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Andy Russell fonds

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Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of seven series: I. Personal and professional series, 1937-1993 (diaries, correspondence, filing systems and papers pertaining to awards, memberships, biography and other); II. Business series, 1948-1982 (pertaining to guiding, outfitting, trail riding, ranching, Andy Russell and S…
Date Range
[1867]-1993, predominant 1908-1993
Reference Code
M153 / S43 / V555
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Sound recording
Textual record
Diary
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 153
S 43
V 555
Sous-Fonds
M153/S43/V555
Accession Number
963, 5777, 5964, 6338, 6339, 6547, 6567
Reference Code
M153 / S43 / V555
GMD
Motion picture
Film
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Sound recording
Textual record
Diary
Private record
Published record
Date Range
[1867]-1993, predominant 1908-1993
Physical Description
6 m of textual records and printed material. -- ca.6100 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 1 photograph album (49 prints). -- 29 motion pictures. -- 5 sound recordings
History / Biographical
Andy Russell, 1915-2005, was a trapper, guide and outfitter, writer, photographer, cinematographer, lecturer and environmental advocate in the Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada.
Russell was born in Lethbridge, Alberta and spent his childhood on a ranch in the foothills near Pincher Creek. He became a skilled horseman, hunter, fisherman and trapper, and, in 1936, was employed by Bert Riggall, a pioneer guide and outfitter of wilderness pack trips in the southern Rockies since 1907. He became Riggall's partner in 1939 and took over the business when Riggall retired in 1946. Andy Russell and Kathleen (Kay) Riggall married in 1938 and raised five children at their ranch bordering Waterton Lakes National Park, where family businesses included guiding, saddlehorses and ranching. Children are: Richard "Dick" H. (b.1938); Andrew Charles "Charlie" (b.1941); Harold John "John" (b.1944); Hugh Gordon Riggall "Gordon" (b.1947); Lorenda Anne "Anne" (b.1952).
Russell continued as a renowned guide and outfitter with a wealthy repeat clientele until he was forced out of guiding by 1960 with the advance of the oil industry concerns upon wilderness areas in southern Alberta and British Columbia. Russell began to write nature articles in 1945 and after 1960 concentrated upon writing, photography, film making, lecturing and ranching. He wrote for numerous magazines and newspapers, produced radio broadcasts, and, using colour motion picture photography, developed programs on wildlife and wilderness habitat research for live public performances. Russell's films launched his career as an author of popular wildlife and mountain culture books, which included Grizzly Country. In later years, he was an active writer, consultant and advocate of wilderness and environmental management and received numerous awards and honours, including Member of the Order of Canada.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of seven series: I. Personal and professional series, 1937-1993 (diaries, correspondence, filing systems and papers pertaining to awards, memberships, biography and other); II. Business series, 1948-1982 (pertaining to guiding, outfitting, trail riding, ranching, Andy Russell and Sons, royalties and lecturing); III. Writing, broadcasting and public appearances series, 1908-1990 (papers and photographs pertaining to writing, book projects, columns, broadcasts, reviews, advertising, promotion and other); IV. Photography and cinematography series, 1909-1990 (details below); V. Wildlife study and conservation activities series, 1945-[198-]; VI. Other activities series, 1931-[199-] (politics, interviews, information files); VII. Russell family series, [1867]-1983.
Photography and cinematography series consists of: Riggall/Russell guiding activity photographs, 1909-1962, ca.280 items; Andy Russell and Sons Production Ltd / Andy Russell professional photographs and films, ca.1940- ca.1990, ca.4200 photographs (mainly transparencies), 28 motion pictures, accompanied by some textual and printed items; personal and family photographs, 1916-1989, ca.1550 items; collected photographs, ca.1940-197-, ca.75 items. Professional photography and cinematography primarily arose from field work by Andy, Dick and Charlie Russell and pertains mainly to flora, fauna and landscape of the Canadian Rockies in continental divide region, British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.
Motion pictures, ca.1950-1974, include original film "Grizzly Country" by Dick, Charlie and Andy Russell, produced by Evan J. Anton, ca.1969, copy print of same; also unedited wildlife and landscape footage of Waterton area, Yukon and British Columbia.
Sound recordings are interviews with Andy Russell, [ca.1970]-1988.
Name Access
Russell, Andy
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
Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
series and file description
electronic finding aid
video reference copy for "Grizzly country"
sound recording reference copy recordings
Related Material
Related to the Kay Russell family fonds (M36/V36) and the Bert Riggall fonds (M376/V26)
Creator
Russell, Andy
Category
Arts
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Russell family
Title Source
Title based on accession record
Processing Status
Processed
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Andy Russsell Career Scrapbook

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Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Andy Russell. Also includes an invitation presented to Russell from the Winnipeg Game and Fish Association and newspaper clippings pertaining to Cleo Mowers' career.
Date Range
1947-1961
Reference Code
M153 / 575
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M153 / S43 / V555
Sous-Fonds
M153
Sub-Series
VII Russell family series
Accession Number
5777
Reference Code
M153 / 575
GMD
Scrapbook
Date Range
1947-1961
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records (28 pages ; 31.5 x 35.5 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Andy Russell. Also includes an invitation presented to Russell from the Winnipeg Game and Fish Association and newspaper clippings pertaining to Cleo Mowers' career.
Name Access
Russell, Andy
Mowers, Cleo
Subject Access
Academics
Administration
Backpacking
Biographical
Climatology
Conservation
Ecology
Education
Environment and Nature
Forestry
Horseback riding
Personal and Professional Life
Photography
Natural history
Natural resources
Wildlife
Wildlife fatalities
Geographic Access
Banff
Lake Louise
Jasper
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Yoho National Park
Kootenay National Park
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Language
English
Conservation
Blank pages not scanned
Finding Aid
Access by advance appointment only
Creator
Russell, Kay
Title Source
Title based on item.
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Scope & Content
Magazines contain articles by Andy Russell, two copies in some cases. Accompanied by partial list, "Andy's magazine articles" compiled by Kay Russell. Page numbers marked on covers by her. Russell estimates that between 65 and 75 percent of the published articles are present
Date Range
1946-1979
Reference Code
M153 / 381-408
Description Level
5 / File
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III.B. Writing, broadcasting, public appearances
Reference Code
M153 / 381-408
Date Range
1946-1979
Physical Description
55 cm of published material : some oversize (H)
Scope & Content
Magazines contain articles by Andy Russell, two copies in some cases. Accompanied by partial list, "Andy's magazine articles" compiled by Kay Russell. Page numbers marked on covers by her. Russell estimates that between 65 and 75 percent of the published articles are present
Access Restrictions
Copyright resides with the author; no reproduction without permission of the author
Finding Aid
Access by advance appointment only
Title Source
Title based on material
Content Details
LIST OF MAGAZINE ARTICLES * "Ten feet from a killer bear" Outdoor life, March 1946, p.52 (M153 / 381) * "Can animals think?" Natural history, December 1946, p.478 (M153 / 382) * "First shot at a grizzly" Field & stream, February 1947, p.46 (M153 / 383) * "Animals in the laboratory and in the wild" Natural history, April 1947, p.145 (M153 / 383) * "Little greywolf" Field & stream, September 1947, p.26 (M153 / 383) * "Grizzly showdown" Outdoor life, February 1948, p.30 (M153 / 384) * "Grizzly interlude" The counntry guide, July 1948, p.13 (M153 / 384) * "Hit or miss" Field & stream, August 1948, p.30 (M153 / 385) * "Snowsuit without snow", May 1950, p.193 (M153 / 385) * "How, where and what to hunt in Western Canada" Official hunting book, 1950, p.17 (M153 / 386) * "The sign of the beaver" American woodsman, September 1951, p.4 (M153 / 387) * "A great hunter's lament" American woodsman, October 1951, p.14 (M153 / 387) * "Forbidden grounds" Outdoor life, June 1957, p.42 (M153 / 388) * "Wildlife of the Canadian Rockies" Minnesota naturalist, December 1954, p.29 (M153 / 388) * "Can animals think?" Reading workshop with tests for adventures in living, 1955, p.90 (M153 / 389) * Field & stream, September 1956, p.40 (M153 / 389) * "Encounter at Grizzly Gulch" Field & stream, December 1957, p.68 (M153 / 390) * "The blonde and the billy goat", Field & stream, October 1956, p.48 (M153 / 390) * "Something new" Outdoor life, January 1958, p.48 (M153 / 391) * "A record twice lost" Outdoor life, December 1957, p.60 (M153 / 391) * "Lucky hat for sheep" Field & stream, September 1958, p.56 (M153 / 392) * "A guide's holiday ... picture holiday" Outdoor life, June 1958, p.36 (M153 / 392) * "Are wild animals really wild?" Reader's digest, May 1960, p.152 (M153 / 393) * "A mountain migrant" Nature magazine, May 1959, p.243 (M153 / 393) * "A man must earn his elk" Field & stream, August 1960, p.40 (M153 / 394) * "I made friends with bighorns" True, May 1960, p.20-A (M153 / 394) * "A grizzly hunted me" Outdoor life, August 1961, p.32 (M153 / 395) * "Pack train personalities" Field & stream, August 1961, p.28 (M153 / 396) * "The elk wore platinum" Outdoor life, October 1961, p.60 (M153 / 398) * "20 years for a dam" Hunting year book, 1961, p.42 (M153 / 399) * "Johnny get your gun" The country guide, November 1961, p.33 (M153 / 399) * "I work for my bucks" Outdoor life, October 1962, p.38 (M153 / 399) * "Are wild animals really wild?" Defenders of wildlife, Fall 1961, p.7 (M153 / 399) * "The education of a storm" Sports & field, January 1963, p.24 (M153 / 400) * "Seppi ... hunting dog" Field, horse & rodeo, January 1963, p.14 (M153 / 400) * "White sheep of the Arctic" Animals, June 1964, p.90 (M153 / 400) * "Keeper of the crags and peaks" The elks magazine, Feburary 1966, p.10 (M153 / 401) * Wildlife review, September 1965, p.21 (M153 / 401) * "The hunting knife" Field & stream, June 1965, p.54 (M153 / 401) * "People versus the grizzlies" Field & stream, March 1968, p.60 (M153 / 402) * "Much maligned wolverine" Field & stream, November 1966, p.74 (M153 / 402) * "Are grizzlies man killers?" BC outdoors, December 1968, p.32 (M153 / 403) * "Portrait of a grizzly" BC outdoors, October 1968, p.32 (M153 / 403) * "The cliffhangers" The American sportsman", Fall 1968, p.16 (M153 / 404) * "Why man needs wilderness" BC outdoors, February 1971, p.32 (M153 / 405) * "The sheep that is bighorn" The fish & game sportsman, p.12 (M153 / 405) * "Where the wild goose flies" Outdoor life, p.76 (M153 / 405) * "The way of the grizzly" BC outdoors, December 1971, p.16 (M153 / 406) * "Elk trails and man tracks" BC outdoors, October 1974, p.24 (M153 / 406) * "Elk trails and man tracks" The fish & game sportsman, Spring 1974, p.84 (M153 / 406) * "The galloping glacier" Weekend magazine, August 1974, p.12 (M153 / 407) * "Grizzly country: a vanishing heritage" Nature Canada, April/June 1975, p.11 (M153 / 407) * "Wilderness pack train" Fish & game sportsman, Spring 1976, p.84 (M153 / 407) * "Writing the wildlife article" Alberta authors bulletin, p.10 (M153 / 407) * "Where the mountain valleys wander" Heritage, May/June 1979 (M153 / 408) * "Alpine music: it waill last the ages" The Canadian magazine [Calgary Herald], p.12 (M153 / 408)
The country guide [magazine]. -- 1948. -- 1 item of print material. -- Includes article "Grizzly Interlude" by Andy Russell. -- July 1948. The country guide [magazine]. -- 1961. -- 1 item of print material. -- Includes article "Johnny Get Your Gun" by Andy Russell. -- November 1961. Weekend magazine. -- 1974. -- 1 item of print material. -- Includes photographs by Andy Russell for article "The Galloping Glacier". -- August 31, 1974. The Canadian [magazine]. -- 1979. -- 1 item of print material. -- Includes article "Alpine Music" by Andy Russell. -- Sept. 22-23, 1979. Held in oversize "H"
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Negatives for possible use in Trails of a Mountain Man. -- [1938- ca.1960].

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Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Scope & Content
Negatives were set aside for potential inclusion in book. Also includes envelope "films 1938 Honeymoon" noted by Kay Russell. RESP Some photographs may be by Bert Riggall.
Date Range
[1938- ca.1960]
Reference Code
V555 / III.C.2. / group 2 (NA)
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
  3 images  
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
V555
Series
III.C. Writing, broadcasting, public appearances
Sous-Fonds
V555
Accession Number
5777
Reference Code
V555 / III.C.2. / group 2 (NA)
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[1938- ca.1960]
Physical Description
69 photographs (68 negatives, 1 transparency).
Scope & Content
Negatives were set aside for potential inclusion in book. Also includes envelope "films 1938 Honeymoon" noted by Kay Russell. RESP Some photographs may be by Bert Riggall.
Access Restrictions
Access restricted - see Head Archivist.
Finding Aid
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Processing Status
Processed
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Photographs. -- 1916-1981.

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Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Scope & Content
Personal photographs taken by Andy Russell or by members of the Russell / Riggall families. Consists of candid portraits of Andy Russell, childhood, activities, wedding and early Russell family, personal hunting, fishing and trapping, filming, home, ranch and environs, Waterton Days 1955, and Wate…
Date Range
1916-1981
Reference Code
V555 / IV.C.1. (PA) (NA) (NS) (PD)
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
GMD
Photograph
  2 images  
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Fonds Number
V555
Series
IV.C. Photography and cinematography
Sous-Fonds
V555
Accession Number
5777
Reference Code
V555 / IV.C.1. (PA) (NA) (NS) (PD)
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
1916-1981
Physical Description
ca.380 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies, album (49 prints); b/w, col.
Scope & Content
Personal photographs taken by Andy Russell or by members of the Russell / Riggall families. Consists of candid portraits of Andy Russell, childhood, activities, wedding and early Russell family, personal hunting, fishing and trapping, filming, home, ranch and environs, Waterton Days 1955, and Waterton ski races, flaring Quirt Creek gas plant, travels in Yukon, Alaska and Bella Coola, B.C.
Access Restrictions
Access restricted - see Head Archivist.
Finding Aid
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Title Source
Title based on items.
Processing Status
Processed
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Riggall / Russell photographs. -- 1909-1962; predominant 1938-1959.

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Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Scope & Content
Photographs include prints by Bert Riggall and Andy Russell pertaining to guiding, camps, staff and trail activities; wildlife and scenery; trips, parties and clients such as: Bennett, Blaine, Crosby, Farr, Hammer, Walter Lonker, Moore, and Schueren; personal and miscellaneous items. Also includes …
Date Range
[1909-1962]
Reference Code
V555 / IV.A. (PA)
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
GMD
Photograph
  8 images  
Part Of
Andy Russell fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Fonds Number
V555
Series
IV.A. Photography and cinematography
Sous-Fonds
V555
Accession Number
5777
Reference Code
V555 / IV.A. (PA)
GMD
Photograph
Date Range
[1909-1962]
Physical Description
ca.280 photographs : prints; b/w.
Scope & Content
Photographs include prints by Bert Riggall and Andy Russell pertaining to guiding, camps, staff and trail activities; wildlife and scenery; trips, parties and clients such as: Bennett, Blaine, Crosby, Farr, Hammer, Walter Lonker, Moore, and Schueren; personal and miscellaneous items. Also includes a note by Valerie Haig- Brown
Access Restrictions
Access restricted - see Head Archivist.
Finding Aid
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Title Source
Title based on accession record.
Processing Status
Processed
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