and photographs; B. Helen Stuart photographs.
- II. George Shandruk series, 1929-1948, 2 cm of textual records, ca.50 photographs: prints, negatives. Series pertains to George Shandruk and Shandruk family.
- III. Helen and George Shandruk series, ca.1900-1994, 6 cm of textual records, ca.580 photographs : prints, negatives. Series pertains to Helen and George Shandruk, friends and family. Includes: A. Photographs (Helen and George Shandruk, family and friends, travel, other); B. Personal papers.
- Notes
- Fonds description pertains to processed material only
- Name Access
- Shandruk, Helen
- Shandruk, George
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description for processed material
- Creator
- Shandruk, Helen
- Shandruk, George
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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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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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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- 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
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- Title based on contents of file
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Bert and Dora Riggall family correspondence
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of letters to Bert and Dora Riggall from friends and family; correspondence between Bert and Dora Riggall; correspondence between the Riggalls and their daughters; and letters to Bert and Dora Riggall and Doris Burton from Fanny Riggall
- Date Range
- 1906-1955
- Reference Code
- M376 / 166 to 176
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Riggall family series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 166 to 176
- Date Range
- 1906-1955
- Physical Description
- 11.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of letters to Bert and Dora Riggall from friends and family; correspondence between Bert and Dora Riggall; correspondence between the Riggalls and their daughters; and letters to Bert and Dora Riggall and Doris Burton from Fanny Riggall
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- CONTENT DETAILS :
- * Letters to Bert and Dora Riggall from friends and family, especially overseas Riggall and Williams family members, 1906-1955, 2 cm.
- * Correspondence between Bert and Dora Riggall, 1945, 1951 (.5.cm)
- * Correspondence between the Riggalls and their daughters Doris "Babe" Burton and Kay Russell, 1935-1954, 2 cm. Letters pertain to family matters, illness and death of Dora Riggall and care and illness of Bert Riggall. Includes letter of instruction from Bert Riggall on disposition of his papers.
- * Letters to Bert and Dora Riggall and Doris "Babe" Burton from Bert's mother Fanny Riggall, including letters from other Riggall and Williams family members to Fanny Riggall, subsequently sent by her to her son and daughter-in-law, 1926-1955, 7 cm.
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Bert and Dora Riggall family photographs
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- 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
- Date Range
- 1907-1950
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- 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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Bert and Dora Riggall personal papers
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of cookbook; writings arising from Dora's death, 1951, including obituaries and articles, notes by Bert for same; extended "letter" (diary) written by Bert to Dora following her death; death, funeral and gravestone records, memorial notices
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]-1952
- Reference Code
- M376 / 164, 165
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Riggall family series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 164, 165
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]-1952
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of cookbook; writings arising from Dora's death, 1951, including obituaries and articles, notes by Bert for same; extended "letter" (diary) written by Bert to Dora following her death; death, funeral and gravestone records, memorial notices
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Bert Riggall photographs
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- 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.1…
- Date Range
- 1885-1959
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 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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- Access by appointment only
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- Title based on contents of file
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Bird and plant records
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity
- Date Range
- 1904-1954
- Reference Code
- M376 / 136 to 142
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- V. Natural history series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 136 to 142
- Date Range
- 1904-1954
- Physical Description
- 8 v. of textual records (15 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Content Details
- ITEM LIST :
- * Budd, A. C. / A key to plants of the farming and ranching areas of the Canadian Prairies, 1952; annotations record occurrences at Waterton Lakes, F.H.R.'s [Riggall's] ranch, Twin Butte and Porcupine Hills and are found throughout the volume, 1953 photocopy
- * Coulter, John M. / New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular plants), 1909; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1911-1953
- * Hales, B. J. / Selected Western Flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, 1915; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1905-1952
- * Rand, A. L. / Birds of Southern Alberta, 1948; annotations (throughout volume) record occurrences at Waterton Lake, [National] Park, [Riggall] Ranch and elsewhere
- * Reed, Chester A. / Bird Guide, Part 2, Land Birds East of the Rockies . . . 1912; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1904-1953 and also annual lists, 1914-1917
- * Saunders, Charles Francis / Western Flower Guide; annotations are mainly "nature notes" (plant and animal sightings) 1949-1952, list of species in rock gardens, 1915, and some plant sightings throughout volume
- * Taverner, P. A. / Birds of Canada, 1949; annotations, 1951-1954; record sightings, (throughout volume) bird notes, 1951, loose clippings
- * Vareschi, Volkmar and Ernest Krause / Mountains in Flower, 1940; annotations indicate flowers found or not found in the Canadian Rockies and closely related species
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Client papers and photographs
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs consist of hunting and fishing photographs and portraits by or from various clients sent to Bert Riggall. Includes photographs from the following: Phimister Proctor (wildlife sculpture with newspaper feature on same, 1909-1910); Dr. H. F. Harvey (hunting, 1915); Sam H. Clark (sheep and…
- Date Range
- 1909-1943
- Reference Code
- M376 / 94
- V26 / II / A4 - [3]
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 94
- V26 / II / A4 - [3]
- Date Range
- 1909-1943
- Physical Description
- ca.70 photographs : prints. -- 1 cm of print material
- Scope & Content
- Photographs consist of hunting and fishing photographs and portraits by or from various clients sent to Bert Riggall. Includes photographs from the following: Phimister Proctor (wildlife sculpture with newspaper feature on same, 1909-1910); Dr. H. F. Harvey (hunting, 1915); Sam H. Clark (sheep and portraits, 1914); Stabeck and Gillfillan (British Columbia hunting trip, 1914); Roy Thompson family; Howard Sykes (African safari); Chapin party (British Columbia fishing? trip); and, others, 1933-1942. Print material, 1917-1943, consists of articles on hunting clients W. J. Morden and G. D. Pope, and hunting and trophy clippings
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Dora (Williams) Riggall photographs
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- 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
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]-1951
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- 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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- Access by appointment only
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F. H. Riggall correspondence
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Correspondence consists mainly of incoming letters to Bert Riggall from clients, friends, family and suppliers re guiding, hunting and fishing trips, personal matters, guns, photography, taxidermy, land matters, road allowance, publishers, wildlife societies. Frequent and/or prominent corresponden…
- Date Range
- 1902-1959
- Reference Code
- M376 / 20 to 53
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- I. Personal and professional series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 20 to 53
- Date Range
- 1902-1959
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Correspondence consists mainly of incoming letters to Bert Riggall from clients, friends, family and suppliers re guiding, hunting and fishing trips, personal matters, guns, photography, taxidermy, land matters, road allowance, publishers, wildlife societies. Frequent and/or prominent correspondents include: Russell H. Bennett (1918-1959), Russell M. Bennett (1913-1928), Charles C. Bovey (1919-1951), Martin Bovey (1918-1952), Bertram Chichester (1937-1959), F. M. Crosby (1921-1952), A. Phimister Proctor (1909-1912, 1952), Andy Russell (1947, undated) and Arnold C. Schueren (1940-1954).
- Includes some copies of out-going letters, dated 1902, 1909, 1918, 1920, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952 and 1956
- Finding Aid
- Index to correspondents available
- Content Details
- LIST OF FOLDERS BY DATE :
- * 1902, 1907 (M376/20)
- * 1909 (M376/21)
- * 1910, 1911 (M376/22)
- * 1912 (M376/23)
- * 1913, 1914 (M376/24)
- * 1915, 1916 (M376/25)
- * 1917, 1918 (M376/26)
- * 1919, 1920 (M376/27)
- * 1921 (M376/28)
- * 1922 (M376/29)
- * 1923-1925 (M376/30)
- * 1926, 1927 (M376/31)
- * 1928-1930 (M376/32)
- * 1931-1933 (M376/33)
- * 1934-1938 (M376/34)
- * 1939-1940 (M376/35)
- -
- * 1941 (M376/36)
- * 1942 (M376/37)
- * 1943 (M376/38)
- * 1944 (M376/39)
- * 1945 (M376/40)
- * 1946 (M376/41)
- * 1947 (M376/42)
- * 1948 (M376/43)
- * 1949 (M376/44)
- * 1950 (M376/45)
- * 1951 (M376/46-47)
- * 1952 (M376/48-49)
- * 1953 (M376/50)
- * 1954 (M376/51)
- * 1955-1959 (M376/52)
- * undated (M376/53)
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Family homes and ranch
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to eight Riggall homes from tent and cabin homes to Cottonwood Canyon houses and Dupuy Street house in Pincher Creek. Includes picnics and get- togethers at those homes
- Date Range
- 1906-1950
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Riggall family series
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A6
- Date Range
- 1906-1950
- Physical Description
- ca.400 photographs (ca.200 prints, ca.200 negatives)
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to eight Riggall homes from tent and cabin homes to Cottonwood Canyon houses and Dupuy Street house in Pincher Creek. Includes picnics and get- togethers at those homes
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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F.H. Riggall and packhourse crossing Boundary Creek
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts Bert Riggall and packhorse crossing Boundary Creek with Phillip R. Goodwin, artist of New York, in August, 1909.
- Date Range
- 1909
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / A1 / PA - 7
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- III. Professional Photography: Guiding and Hunting Trips
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Sub-Series
- Goodwin and Proctor Trips
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / A1 / PA - 7
- Date Range
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print
- Scope & Content
- Image depicts Bert Riggall and packhorse crossing Boundary Creek with Phillip R. Goodwin, artist of New York, in August, 1909.
- Name Access
- Goodwin, Phillip R.
- Riggall, Bert
- Subject Access
- Environment and Nature
- Pack trips
- Exploration
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Boundary Creek
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Title based on subject of item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Frederick and Fanny Riggall family papers
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of personal and legal papers of Bert Riggall's parents, grandparents and English relatives, 1905-1956, 2 cm; and Fanny Neave diary, 1877-1880, [ca.1948], 1 v. (1 cm). Diary was written at age 17; later notes and footnotes were written in advance of being mailed to her son, Bert Rigga…
- Date Range
- 1877-1956
- Reference Code
- M376 / 177, 178
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Riggall family series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 177, 178
- Date Range
- 1877-1956
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of personal and legal papers of Bert Riggall's parents, grandparents and English relatives, 1905-1956, 2 cm; and Fanny Neave diary, 1877-1880, [ca.1948], 1 v. (1 cm). Diary was written at age 17; later notes and footnotes were written in advance of being mailed to her son, Bert Riggall, ca.1948. File also includes Doris (Babe) Riggall's notes on Riggall extended family
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- Title Source
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Frederick and Fanny Riggall family photographs
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- 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
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- 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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- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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General notebooks
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notebooks pertaining to outfits, camps, horses, food, tools and supplies; travel and trips, itineraries re packtrain business, personal travel accounts; house and building construction; nature observations; hunting and gunsmithing; personal biography and illness; to-do lists; othe…
- Date Range
- 1900-1950
- Reference Code
- M376 / 8 to 17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Personal and professional series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 8 to 17
- Date Range
- 1900-1950
- Physical Description
- 22 v. of textual records (11.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of notebooks pertaining to outfits, camps, horses, food, tools and supplies; travel and trips, itineraries re packtrain business, personal travel accounts; house and building construction; nature observations; hunting and gunsmithing; personal biography and illness; to-do lists; other. Most volumes were used for several purposes and some are indexed
- Notes
- Unless otherwise indicated, notebook titles have been assigned by Archivist
- Some notebooks have titles added by Riggall's daughter, Doris (Babe) Burton
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS (M376 / 8 to 17) :
- v.24 General notebook 1900-1904 (M376/8)
- v.25 General notebook 1905-1920 (M376/8)
- v.26 General notebook 1909-1922 (M376/9)
- v.27 General notebook: expenses, photography list, 1914, 1933 (M376/9)
- v.28 General notebook: trips, etc., 1909-1946 (M376/10)
- v.29 General notebook 1914-1947 (M376/10)
- v.30 General notebook 1927-1930 (M376/11)
- v.31 General notebook 1929, 1939 (M376/11)
- v.32 General notebook 1930, 1932 (M376/11)
- v.33 General notebook 1930, 1933; includes building log (M376/11)
- v.34 General notebook 1934 (M376/11)
- v.35 General notebook 1938, 1941; includes "Notes on the black bear", trip account, lists, bird notes, other (M376/12)
- v.36 General notebook 1942 (M376/13)
- v.37 General notebook 1948 (M376/13)
- v.38 "F.H.R.'s Idea Book" 1948; includes biographical notes to 1921 (M376/14)
- v.39 General notebook 1954; re health, gun, photography (M376/14)
- v.40 General notebook, no date (M376/15)
- v.41 General notebook, no date (M376/15)
- v.42 "House building" : [notebook], no date (M376/16)
- v.43 Notebook re building plans, no date (M376/16)
- v.44 Address notebook, no date (M376/17)
- v.45 Address notebook 1950 (M376/17)
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of files of standard photographs pertaining to reconnaisance trips with partner Cyril Watmough, 1909-1911, and with clients, 1907-1950, in particular with four families (Bennett, Crosby, Bovey and McKnight families), their relatives and friends, who made many trips with Riggall …
- Date Range
- 1909-1950
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / A1 - 1 to 41
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- III. Professional photography series
- Accession Number
- 7200, 7201
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / A1 - 1 to 41
- Date Range
- 1909-1950
- Physical Description
- 41 files of photographs (ca.1600 photographs : ca.1200 prints, ca.400 negatives). -- 6 photograph albums (378 prints, ca.125 negatives)
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of files of standard photographs pertaining to reconnaisance trips with partner Cyril Watmough, 1909-1911, and with clients, 1907-1950, in particular with four families (Bennett, Crosby, Bovey and McKnight families), their relatives and friends, who made many trips with Riggall starting in 1913
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Content Details
- FILE DESCRIPTIONS :
- Note: Prints in all files are accompanied by some negatives. Negative extent is estimated at approximately one-third that of the print extent
- 1. [Bert Riggall and Cyril Watmough trip], 1909, 1 photograph album (77 prints, + negatives)
- 2. [Bert Riggall and Cyril Watmough trip], 1911, ca.100 prints (+negatives)
- 3. Bert Riggall and Cyril Watmough trip, 1914, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 4. [Bennett family trips], 1913-1950, ca.250 prints (+negatives)
- 5. [Bennett / Crosby families trips], 1917-1919, ca.35 prints (+negatives)
- 6. [Crosby family trips], 1918-1946, ca.160 prints (+negatives), 1 photograph album (102 prints, 21 p. text, ca.40 negatives)
- 7. [Bovey family trips], 1915-1941, ca.65 prints (+negatives)
- 8. [McKnight family trips], 1917-1942, ca.65 prints (+negatives)
- 9. [Goodwin trip], 1909, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 10. [Proctor trip], 1909, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 11. [Harvey trip], 1910, ca.30 prints (+negatives), 1 photograph album (23 prints, ca.10 negatives)
- 12. [O'Malley trips], 1912, 1913, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 13. [Stabeck and Peck trips], 1912, 1913, ca.30 prints (+negatives)
- 14. Stabeck and Gillfillam trip, 1914, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 15. [Clark and Gallagher trip], 1914, ca.30 prints (+negatives)
- 16. [Finlayson, Sibbald, Allison trip], 1915, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 17. [Thompson trips], 1915, 1916, 1921, ca.25 prints (+negatives), 2 photograph albums (108 prints, ca.40 negatives)
- 18. Velie trip, 1919, ca.5 prints (+negatives), 1 photograph album (68 prints, ca.23 negatives)
- 19. [MacMillan family trips], 1930-1942, ca.20 prints (+negatives)
- 20. [Stevens family trips], 1932-1946, ca.40 prints (+negatives)
- 21. Mills boys trip, 1935, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 22. [Faegre and Dorsey families trips], 1935-1945, ca.30 prints (+negatives)
- 23. Vincent trip, 1936, 2 prints (+negatives)
- 24. Brandeis trip, 1936, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 25. Harper trip, 1936, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 26. Lockwood trip, 1937, ca.20 prints (+negatives)
- 27. Walcott trip, 1938, ca.25 prints (+negatives)
- 28. Laidlaw trip, 1939, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 29. Plimpton trip, 1939, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 30. Lathrop and Elliot trips, 1940, 1941, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 31. Keeler, Norton and Haglin trip, 1941, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 32. Chapin trip, 1942, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 33. [Mueller trips], 1940-1942, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 34. [Schueren and Anderson trip], 1942, ca.10 prints (+negatives)
- 35. Staltze trip, 1942, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 36. [Mellon trips], 1942, 1943, ca.15 prints (+negatives)
- 37. Robinson trip, 1943, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 38. [Sellers trip], 1944, ca.5 prints (+negatives)
- 39. [Wranglers trip], 1937, ca.40 prints (+negatives)
- 40. [Trips, various clients], 1907-1944, ca.20 prints (+negatives)
- 41. Marmot hunting, 1937-1945, ca.30 prints (+negatives); trips by various clients' children
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Large Panorama Prints
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 21 b&w photographs, some captioned. The photographs pertain to various panoramic views of the foothills and Southern Rockies. Subjects include Harry Nash at the Gap ranger Station; Riggall's Packtrain at the Gap ranger station; Kay and Babe Riggall at the Burton cabin; camp in the …
- Date Range
- [ca.1903 to ca.1959]
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / C / PA - LPP45-1 to LPP47-11
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
6 images
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- V26 / III / C : Panorama Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Accession Number
- 7200
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / C / PA - LPP45-1 to LPP47-11
- Date Range
- [ca.1903 to ca.1959]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 21 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 21 b&w photographs, some captioned. The photographs pertain to various panoramic views of the foothills and Southern Rockies. Subjects include Harry Nash at the Gap ranger Station; Riggall's Packtrain at the Gap ranger station; Kay and Babe Riggall at the Burton cabin; camp in the gathering pasture near the ranger station; Crosby children on horseback near the Burton lease; Riggall's packtrain near the Livinstone Gap; packtrain crossing the Northwest branch of the Oldman River; a view of Riggall's guests crossing the Northwest brach of the Oldman River showing the 1910 burn and the 1923 flood; McKnight camp near the Oldman River; Bovey party at the falls camp near the Oldman River.
- Subject Access
- Landscapes
- Guiding
- Mountains
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Bert Riggall's grandson, John Russell provided some identifications Caption on envelope that previously housed prints V26 / III / C / PA - LPP45-1 to LPP45-7: LPP45 Oldman Ranger Station, Burton cabin and lease area near the station Caption on envelope that previously housed prints V26 / III / C / PA - LPP46-1 to LPP46-3: LPP46 Oldman Area moving packtrain between home ranch and Gap area Caption on envelope that previously housed prints V26 / III / C / PA - LPP47-1 to LPP47-11: LPP47 Oldman River stem (camps along it)
- Processing Status
- Processed
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