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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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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- F. H. Riggall sketch book, 1903-[1912], 1 v., includes pencil drawings of birds and insects drawn while still in England; mountain sheep, 1912; house and stable plans; boat plans for fishing boats, Waterton Lakes, ca.1910. Also includes 2 sketches by American artist Philip R. Goodwin of a moose an…
- Date Range
- 1903-[ca.1930]
- Reference Code
- M376 / 58, 59
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I.Personal and professional series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 58, 59
- Date Range
- 1903-[ca.1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 v. of textual records (1 cm). -- 10 graphic records
- Scope & Content
- F. H. Riggall sketch book, 1903-[1912], 1 v., includes pencil drawings of birds and insects drawn while still in England; mountain sheep, 1912; house and stable plans; boat plans for fishing boats, Waterton Lakes, ca.1910. Also includes 2 sketches by American artist Philip R. Goodwin of a moose and a grizzly bear, 1909
- Silhouettes, [ca.1930?], 10 items, include "Frenchy's horse silhouette and cutout" (perhaps referring to H. "Frenchy" Riviere), bighorn sheep profiles, bear profile. Game silhouettes were enlarged to produce target templates for shooting practice. Bear profile based on Goodwin sketch
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Client papers and photographs
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Photographs consist of hunting and fishing photographs and portraits by or from various clients sent to Bert Riggall. Includes photographs from the following: Phimister Proctor (wildlife sculpture with newspaper feature on same, 1909-1910); Dr. H. F. Harvey (hunting, 1915); Sam H. Clark (sheep and…
- Date Range
- 1909-1943
- Reference Code
- M376 / 94
- V26 / II / A4 - [3]
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- II. Business and financial series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 94
- V26 / II / A4 - [3]
- Date Range
- 1909-1943
- Physical Description
- ca.70 photographs : prints. -- 1 cm of print material
- Scope & Content
- Photographs consist of hunting and fishing photographs and portraits by or from various clients sent to Bert Riggall. Includes photographs from the following: Phimister Proctor (wildlife sculpture with newspaper feature on same, 1909-1910); Dr. H. F. Harvey (hunting, 1915); Sam H. Clark (sheep and portraits, 1914); Stabeck and Gillfillan (British Columbia hunting trip, 1914); Roy Thompson family; Howard Sykes (African safari); Chapin party (British Columbia fishing? trip); and, others, 1933-1942. Print material, 1917-1943, consists of articles on hunting clients W. J. Morden and G. D. Pope, and hunting and trophy clippings
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- Access by appointment only
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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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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- Title based on contents of subseries
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- 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
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Bert and Dora Riggall personal papers
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of cookbook; writings arising from Dora's death, 1951, including obituaries and articles, notes by Bert for same; extended "letter" (diary) written by Bert to Dora following her death; death, funeral and gravestone records, memorial notices
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]-1952
- Reference Code
- M376 / 164, 165
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Riggall family series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 164, 165
- Date Range
- [ca.1905]-1952
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of cookbook; writings arising from Dora's death, 1951, including obituaries and articles, notes by Bert for same; extended "letter" (diary) written by Bert to Dora following her death; death, funeral and gravestone records, memorial notices
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Williams family photographs
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to Dora (Williams) Riggall's parents, siblings and family home at Randall's Mills, Ireland
- Date Range
- 1890-1952
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / B
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Series
- VII. Riggall family series
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / B
- Date Range
- 1890-1952
- Physical Description
- 31 photographs (28 prints, 3 negatives)
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to Dora (Williams) Riggall's parents, siblings and family home at Randall's Mills, Ireland
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Frederick and Fanny Riggall family papers
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of personal and legal papers of Bert Riggall's parents, grandparents and English relatives, 1905-1956, 2 cm; and Fanny Neave diary, 1877-1880, [ca.1948], 1 v. (1 cm). Diary was written at age 17; later notes and footnotes were written in advance of being mailed to her son, Bert Rigga…
- Date Range
- 1877-1956
- Reference Code
- M376 / 177, 178
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Riggall family series
- Reference Code
- M376 / 177, 178
- Date Range
- 1877-1956
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of personal and legal papers of Bert Riggall's parents, grandparents and English relatives, 1905-1956, 2 cm; and Fanny Neave diary, 1877-1880, [ca.1948], 1 v. (1 cm). Diary was written at age 17; later notes and footnotes were written in advance of being mailed to her son, Bert Riggall, ca.1948. File also includes Doris (Babe) Riggall's notes on Riggall extended family
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Frederick and Fanny Riggall family photographs
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Bert Riggall's parents, Frederick W. Riggall and Fanny Neave Riggall; grandparents and brothers, homes relatives and domestic staff
- Date Range
- [ca.1865]-1916
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / C
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Riggall family series
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / C
- Date Range
- [ca.1865]-1916
- Physical Description
- ca.35 photographs : prints
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Bert Riggall's parents, Frederick W. Riggall and Fanny Neave Riggall; grandparents and brothers, homes relatives and domestic staff
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