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Charlie Russell fonds
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- Part Of
- 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
- 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).
- 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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I. D. 4x5 Book
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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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- 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.
- 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
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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
- 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)
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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