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Bill Harrison interview
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- Date Range
- 1976
- Reference Code
- S1 / 122
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 122
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Elizabeth Rummel
- Date Range
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Name Access
- Boyce, Jim
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Bears, Grizzly
- Brigden, Fred
- Cabins and shelters
- Feuz, Walter
- Gardiner, Katie
- Gest, Lillian
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Harris, Ley
- Hasler, Christian
- Jones, Ken
- Kain, Conrad
- MacCarthy, Albert H.
- Nixon, Walter
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Phillips, Curly
- Richter, Frank
- Surveys
- Thorington, James Monroe
- Trapping
- Vernon-Wood, Tex
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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Bill Vroom interview
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- Date Range
- 1976
- Reference Code
- S1 / 112
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 112
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart
- Date Range
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Bears, Grizzly
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
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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
- 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).
- 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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Dr. Blair McLean interview
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- Date Range
- 1976
- Reference Code
- S1 / 121
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 121
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Date Range
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Bears, Grizzly
- Burns, Tommy
- Camp Parker
- Hargreaves, Roy
- Jasper
- Log structures
- McDonald, Shorty
- Phillips, Curly
- Swift, Lewis James
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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Elmer Jamieson interview
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- Date Range
- 1968
- Reference Code
- S1 / 22
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 22
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Sue (Corless) Davies
- Date Range
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Bears, Grizzly
- Canadian Pacific Railway - Mountain guides
- Hasler, Christian
- Morant, Nick
- Simpson, Jimmy
- Wapta Lake area
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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Helen Wells interview
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- Date Range
- 1972
- Reference Code
- S1 / 72
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- S1
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Sous-Fonds
- S1
- Accession Number
- tbd
- Reference Code
- S1 / 72
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: Maryalice Harvey Stewart
- Date Range
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Aubin, Bill
- Aubin, Mabel
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bears - Banff
- Bridges - Banff
- Buildings - Banff
- Copper and copper mines
- Davie, Bill (James William)
- Hotels - Banff
- Johnson, Gus
- Lake Agnes Teahouse
- Mount Norquay Ski Lodge
- Peyto, Bill
- Red Onion
- Rundle, Mount
- Serra, Jim
- Skiiing - Banff
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Talc and talc mines
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Howard O'Hagan interview
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- Date Range
- 1977
- Reference Code
- S1 / 131
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I. Interviews
- Reference Code
- S1 / 131
- Responsibility
- Interviewer: E. J. (Ted) Hart
- Date Range
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Subject Access
- Bears, Grizzly
- Canadian Pacific Railway - Employees
- Hargreaves, George
- Jasper
- Lucerne, B.C.
- Finding Aid
- Recording summary and reference cassette available
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of recording
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I. C. 1. Book 1
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- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to a trip to New York City, Wildlife, Clarence Tillenius, the filming of Andy Russell's "Grizzly Country", the Hawk's Nest, packtrains, wildlife, and hiking.
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V557
- Series
- I
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Sub-Series
- C
- Accession Number
- 7728
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Physical Description
- ca. 800 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to a trip to New York City, Wildlife, Clarence Tillenius, the filming of Andy Russell's "Grizzly Country", the Hawk's Nest, packtrains, wildlife, and hiking.
- Notes
- When initially housed in negative books, certain negatives had numbered or unnumbered red stickers and overlaid rectangles to indicate which negatives were to be reproduced for Charlie Russells book "Spirit Bear", as well as how to reporduction was to be cropped. Both the stickers and the cropping information was carried over into the new housing and corresponds with the "These are the negs used for Spirit Bear chapter one" document in the case file.
- Subject Access
- Artist
- Animals
- Bears
- Big Horn Sheep
- Bighorn Sheep
- Birds
- Caribou
- Hawk's Nest Ranch
- Grizzly Bears
- Marmots
- Moose
- Geographic Access
- New York
- United States of America
- Mount McKinley
- Alaska
- Waterton
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
- Creator
- Charlie Russell
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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I. C. 2. Book 2
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- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to wildlife, New York City, hiking, horse trips, the filming of "Grizzly Country" the Hawk's Nest, Andy Russell, Clarence Tillenius, and plants.
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V557
- Series
- I
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Sub-Series
- C
- Accession Number
- 7728
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 2
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Physical Description
- ca. 830 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to wildlife, New York City, hiking, horse trips, the filming of "Grizzly Country" the Hawk's Nest, Andy Russell, Clarence Tillenius, and plants.
- Notes
- When initially housed in negative books, certain negatives had numbered or unnumbered red stickers and overlaid rectangles to indicate which negatives were to be reproduced for Charlie Russells book "Spirit Bear", as well as how to reporduction was to be cropped. Both the stickers and the cropping information was carried over into the new housing and corresponds with the "These are the negs used for Spirit Bear chapter one" document in the case file.
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Artist
- Bear
- Bears
- Birds
- Bison
- Caribou
- Grizzly Bears
- Hawk's Nest Ranch
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Pack trains
- Ranching
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Waterton
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- New York
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
- Creator
- Charlie
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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I. C. 3. Book 3
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- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to a trip to skiing, fishing, ranching, fossils, geological observations, Wildlife, the Hawk's Nest, packtrains, wildlife, and hiking.
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Charlie Russell fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V557
- Series
- I
- Sous-Fonds
- V557
- Sub-Series
- C
- Accession Number
- 7728
- Reference Code
- V557 / I / C / 3
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Date Range
- ca.1961-ca.1968
- Physical Description
- ca. 740 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of black and white negatives pertaining to a trip to skiing, fishing, ranching, fossils, geological observations, Wildlife, the Hawk's Nest, packtrains, wildlife, and hiking.
- Notes
- When initially housed in negative books, certain negatives had numbered or unnumbered red stickers and overlaid rectangles to indicate which negatives were to be reproduced for Charlie Russells book "Spirit Bear", as well as how to reporduction was to be cropped. Both the stickers and the cropping information was carried over into the new housing and corresponds with the "These are the negs used for Spirit Bear chapter one" document in the case file.
- Name Access
- Russell, Andrew Charles (Charlie)
- Subject Access
- Children
- Coyote
- Cross-country skiing
- Family and personal life
- Fishing
- Geological formation
- Grizzly Bears
- Hawk's Nest Ranch
- Hiking
- Moose
- Bison
- Ranchers and ranching
- Ski areas
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Waterton
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Revised digital and original handwritten in case file
- Creator
- Charlie Russell
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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