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The abode of snow : observations on a tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2894
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1876
- Author
- Wilson, Andrew
- Publisher
- Edinburgh & London : Blackwood
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 W54
- Author
- Wilson, Andrew
- Edition
- 2d ed
- Publisher
- Edinburgh & London : Blackwood
- Published Date
- 1876
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DS485 H6 W54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Across America : or, the great west and the Pacific coast
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2225
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1874
- Author
- Rusling, James
- Publisher
- New York : Sheldon
- Call Number
- F594 R88
- Author
- Rusling, James
- Publisher
- New York : Sheldon
- Published Date
- 1874
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- F594 R88
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Alpine ascents and adventures : or, rock and snow sketches
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2899
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1878
- Author
- Wilson, Henry Schutz
- Publisher
- London : Low [et al.]
- Call Number
- DQ825 W54
- Author
- Wilson, Henry Schutz
- Publisher
- London : Low [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1878
- Call Number
- DQ825 W54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The amateur trapper and trap-maker's guide : a complete and carefully prepared treatise on the art of trapping, snaring, and netting, containing plain directions for constructing the most approved traps ... with concise but comprehensive instructions for preserving and stuffing specimens ...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25069
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1875?
- Author
- Harding, Stanley
- Publisher
- New York : Dick & Fitzgerald
- Call Number
- 02.7 H11t
- Author
- Harding, Stanley
- Publisher
- New York : Dick & Fitzgerald
- Published Date
- 1875?
- Physical Description
- 134 p. : ill.
- Abstract
- Guide to trapping fur-bearing and animals including how to make traps and taxidermy and other preservation methods.
- Notes
- Cover missing
- Accession Number
- 2926
- Call Number
- 02.7 H11t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Annual report of the Department of the Interior
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3651
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1875-1936
- Author
- Canada. Department of the Interior
- Call Number
- 02.4 C16i
- Published Date
- 1875-1936
- Series
- Sessional papers
- Subjects
- Banff (townsite)
- Businesses
- Government
- Hot springs
- Indians
- Mining
- National parks
- Roads
- Surveys
- Tourism
- Utilities
- Notes
- Holdings: 1875-1936 [some photocopies; some Part V or Part III only]. Photocopies only for: 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1903/04, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1908 Dept of Interior & Part III only, 1911/12, 1914/15, 1916/17, 1918/19;
- Fiscal year Jan-Dec until 1899 - changed with 6 month gap between 1899 (dated Feb 28, 1900) and 1901 (June 1900-Jun30, 1901) [re: change of fiscal year?]; fiscal year change again 1906/07 (April to Mar 31)[ This second change caused there to be an annual report for 1905 of which we have original]
- Also referred to as "The Department of the Interior Report"
- Accession Number
- 334
- 1000
- 12548
- 2416
- 2691
- 7830
- Call Number
- 02.4 C16i
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Annual report on the progress of the topographical survey of the Adirondack region of New York
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1909
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1873-79
- Author
- New York (State). Adirondack Survey
- Publisher
- Albany : Weed, Parsons
- Call Number
- F127 A2 N49
- Responsibility
- by Verplanck Colvin
- Publisher
- Albany : Weed, Parsons
- Published Date
- 1873-79
- Call Number
- F127 A2 N49
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Articles of a treaty
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8820
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1878
- Call Number
- 07.2 Ar7 Pam
- Published Date
- 1878
- Physical Description
- p.xliv-li
- Subjects
- Treaty Number Seven
- Notes
- From Annual Report of the Department of the Interior for the Year Ended 30th June 1877
- Call Number
- 07.2 Ar7 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Bernese Oberland : twelve scenes among its peaks and lakes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2766
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1874
- Author
- Walton, Elijah
- Publisher
- London : Thompson
- Call Number
- DQ827 W3 Oversize E
- Author
- Walton, Elijah
- Responsibility
- with descriptive text by T.G. Bonney
- Publisher
- London : Thompson
- Published Date
- 1874
- Call Number
- DQ827 W3 Oversize E
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bert Riggall fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions587
- 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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Between the gates
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2580
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1878
- Author
- Taylor, Benjamin Franklin
- Publisher
- Chicago : Griggs
- Call Number
- F866 T39
- Author
- Taylor, Benjamin Franklin
- Publisher
- Chicago : Griggs
- Published Date
- 1878
- Call Number
- F866 T39
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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