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Bert Riggall fonds

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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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Charlie Russell fonds

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Charlie Russell fonds
Scope & Content
The Charlie Russell fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the filming of "Grizzly Country", ranching, friends and family, wildlife, and recreational activities, ca.1961-ca.1968. The majority of the images were made in the Waterton Lakes area. There are some images made in New York City, Briti…
Date Range
ca.1961-ca.1968
Reference Code
V557
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Transparency
Part Of
Charlie Russell fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 557
Sous-Fonds
V557
Accession Number
7728
Reference Code
V557
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Transparency
Date Range
ca.1961-ca.1968
Physical Description
ca. 2520 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 4x5, 2 transparencies; col.
History / Biographical
Andrew Charles "Charlie" Russell (August 19, 1941 – May 7, 2018) was a naturalist, photographer, pilot, wilderness guide, and rancher. One of the son's of Andy Russell and Kay Russell and grandson of Bert Riggall, Charlie grew up at the Hawk's Nest ranch on the N.E. boundary of Waterton Lake National Park.
Alongside his brother Dick Russell, Charlie assisted his father Andy in the production and filming of Grizzly Country throughout the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, and Alaska from 1961-1964. In 1967 he returned to the Tolkat River in Alaska to photograph and observe bears alone. In 1970 he purchased a large percentage of his fathers land on Waterton's north-east border to run a cattle operation. In 1991, he made his first visit to Princess Royal Island, British Columbia, and began photographing for "Spirit Bear", a book of photographs and writings published in 1994. Beginning in 1997, Charlie spent 6 years among the grizzlies of Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia alongside artist and partner Maureen Enns. After returning to Alberta from Russia, Charlie continued to be a conservation advocate until he passed from a surgery-related complication in May 2018.
The bulk of Charlie Russell's work was destroyed in a house fire in [1991?].
Scope & Content
The Charlie Russell fonds consists of photographs pertaining to the filming of "Grizzly Country", ranching, friends and family, wildlife, and recreational activities, ca.1961-ca.1968. The majority of the images were made in the Waterton Lakes area. There are some images made in New York City, British Columbia, and Alaska. The fonds is comprised of two series: I. Black and white negatives; II. Transparencies; I. Black and white negatives consists of A. 1964, B. Waterton Park Flood, June 8-9, 1963, C. 35mm Books, D. 4x5 Book, E. Bert Riggall Copy Negatives. II. Transparencies consist of two 4x5 colour transparencies depicting Cal Wellman's Cattle.
Notes
I.C. was received in the form of three separate negative books. The books have been arranged numerically in subseries I.C, with the negative book book and page number of origin written on the negative sleeves. For example, V557/I/C/NA-1a to NA-6e [Book 1, pg. 1,2].
Select 35mm negatives in I.C. are marked with red stickers and overlaid with rectangles on the negative sleeve. These negatives correspond to the negatives used in "Spirit Bear" and their cropping for publication. Each image is listed and described in the case file on the document titled "These are the negs used in Spirit Bear Chapter One". Some of the dots have a number corresponding to the document, others do not (the stickers were taken from the original negative sleeves and re-applied to the new negative sleeves).
Name Access
Russell, Andrew Charles (Charlie)
Russell, Charlie
Russell, Andy
Riggall, Bert
Subject Access
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Science and technology
Natural resources
Education
Hawk's Nest Ranch
Bears
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Waterton Lakes National Park
Mount McKinley
Canada
Alberta
Alaska
British Columbia
United States of America
Language
English
Finding Aid
Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
Related Material
Related by provenance to a portion of Andy Russell fonds.
Creator
Russell, Charlie
Category
Education
Environment
Sports, recreation and leisure
Science and technology
Natural resources
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record.
Handwritten documents in case file.
"Spirit Bear, Encounters with the White Bear of the Western Rainforest", Charlie Russell, 1994, Key Porter Books Limited. Pg 12-25.
https://charlierussellbears.com/
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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F.H. Riggall and packhourse crossing Boundary Creek

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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
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
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
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Environment
Title Source
Title based on subject of item
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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Part Of
Charlie Russell fonds
Scope & Content
Subseries consists of 105 4x5 black and white negatives, some of which are copies of transparencies. Negatives pertain to friends and family life, wildlife, horseback riding, the Hawk's Nest, and photographic landscapes.
Date Range
ca.1961-ca.1968
Reference Code
V557 / I / D
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Part Of
Charlie Russell fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Fonds Number
V557
Series
I.
Sous-Fonds
V557
Sub-Series
D.
Accession Number
7728
Reference Code
V557 / I / D
Date Range
ca.1961-ca.1968
Physical Description
105 photographs : b&w negatives ; 4x5
Scope & Content
Subseries consists of 105 4x5 black and white negatives, some of which are copies of transparencies. Negatives pertain to friends and family life, wildlife, horseback riding, the Hawk's Nest, and photographic landscapes.
Name Access
Riggall, Bert
Russell, Andy
Russell, Andrew Charles (Charlie)
Russell, Richard H. (Dick)
Russell, Kay
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Hawk's Nest Ranch
Personal, Family
Wildlife
Bears
Caribou
Portrait
Marmots
Porcupine
Horse packing
Geographic Access
Waterton Lakes National Park
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Finding Aid
Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
Creator
Charlie Russel
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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I. E. Bert Riggall Copy Negatives

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Part Of
Charlie Russell fonds
Scope & Content
File contains copy negatives of Bert Riggall Photographs pertaining to sheep hunting and horse packing.
Date Range
1933–1987
Reference Code
V557 / I / E
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Part Of
Charlie Russell fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Fonds Number
V557
Series
I
Sous-Fonds
V557
Sub-Series
E
Accession Number
7728
Reference Code
V557 / I / E
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
1933–1987
Physical Description
43 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
Scope & Content
File contains copy negatives of Bert Riggall Photographs pertaining to sheep hunting and horse packing.
Notes
Copy negatives were initally included in V557 / I / C / 1, but were removed and placed in seperate envelopes by the archivist during accession.
Date range indicates time span that the film stock in question was in production (Kodak Pantomic X). When these copies were made is unknown.
Name Access
Riggall, Bert
Russell, Andrew Charles (Charlie)
Subject Access
Hunting
Sheep
Big Horn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Horse packing
Geographic Access
Waterton
Waterton Lakes National Park
Alberta
Canada
Language
English
Finding Aid
Revised digital and handwritten finding aids in case file.
Creator
Bert Riggall
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 390 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Mount Chapman and Mount Custer; hunters checking slopes; hunters posed with a goat trophy; an unidentified man posed on slope of Belleview Hill; people on horses on Continental Divide North of Sage Pass; Cache Creek Falls; riders on a day…
Date Range
[ca.1904 to ca.1959]
Reference Code
V26 / IX / H / NA (H1-1) to V26 / IX / J / NA (J5-9)
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Negative
  6 images  
Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M376 / V26
Series
IX. Riggall Negatives Scanned and Described
Sous-Fonds
V26
Accession Number
7102
Reference Code
V26 / IX / H / NA (H1-1) to V26 / IX / J / NA (J5-9)
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Date Range
[ca.1904 to ca.1959]
Physical Description
390 photographs :b&w negatives
Scope & Content
File consists of 390 b&w negatives. The negatives pertain to Mount Chapman and Mount Custer; hunters checking slopes; hunters posed with a goat trophy; an unidentified man posed on slope of Belleview Hill; people on horses on Continental Divide North of Sage Pass; Cache Creek Falls; riders on a day trip; a camp scene of bedding being aired out; Mount Blackiston and Ruby Creek; the Beehive from Panorama Peak; various hunters; a red squirrel; fisherman, horses and tent at Crandell Lake; a mule deer on prairie part of Waterton Lakes National Park; two mule deer on slopes above Cameron Lake; woman on shore of Wall Lake; camp at Oyster Creek; Canadian two cent stamp; horses on ranch; hunters on vertical cliff; Summit Lake early in summer Mount Chapman; people and horses across from Beehive; two hunters in camp with deer trophy; packtrain below Broken Castle; Anderson Peak; mule deer buck; big horn ram on grassy slope; rams on a cliff; people on shore of Upper Kintla Lake, Long Knife Peak; rider at Oyster Creek camp; snow-covered camp scene; beaver dams and ponds on Dungarvin Creek; fisherman with large trout; McIntyre ranch buildings from Milk River Ridge; various camp scenes; Hawk's Nest cottage yard with trip supplies; packtrain wading up a river; packtrain in a meadow in the Oldman area; chicadee; gray-crowned rosy finches; downy woodpecker; columbia ground squirell; osprey nest near Oldman River; fisherman on Oldman River; A.O. Wheeler's mapping survey expeditions rock cairn; group on Tornado Pass; two people on Limestone Peak; Andy Russell and Jim Bennett on Tornado Mountain; andy Russell on top of cliff; Castle River rodeo; Sumner Crosby with a ram; lunch time on trip; Andy Russell field dressing a bull elk; guests on Mount Chimney; hunter on avalanche track; tents in snow; Lake Wurderman, Lake Nooney, and Mount Chapman; children eating on porch of Hawk's Nest; moving camp at Oyster Creek; limestone outcrop on corner of Lakeview Ridge; guest eatng at table in front of tent; Bert's car near Red Rock Canyon; saddle horses above South Kootenay Pass, Starvation Peak and King Edward; Mount Farquhar, Holcroft Mountain, Mount Scrimger; Jim Bennett with his movie camera near Beehive; Andy Russell and packtrain Oldman River valley; Lundbreck, Alberta; Pincher Creek and Castle Mountain; Upper Waterton Lake from Crandell; Andy and Kay Russell Wedding, 1938; Andy Russell snowshoeing; F.H.R's tipi; fishing at Wall Lake; Riggall's second Cottonwood Canyon house; Twin Lakes Camp; Kintla Lookout; Harwood Wedding.
Name Access
Russell, Kay
Russell, Andy
Riggall, Bert
Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
Subject Access
Portraits
Landscapes
Hunting
Guiding
Pack trips
Sports
Recreation
Wildlife
Environment
Snowshoes and snowshoeing
Fishing
Travel
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Pincher Creek
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton
Castle Mountain
Language
English
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
Reference scans available: V26 / IX / H / PA (H1) to V26 / IX / J / PA (J5)
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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Stevens family fonds

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Part Of
Stevens family fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to Stevens family pack trips, camps, backcountry travel, hunting trips in southwestern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia and Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park with outfitters Bert Riggall and Andy Russell; mainly Waterton and Oldman River regions. Many of the photograph…
Date Range
[ca.1930-ca.1955]
Reference Code
V603
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Part Of
Stevens family fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 603
Sous-Fonds
V 603
Accession Number
2736
Reference Code
V603
GMD
Photograph
Negative
Photograph print
Date Range
[ca.1930-ca.1955]
Physical Description
128 photographs : prints, negatives
History / Biographical
The Stevens family was from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Four American families, the Boveys, Stevens, Crosbys and Bennetts, funded construction of a hunting lodge, the "Hawk's Nest," near Waterton, Alberta, Canada in 1924 and contracted the guiding services of Bert Riggall for many years. Riggall's successor, Andy Russell, continued to guide and outfit these visitors.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to Stevens family pack trips, camps, backcountry travel, hunting trips in southwestern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia and Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park with outfitters Bert Riggall and Andy Russell; mainly Waterton and Oldman River regions. Many of the photographs are by Bert Riggall and are annotated by him; some annotated by Andy Russell. Some prints correspond to negatives.
Name Access
Riggall, Bert
Russell, Andy
Stevens (family)
Subject Access
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Pack trips
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
modern reference prints
Creator
Stevens (family)
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession record
Processing Status
Processed
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