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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
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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Grizzly heart : living without fear among the brown bears of Kamchatka

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2002
Author
Russell, Charlie
Publisher
Toronto : Random House Canada
Call Number
04.2 R91gh
Author
Russell, Charlie
Responsibility
Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns with Fred Stenson
Publisher
Toronto : Random House Canada
Published Date
2002
Physical Description
357 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Bears, Grizzly
Man and nature
Notes
Signed by Maureen Enns (hardcover)
ISBN
0679311181 0679311955 (paperback)
Accession Number
8201 and 37,000 (paperback)
Call Number
04.2 R91gh
Collection
Archives Library
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Grizzly heart : living without fear among the brown bears of Kamchatka

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Russell, Charlie
Publisher
Toronto : Vintage Canada
Edition
Vintage Canada edition
Call Number
04.2 R91gh 2003 c.1
04.2 R91gh 2003 c.2
Author
Russell, Charlie
Responsibility
Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns with Fred Stenson
Edition
Vintage Canada edition
Publisher
Toronto : Vintage Canada
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
357 pages, [16] pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Bears, Grizzly
Enns, Maureen
Man and nature
ISBN
0679311955 9780679311959
Accession Number
P2015-09-03
37000
Call Number
04.2 R91gh 2003 c.1
04.2 R91gh 2003 c.2
Collection
Archives Library
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Grizzly seasons : life with the brown bears of Kamchatka

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2003
Author
Russell, Charlie
Publisher
Toronto : Random House Canada
Call Number
04.2 R91gs
Author
Russell, Charlie
Responsibility
Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns
Publisher
Toronto : Random House Canada
Published Date
2003
Physical Description
154 p. : col. ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Bears
Man and nature
Notes
Signed by Maureen Enns
ISBN
0679312218
Accession Number
8201
Call Number
04.2 R91gs
Collection
Archives Library
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