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Birds and Nests

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 32 b&w, colour (tinted) some captioned. The photographs document various birds in the wild, on the ranch, in town, and their nests and eggs. Bird species photographed are as follows: sandpiper, grouse, owl (long eared, pigmy, Richardson's), humming bird, finch, chicadee, geese, woo…
Date Range
1915-1950
Reference Code
V26 / III / B8 / PA - 379 to 410
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
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5 / File
Fonds Number
M376 / V26
Series
III. Professional Photography: Topical Files
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V26
Accession Number
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Reference Code
V26 / III / B8 / PA - 379 to 410
Date Range
1915-1950
Physical Description
Photographs: 32 prints, b&w, colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 32 b&w, colour (tinted) some captioned. The photographs document various birds in the wild, on the ranch, in town, and their nests and eggs. Bird species photographed are as follows: sandpiper, grouse, owl (long eared, pigmy, Richardson's), humming bird, finch, chicadee, geese, wood peckers, sparrows, sparrow hawks, flickers, dippers, killdeers, ptarmigan, king birds, stellar jays, nutcrackers, waxwings, partridge, osprey, and golden eagle.
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Birds, Nests
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
An identification given by an unknown author, possibly Riggall's Grandson John Russell or Riggall's daughter Doris "Babe" Burton it reads as follows:
V26 / III / B8 / PA - 405 to 410
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Dora (Williams) Riggall photographs

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to Dora Riggall's birthplace in Ireland, family, homesteading, haying, raising cattle, cooking for pack train and client trips, on horseback, portraits, grave site and marker
Date Range
[ca.1900]-1951
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A2
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A2
Date Range
[ca.1900]-1951
Physical Description
ca.180 photographs (ca.90 prints, ca.90 negatives)
Scope & Content
File pertains to Dora Riggall's birthplace in Ireland, family, homesteading, haying, raising cattle, cooking for pack train and client trips, on horseback, portraits, grave site and marker
Access Restrictions
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Title Source
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F. H. Riggall correspondence

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Bert Riggall fonds
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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
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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)
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* 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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Family and friends

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to the families of Kay (Riggall) Russell and Doris "Babe" (Riggall) Burton; also to the Smith, Austin, Wilson, Marr, Bundy, Pedersen, and Richardson families
Date Range
1912-1958
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A7
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A7
Date Range
1912-1958
Physical Description
ca.260 photographs (ca.130 prints, ca.130 negatives)
Scope & Content
File pertains to the families of Kay (Riggall) Russell and Doris "Babe" (Riggall) Burton; also to the Smith, Austin, Wilson, Marr, Bundy, Pedersen, and Richardson families
Access Restrictions
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Title Source
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Family homes and ranch

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to eight Riggall homes from tent and cabin homes to Cottonwood Canyon houses and Dupuy Street house in Pincher Creek. Includes picnics and get- togethers at those homes
Date Range
1906-1950
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A6
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
VII. Riggall family series
Reference Code
V26 / VII / A6
Date Range
1906-1950
Physical Description
ca.400 photographs (ca.200 prints, ca.200 negatives)
Scope & Content
File pertains to eight Riggall homes from tent and cabin homes to Cottonwood Canyon houses and Dupuy Street house in Pincher Creek. Includes picnics and get- togethers at those homes
Access Restrictions
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Title Source
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Four families papers and publications

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File includes??? Bennett? trip diary; Crosby trip diary; Russell H. Bennett ski expedition account from Canadian Alpine Journal (off-print); Sour Dough Club menu; Helen Bennett wedding materials; Meridan Bennett funeral service; Genie Crosby Tyler and Victor Tyler illustrated trip diary; hunting tr…
Date Range
1914-1952
Reference Code
M376 / 90 to 93
V26 / II / A4 - [1]
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5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
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5 / File
Series
II. Business and financial series
Reference Code
M376 / 90 to 93
V26 / II / A4 - [1]
Date Range
1914-1952
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records and print material. -- 1 photograph album
History / Biographical
The Franklin M. Crosby, Charles C. Bovey, Russell M. Bennett and Sumner T. McKnight families of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and their descendants and friends (referred to by Bert Riggall as the "four families") contracted Riggall for packtrips and hunting trips after 1919. The families built the Hawk's Nest lodge in 1923
Scope & Content
File includes??? Bennett? trip diary; Crosby trip diary; Russell H. Bennett ski expedition account from Canadian Alpine Journal (off-print); Sour Dough Club menu; Helen Bennett wedding materials; Meridan Bennett funeral service; Genie Crosby Tyler and Victor Tyler illustrated trip diary; hunting trip album, 1921; Martin Bovey clippings and letter.
Album is a diary of a hunting trip involving Charles J. Winton Jr., Morris Tyler and Franklin M. Crosby Jr., August 20 to September 12, 1921. Album was a gift to Bert Riggall and includes photograph captions added by Riggall
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Access to photographs is by appointment
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Four families photographs

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to family hunting and fishing trips and activities in southern Alberta and elsewhere. Prints were sent to Bert Riggall by the four families.
Date Range
1912-[ca.1950]
Reference Code
V26 / II / A4 - [2]
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
II. Business and financial series
Reference Code
V26 / II / A4 - [2]
Date Range
1912-[ca.1950]
Physical Description
ca.100 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
The Franklin M. Crosby, Charles C. Bovey, Russell M. Bennett and Sumner T. McKnight families of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and their descendants and friends (referred to by Bert Riggall as the "four families") contracted Riggall for packtrips and hunting trips after 1919. The families built the Hawk's Nest lodge in 1923
Scope & Content
File pertains to family hunting and fishing trips and activities in southern Alberta and elsewhere. Prints were sent to Bert Riggall by the four families.
Access Restrictions
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Title Source
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Frederick and Fanny Riggall family papers

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Bert Riggall fonds
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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
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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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General notebooks

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of notebooks pertaining to outfits, camps, horses, food, tools and supplies; travel and trips, itineraries re packtrain business, personal travel accounts; house and building construction; nature observations; hunting and gunsmithing; personal biography and illness; to-do lists; othe…
Date Range
1900-1950
Reference Code
M376 / 8 to 17
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Series
I. Personal and professional series
Reference Code
M376 / 8 to 17
Date Range
1900-1950
Physical Description
22 v. of textual records (11.5 cm)
Scope & Content
File consists of notebooks pertaining to outfits, camps, horses, food, tools and supplies; travel and trips, itineraries re packtrain business, personal travel accounts; house and building construction; nature observations; hunting and gunsmithing; personal biography and illness; to-do lists; other. Most volumes were used for several purposes and some are indexed
Notes
Unless otherwise indicated, notebook titles have been assigned by Archivist
Some notebooks have titles added by Riggall's daughter, Doris (Babe) Burton
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Content Details
LIST OF ITEMS (M376 / 8 to 17) :
v.24 General notebook 1900-1904 (M376/8)
v.25 General notebook 1905-1920 (M376/8)
v.26 General notebook 1909-1922 (M376/9)
v.27 General notebook: expenses, photography list, 1914, 1933 (M376/9)
v.28 General notebook: trips, etc., 1909-1946 (M376/10)
v.29 General notebook 1914-1947 (M376/10)
v.30 General notebook 1927-1930 (M376/11)
v.31 General notebook 1929, 1939 (M376/11)
v.32 General notebook 1930, 1932 (M376/11)
v.33 General notebook 1930, 1933; includes building log (M376/11)
v.34 General notebook 1934 (M376/11)
v.35 General notebook 1938, 1941; includes "Notes on the black bear", trip account, lists, bird notes, other (M376/12)
v.36 General notebook 1942 (M376/13)
v.37 General notebook 1948 (M376/13)
v.38 "F.H.R.'s Idea Book" 1948; includes biographical notes to 1921 (M376/14)
v.39 General notebook 1954; re health, gun, photography (M376/14)
v.40 General notebook, no date (M376/15)
v.41 General notebook, no date (M376/15)
v.42 "House building" : [notebook], no date (M376/16)
v.43 Notebook re building plans, no date (M376/16)
v.44 Address notebook, no date (M376/17)
v.45 Address notebook 1950 (M376/17)
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Guiding and ranching lists

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Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of grub lists, itineraries, horse lists, camp outfit lists, calculations pertaining to packtrips. Also includes financial calculations and wage figures for same and records of sheep and goats shot, as well as some later personal trip itineraries and notes
Date Range
1913-1954
Reference Code
M376 / 63 to 83
Description Level
5 / File
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Bert Riggall fonds
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5 / File
Series
II. Business and financial series
Reference Code
M376 / 63 to 83
Date Range
1913-1954
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records
Scope & Content
File consists of grub lists, itineraries, horse lists, camp outfit lists, calculations pertaining to packtrips. Also includes financial calculations and wage figures for same and records of sheep and goats shot, as well as some later personal trip itineraries and notes
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