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Trip diaries

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions16601
Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of trip diaries and accounts, also horse lists, camp outfits, grub lists and itineraries re packtrain business
Date Range
1913-1947
Reference Code
M376 / 1 to 5
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
I. Personal and professional series
Reference Code
M376 / 1 to 5
Date Range
1913-1947
Physical Description
18 v. of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of trip diaries and accounts, also horse lists, camp outfits, grub lists and itineraries re packtrain business
Notes
Unless otherwise indicated, notebook titles have been assigned by Archivist
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS (M376 / 1 to 5) :
v.1 Notes, trip diary 1913 (M376/1)
v.2 Trip diary 1919 (M376/1)
v.3 " Notes for 1920", also includes trip accounts 1925 (M376/1)
v.4 Trip diary, grublists 1921 (M376/1)
v.5 Diary 1923 (M376/2)
v.6 Trip diaries 1924, 1936; notes 1923 (M376/2)
v.7 Trip diary 1925 (M376/2)
v.8 Trip diary 1926 (M376/2)
v.9 Trip diary 1927 (M376/3)
v.10 Trip diaries and Kay Russell lists 1934 (M376/3)
v.11 Trip diary, notes 1942 (M376/4)
v.12 Trip diary, notes 1942 (M376/4)
v.13 Trip diary 1943 (M376/4)
v.14 Trip diary 1944 (M376/4)
v.15 Trip diary 1945, notes 1954 (M376/5)
v.16 Trip diary 1946 (M376/5)
v.17 Trip diary 1946 (M376/5)
v.18 Trip diary 1947 (M376/5)
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Published material re gunsmithing, shooting and loading

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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of advertising literature and clippings pertaining to guns, scopes, tools, target shooting, gunsmithing and loading
Date Range
[ca.1910-ca.1955]
Reference Code
M376 / 107 to 109
Description Level
5 / File
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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II. Business and financial series
Reference Code
M376 / 107 to 109
Date Range
[ca.1910-ca.1955]
Physical Description
7 cm of print material
Scope & Content
File consists of advertising literature and clippings pertaining to guns, scopes, tools, target shooting, gunsmithing and loading
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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
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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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Photography papers

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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of technical notes on cameras, exposures, film, filters, lenses, processing, etc.; shot lists and classification scheme for negatives; information and statements from suppliers re black and white and Kodachrome photography
Date Range
1919-1954
Reference Code
M376 / 121 to 125
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
III. Professional photography series
Reference Code
M376 / 121 to 125
Date Range
1919-1954
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of technical notes on cameras, exposures, film, filters, lenses, processing, etc.; shot lists and classification scheme for negatives; information and statements from suppliers re black and white and Kodachrome photography
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Manuscripts

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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
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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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Published magazines

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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists magazines containing articles, letters or photographs by or about Bert Riggall. Articles by Bert Riggall include: Arms and the Boy; Goats, Sheep and Guns; The Three Muskateers; and, A Record Twice Lost. Other authors include Martin Bovey, Kerry Wood and Jack O'Connor
Date Range
1922-1957
Reference Code
M376 / 131 to 133
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
IV. Writing series
Reference Code
M376 / 131 to 133
Date Range
1922-1957
Physical Description
12 textual records (6 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists magazines containing articles, letters or photographs by or about Bert Riggall. Articles by Bert Riggall include: Arms and the Boy; Goats, Sheep and Guns; The Three Muskateers; and, A Record Twice Lost. Other authors include Martin Bovey, Kerry Wood and Jack O'Connor
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Newspaper articles and letters to the editor

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions16589
Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of articles by or about Bert Riggall and his letters to the editor. Material pertains mainly to birds; also bears, rivers, guiding, hunting, speaking engagements, fish and game, other
Date Range
1914-1956
Reference Code
M376 / 135
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
IV. Writing series
Reference Code
M376 / 135
Date Range
1914-1956
Physical Description
.5 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of articles by or about Bert Riggall and his letters to the editor. Material pertains mainly to birds; also bears, rivers, guiding, hunting, speaking engagements, fish and game, other
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Bird and plant records

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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity
Date Range
1904-1954
Reference Code
M376 / 136 to 142
Description Level
3 / Series
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Series
V. Natural history series
Reference Code
M376 / 136 to 142
Date Range
1904-1954
Physical Description
8 v. of textual records (15 cm)
Scope & Content
Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity
Title Source
Title based on contents of series
Content Details
ITEM LIST :
* Budd, A. C. / A key to plants of the farming and ranching areas of the Canadian Prairies, 1952; annotations record occurrences at Waterton Lakes, F.H.R.'s [Riggall's] ranch, Twin Butte and Porcupine Hills and are found throughout the volume, 1953 photocopy
* Coulter, John M. / New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular plants), 1909; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1911-1953
* Hales, B. J. / Selected Western Flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, 1915; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1905-1952
* Rand, A. L. / Birds of Southern Alberta, 1948; annotations (throughout volume) record occurrences at Waterton Lake, [National] Park, [Riggall] Ranch and elsewhere
* Reed, Chester A. / Bird Guide, Part 2, Land Birds East of the Rockies . . . 1912; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1904-1953 and also annual lists, 1914-1917
* Saunders, Charles Francis / Western Flower Guide; annotations are mainly "nature notes" (plant and animal sightings) 1949-1952, list of species in rock gardens, 1915, and some plant sightings throughout volume
* Taverner, P. A. / Birds of Canada, 1949; annotations, 1951-1954; record sightings, (throughout volume) bird notes, 1951, loose clippings
* Vareschi, Volkmar and Ernest Krause / Mountains in Flower, 1940; annotations indicate flowers found or not found in the Canadian Rockies and closely related species
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Newsclippings

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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of articles and letters to the editor collected by Bert Riggall and pertaining to Waterton Lakes National Park, weather (especially snowfall), obituaries, cattle, ranching, wildlife, mountaineering, Andy Russell, Sam Clark. Newsclippings are mainly from Lethbridge Herald and Pincher …
Date Range
1914-1957
Reference Code
M376 / 143 to 145
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
VI. Other interests series
Reference Code
M376 / 143 to 145
Date Range
1914-1957
Physical Description
1 cm of print material
Scope & Content
File consists of articles and letters to the editor collected by Bert Riggall and pertaining to Waterton Lakes National Park, weather (especially snowfall), obituaries, cattle, ranching, wildlife, mountaineering, Andy Russell, Sam Clark. Newsclippings are mainly from Lethbridge Herald and Pincher Creek Echo
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Annotated books

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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of annotated books indicating Riggall's opinions, observations or involvements
Date Range
1907-[ca.1940]
Reference Code
M376 / 146 to 148
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
4 / Sub-series
Series
VI. Other interests series
Reference Code
M376 / 146 to 148
Date Range
1907-[ca.1940]
Physical Description
10 cm of textual records (4 v.)
Scope & Content
Sub-series consists of annotated books indicating Riggall's opinions, observations or involvements
Title Source
Title based on contents of subseries
Content Details
ITEM LIST :
* Boone and Crockett Club / North American big game competitions, 1939; note on Riggall's chapter "Hunting the Black Bear" in North American big game, 1939
* Gray, Prentiss N. / North American big game : official measurement records, 1934; additions of McKnight and Riggall records for bighorn sheep and black bear
* Hornaday, William T. / Campfires in the Canadian Rockies, 1907; extensive margin notes on people, places, flora and fauna
* White, Stewart Edward / The Mountains, 1904; some notes on trail life
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