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- Part Of
- George McLean fonds
- Scope & Content
- File includes letters pertaining to issues of religion, education and quality of life on Indian reserves; business transactions for native goods; and ranching and trapping. Letters are from friends on various Indian reserves across Canada and Montana U.S.A.; businessmen, including Norman Luxton; a…
- Date Range
- 1909-1968
- Reference Code
- M42 / 1 to 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual Records
- Part Of
- George McLean fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Textual records
- Reference Code
- M42 / 1 to 3
- GMD
- Textual Records
- Date Range
- 1909-1968
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File includes letters pertaining to issues of religion, education and quality of life on Indian reserves; business transactions for native goods; and ranching and trapping. Letters are from friends on various Indian reserves across Canada and Montana U.S.A.; businessmen, including Norman Luxton; and Indian Affairs. File also includes receipts and work orders; published articles on veterinary medicine and farming equipment; and government acts and by-laws
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Indian Association of Alberta minutes and bulletins
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- Part Of
- George McLean fonds
- Date Range
- 1944-1953
- Reference Code
- M42 / 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual Records
- Part Of
- George McLean fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Textual records
- Reference Code
- M42 / 4
- GMD
- Textual Records
- Date Range
- 1944-1953
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
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- George McLean fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), family, friends and activities, including McLean's involvement in the Moral Rearmament movement.
- Date Range
- 1924-1966
- Reference Code
- V422 / PA - 1 to 92
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
156 images
- Part Of
- George McLean fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M42 / V422
- Series
- II. Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V422
- Accession Number
- 263, 1130, 1194, 5300
- Reference Code
- V422 / PA - 1 to 92
- Date Range
- 1924-1966
- Physical Description
- 92 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo), family, friends and activities, including McLean's involvement in the Moral Rearmament movement.
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS (V422 / PA - 1 to 92):
- 1 Jonas Benjamin
- 2 Group of Indigenous people on horses
- 3 Indigenous Chief
- 4 John Englishman
- 5 Walking Buffalo with friends, possibly at Morley, Alberta
- 6 Dr. B. K. Sood, Sister Anne Istella, Nurse ?,Sister Cecilia, Chief Walking Buffalo. Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff, Sept.1966
- 7 Walking Buffalo with South American Indigenous peoples, South America, 1961 or 1962
- 8 Walking Buffalo with unidentified man
- 9 Moral Rearmament rally in Chile, 1961
- 10 Moral Rearmament books in Brazil, 1962
- 11 Parade with Chinese dragon
- 12 Eudocio Ravines speaks to Moral Rearmament rally 1961
- 13 Moral Rearmament photograph from Brazil, 1961
- 14 Moral Rearmament photograph from Bolivia, 1961
- 15 Moral Rearmament photograph from Chile, 1961
- 16 Funeral for Dr. Buchman, founder of Moral Rearmament, 1961
- 17 Indigenous people in court room with unidentified man
- 18 Moral Rearmament photograph from Chile, 1961
- 19 Moral Rearmament photograph from Peru, 1961
- 20 Motel Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961
- 21 Reindeer in Parade
- 23 Moral Rearmament photograph from Peru, 1961
- 24 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961
- 27-30 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961. -- Most depict funeral of Dr. Buchman
- 31 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961
- 32 Moral Rearmament photograph from Vancouver, B.C.
- 33 [Unidentified men]
- 34 Indigenous people from Ottawa / Michigan
- 35 Banff Indian Days
- 36 Frank Buchman being made a blood brother of the Stoney Indigenous
- 37 "To my dear "Indian" father, affectionately, his adopted pale face daughter Valda"
- 38 Montage of Walking Buffalo's visit to Harbour Springs Michigan, 1959
- 39 "To George, with Best Wishes, Raoul Walsh" : [Walking Buffalo with famous Hollywood film director
- 40 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961 : [Walking Buffalo with Miss Muriel Smith]
- 41 Moral Rearmament photograph from U.S.A., 1961
- 42 Indigenous chiefs in airport
- 43 Indigenous chiefs at head table speaking to meeting
- 44 Moral Rearmament photograph from Brazil, 1962
- 45, 46 Moral Rearmament photograph from India, 1962
- 47 to 50 Moral Rearmament photograph from Trivandrum India, 1962
- 51, 52 Motel Rearmament photograph from Santiago, Chile, 1961
- 53 Moral Rearmament photograph from La Paz, Bolivia, 1961
- 54 Moral Rearmament photograph from Trivandrum, India, 1962
- 55 Moral Rearmament photograph from Essen, Germany 1961
- 56 Walking Buffalo speaking to group, probably for Moral Rearmament
- 57 Moral Rearmament photograph from Santiago, Chile, 1961
- 58 Moral Rearmament photograph from Bonn, West Germany, 1962
- 59 The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress of Sheffield, England
- 60 Walking Buffalo being applauded by young people, probably in connection with Moral Rearmament
- 61 [Ship coming into dock] / N. A. Forsyth; [one-half of a stereo view]
- 62 [Buffalo] / N. A. Forsyth; [one-half of a stereo view]
- 63 [Unidentified Indigenous people]
- 64 [George McLean with unidentified group of people], Sept. 1960
- 65 [George McLean], June 1958
- 66 [Flora McLean, Bill McLean and George McLean].
- 67 Indigenous on horseback in full regalia in front of RCMP detachment, George McLean present], 1924
- 68 [Indigenous women]
- 69 [Bill Brewster with Indigenous people by teepee]
- 70 Stella R, John H[?], Patsy K : [group sitting in front of teepee]
- 71 [Indigenous girl with horses]
- 72 [John Hunter and his wife with moose carcass]
- 73 [Unidentified group of people]
- 74 [George McLean, Walking Buffalo], ca.1940
- 75 Western Canadian family / Byron Harmon : [John Hunter family in front of teepee]. / Byron Harmon [V263/NA-3117]
- 76 Unidentified group drinking - 2 sheep carcasses on ground)
- 77 [Making of Sundance Lodge] / F. Gully, Calgary. -- George McLean on left (with scarf around neck) behind rider & John Hunter on horseback at right.
- 78 [John Hunter (right) and George McLean (far left) in full costume]
- 79 [Indigenous chief in full regalia] / F. Gully, Calgary
- 80 [Indigenous in suit]
- 81 [George McLean and Flora McLean in Calgary Stampede Parade, ca.1945-ca.1950?]
- 82 [Highwood area, Opal Range]
- 83 [2 riders fording a stream]
- 84 [Group of Indigenous peoples with sticks in campfire]
- 85 [Unidentified Indigenous man in front of Dave White's Store]
- 86 [Flora McLean]
- 87 [Group of unidentified Indigenous people]
- 88 [Unidentified Indigenous person on horseback] / F. Gully, Calgary
- 89 [Bill and Mary McLean?]
- 90 [Agnes Kaquitts and Nancy Daniel (Stoney)] / Byron Harmon [V263/NA71-3195]
- 91 [Mrs. Mary Chiniquay (Stoney)] / Byron Harmon [V263/NA71-3199]
- 92 [John Simeon, Eli Rider, Eli Rider's mother, John Salter and Ben Kaquitts at Banff Indian Days] / Byron Harmon [V263/NA71-3199]
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Notes consist of lists, plans and excerpts re wildlife, birds, plants, ranch property, trapping figures, ranchers and pioneers, buildings, etc.
- Date Range
- 1924-1956
- Reference Code
- M376 / 18, 19
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- I. Personal and professional series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 18, 19
- Date Range
- 1924-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Notes consist of lists, plans and excerpts re wildlife, birds, plants, ranch property, trapping figures, ranchers and pioneers, buildings, etc.
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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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Personal papers
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of personal papers, 1884-1959; school compositions, ca.1893; autobiography, after 1920; obituaries and funeral records, 1959
- Date Range
- 1884-1959
- Reference Code
- M376 / 54 to 57
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I. Personal and professional series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 54 to 57
- Date Range
- 1884-1959
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of personal papers, 1884-1959; school compositions, ca.1893; autobiography, after 1920; obituaries and funeral records, 1959
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- * Personal papers, 1884-1959, 1 cm, consist of birth, marriage and death certificates; homestead, fire arms, game, drivers, licences and permits, visa and passport, memberships; list of property including guns, cameras, books, equipment, photographs, furniture and effects; Riggall family tree, Golden Jubilee Senior Citizen Award, 1955 (M376/54)
- * School compositions, ca.1893, 2 items are by Bert Riggall, aged nine, and titled Half the Bargain and Christopher Columbus (M376/55)
- * Notes on life of F.H.R. : [autobiography], after 1920, 16p (M376/56)
- * Obituaries and funeral records, 1959, 1 cm, consist of two tributes, one by son-in-law Andy Russell; also funeral flower cards (M376/57)
- Items from file: Personal papers. -- 1884-1959. -- 2.5 cm of textual records. -- File consists of personal papers, 1884-1959; school compositions, ca.1893; autobiography, after 1920; obituaries and funeral records, 1959. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Includes 3 oversize items. Some material in fragile condition. -- Location: M376 / 54 to 57. Oversize items held in "B" (Certificates)
- "H" (Miscellaneous)
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Guiding and ranching lists
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of grub lists, itineraries, horse lists, camp outfit lists, calculations pertaining to packtrips. Also includes financial calculations and wage figures for same and records of sheep and goats shot, as well as some later personal trip itineraries and notes
- Date Range
- 1913-1954
- Reference Code
- M376 / 63 to 83
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 63 to 83
- Date Range
- 1913-1954
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of grub lists, itineraries, horse lists, camp outfit lists, calculations pertaining to packtrips. Also includes financial calculations and wage figures for same and records of sheep and goats shot, as well as some later personal trip itineraries and notes
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Four families photographs
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to family hunting and fishing trips and activities in southern Alberta and elsewhere. Prints were sent to Bert Riggall by the four families.
- Date Range
- 1912-[ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- V26 / II / A4 - [2]
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- V26 / II / A4 - [2]
- Date Range
- 1912-[ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- ca.100 photographs : prints
- History / Biographical
- The Franklin M. Crosby, Charles C. Bovey, Russell M. Bennett and Sumner T. McKnight families of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and their descendants and friends (referred to by Bert Riggall as the "four families") contracted Riggall for packtrips and hunting trips after 1919. The families built the Hawk's Nest lodge in 1923
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to family hunting and fishing trips and activities in southern Alberta and elsewhere. Prints were sent to Bert Riggall by the four families.
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Four families papers and publications
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File includes??? Bennett? trip diary; Crosby trip diary; Russell H. Bennett ski expedition account from Canadian Alpine Journal (off-print); Sour Dough Club menu; Helen Bennett wedding materials; Meridan Bennett funeral service; Genie Crosby Tyler and Victor Tyler illustrated trip diary; hunting tr…
- Date Range
- 1914-1952
- Reference Code
- M376 / 90 to 93
- V26 / II / A4 - [1]
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 90 to 93
- V26 / II / A4 - [1]
- Date Range
- 1914-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records and print material. -- 1 photograph album
- History / Biographical
- The Franklin M. Crosby, Charles C. Bovey, Russell M. Bennett and Sumner T. McKnight families of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and their descendants and friends (referred to by Bert Riggall as the "four families") contracted Riggall for packtrips and hunting trips after 1919. The families built the Hawk's Nest lodge in 1923
- Scope & Content
- File includes??? Bennett? trip diary; Crosby trip diary; Russell H. Bennett ski expedition account from Canadian Alpine Journal (off-print); Sour Dough Club menu; Helen Bennett wedding materials; Meridan Bennett funeral service; Genie Crosby Tyler and Victor Tyler illustrated trip diary; hunting trip album, 1921; Martin Bovey clippings and letter.
- Album is a diary of a hunting trip involving Charles J. Winton Jr., Morris Tyler and Franklin M. Crosby Jr., August 20 to September 12, 1921. Album was a gift to Bert Riggall and includes photograph captions added by Riggall
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- Access to photographs is by appointment
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Scout films, horse packing : [hitch photographs]
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to step-by-step demonstrations of tying or throwing the following horse packing hitches: box hitch (or box sling), squaw hitch, diamond hitch, and bed roll hitch. Hitches were arranged, photographed and described by Riggall using a miniature pack horse model. Textual items are…
- Date Range
- [ca.1949]
- Reference Code
- M376 / 98
- V26 / II / A6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Sous-Fonds
- M376
- Reference Code
- M376 / 98
- V26 / II / A6
- Responsibility
- Photographs were made by Riggall for the Boy Scouts Association
- Date Range
- [ca.1949]
- Physical Description
- 58 photographs (29 negatives, 29 prints). -- 2 textual records.
- Scope & Content
- Photographs pertain to step-by-step demonstrations of tying or throwing the following horse packing hitches: box hitch (or box sling), squaw hitch, diamond hitch, and bed roll hitch. Hitches were arranged, photographed and described by Riggall using a miniature pack horse model. Textual items are letters from E. F. Mills of the Canadian General Council, Boy Scouts Association
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Gunsmithing, shooting and loading business records
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of letters, notes, clippings, financial records, targets and print material pertaining to Riggall's personal guns, scopes, loading, tools, target shooting and gunsmithing / loading business
- Date Range
- 1914-1955
- Reference Code
- M376 / 99 to 106
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 99 to 106
- Date Range
- 1914-1955
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of letters, notes, clippings, financial records, targets and print material pertaining to Riggall's personal guns, scopes, loading, tools, target shooting and gunsmithing / loading business
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Items from file: Gunsmithing, shooting and loading business records. -- 1914-1955. -- 10 cm of textual records. -- File consists of letters, notes, clippings, financial records, targets and print material pertaining to Riggall's personal guns, scopes, loading, tools, target shooting and gunsmithing / loading business. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Includes 12 oversize textual records. -- Location: M376 / 99 to 106. Held in oversize "H"
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Published material re gunsmithing, shooting and loading
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of advertising literature and clippings pertaining to guns, scopes, tools, target shooting, gunsmithing and loading
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-ca.1955]
- Reference Code
- M376 / 107 to 109
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 107 to 109
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-ca.1955]
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of print material
- Scope & Content
- File consists of advertising literature and clippings pertaining to guns, scopes, tools, target shooting, gunsmithing and loading
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Legal and financial records
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains mainly to household and business purchases, taxes, insurance, pension, properties, livestock, beaver trapping, other. Also pertains to guiding business, including trip accounting, wages and licences obtained for clients; hunting; other. Includes legal papers, licenses, permits,…
- Date Range
- 1909-1957
- Reference Code
- M376 / 110 to 120
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 110 to 120
- Date Range
- 1909-1957
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains mainly to household and business purchases, taxes, insurance, pension, properties, livestock, beaver trapping, other. Also pertains to guiding business, including trip accounting, wages and licences obtained for clients; hunting; other. Includes legal papers, licenses, permits, 1915-1947; bank records, 1922-1952; asset, expense and revenue records, 1909-1957
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- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of views produced in the course of Riggall's guiding, hunting, naturalist and photography activities. Images are primarily mountain and high alpine views in and around Waterton Lakes National Park; Glacier National Park (Montana); continental divide of British Columbia and Albe…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910s-ca.1955]
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / B
- 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 / B
- Responsibility
- Identifications by the photographer have been supplemented by Doris "Babe" Burton, daughter, in the 1980s and 1990s; and by John Russell, donor and grandson of Bert Riggall, 2000
- Date Range
- [ca.1910s-ca.1955]
- Physical Description
- ca.2200 photographs (ca.1000 prints, ca.1000 negatives) : 9.5 x 30 cm and smaller
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of views produced in the course of Riggall's guiding, hunting, naturalist and photography activities. Images are primarily mountain and high alpine views in and around Waterton Lakes National Park; Glacier National Park (Montana); continental divide of British Columbia and Alberta; prairie views east of Waterton. Includes Riggall homes and home ranch, Hawk's Nest lodge, Waterton townsite and surrounding areas in Waterton Lakes National Park, vicinities of Twin Butte and Pincher Creek; backcountry hunting and fishing trips, clients, camps, horses, climbing, parties on summits and views from same; South Kootenay Pass, Akamina-Kishenina areas, Oldman River Valley including gap in the Livingstone Range, South Castle and West Castle areas. Some negatives have imprint captions and are marked "Riggall Photo"
- Notes
- Negatives are 6cm x 17.5cm and 9.5cm x 30cm, taken with Kodak Panoram cameras #1 and #4.
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Kodachrome transparencies
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to wildflowers, domestic flower studies, Riggalls' Pincher Creek home and environs, British Columbia trip, Carl Austin at Cochrane, Bill Wilson and Barbara (Riggall) Wilson, Burton / Riggall family, Dora Riggall's grave
- Date Range
- [1930s-1950s]
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / C2
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- III. Professional photography series
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / C2
- Date Range
- [1930s-1950s]
- Physical Description
- ca.180 photographs : transparencies; col
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to wildflowers, domestic flower studies, Riggalls' Pincher Creek home and environs, British Columbia trip, Carl Austin at Cochrane, Bill Wilson and Barbara (Riggall) Wilson, Burton / Riggall family, Dora Riggall's grave
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- Scope & Content
- File consists mainly of hunting and rifle articles for submission to sport magazines. Articles are: Sport in the Canadian Rockies, A Tramp after Bighorns, An Iliad of the Imp (re grizzly bear), My Lucky Stone, Hunting the Black Bear, Hunting Mountain Sheep, Giants of the Highrock, Horse Packing, T…
- Date Range
- 1906-1950
- Reference Code
- M376 / 128 to 130
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV. Writing series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 128 to 130
- Date Range
- 1906-1950
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists mainly of hunting and rifle articles for submission to sport magazines. Articles are: Sport in the Canadian Rockies, A Tramp after Bighorns, An Iliad of the Imp (re grizzly bear), My Lucky Stone, Hunting the Black Bear, Hunting Mountain Sheep, Giants of the Highrock, Horse Packing, The Ascent of Chief Mountain, Just One of Those Things. Includes holograph and typescript versions of most.
- Also includes poem "The King of the Rockies" and some drafts of out-going letters, 1906-1907
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Published magazines
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists magazines containing articles, letters or photographs by or about Bert Riggall. Articles by Bert Riggall include: Arms and the Boy; Goats, Sheep and Guns; The Three Muskateers; and, A Record Twice Lost. Other authors include Martin Bovey, Kerry Wood and Jack O'Connor
- Date Range
- 1922-1957
- Reference Code
- M376 / 131 to 133
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV. Writing series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 131 to 133
- Date Range
- 1922-1957
- Physical Description
- 12 textual records (6 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists magazines containing articles, letters or photographs by or about Bert Riggall. Articles by Bert Riggall include: Arms and the Boy; Goats, Sheep and Guns; The Three Muskateers; and, A Record Twice Lost. Other authors include Martin Bovey, Kerry Wood and Jack O'Connor
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Lecture outlines
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains outlines for lectures and field trips entitled: The charm of the Rockies, Beauties and wonders of the S.W. Alberta Rockies, Geological notes for field day..., The mountains, Forest life in Waterton Lakes park
- Date Range
- [ca.1935-ca.1950]
- Reference Code
- M376 / 134
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV. Writing series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 134
- Date Range
- [ca.1935-ca.1950]
- Physical Description
- 5 textual records (.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File contains outlines for lectures and field trips entitled: The charm of the Rockies, Beauties and wonders of the S.W. Alberta Rockies, Geological notes for field day..., The mountains, Forest life in Waterton Lakes park
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Newspaper articles and letters to the editor
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles by or about Bert Riggall and his letters to the editor. Material pertains mainly to birds; also bears, rivers, guiding, hunting, speaking engagements, fish and game, other
- Date Range
- 1914-1956
- Reference Code
- M376 / 135
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- IV. Writing series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 135
- Date Range
- 1914-1956
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles by or about Bert Riggall and his letters to the editor. Material pertains mainly to birds; also bears, rivers, guiding, hunting, speaking engagements, fish and game, other
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles and letters to the editor collected by Bert Riggall and pertaining to Waterton Lakes National Park, weather (especially snowfall), obituaries, cattle, ranching, wildlife, mountaineering, Andy Russell, Sam Clark. Newsclippings are mainly from Lethbridge Herald and Pincher …
- Date Range
- 1914-1957
- Reference Code
- M376 / 143 to 145
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VI. Other interests series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 143 to 145
- Date Range
- 1914-1957
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of print material
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles and letters to the editor collected by Bert Riggall and pertaining to Waterton Lakes National Park, weather (especially snowfall), obituaries, cattle, ranching, wildlife, mountaineering, Andy Russell, Sam Clark. Newsclippings are mainly from Lethbridge Herald and Pincher Creek Echo
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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