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Alice Fulmer fonds

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Part Of
Alice Fulmer fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists primarily of 155 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs. Topics center around Banff history and personalities; Canadian Rockies history, flora and fauna; sk…
Date Range
1833, 1886-1969
Reference Code
M70 / V217
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Part Of
Alice Fulmer fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 70
V 217
Sous-Fonds
M70 / V217
Accession Number
149, 385, 992, 1065, 1375, 2416, 3083, 3306
Reference Code
M70 / V217
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Date Range
1833, 1886-1969
Physical Description
ca.95 cm of textual records. -- 40 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Alice G. Fulmer, 1896-1989, was a resident and amateur local historian at Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists primarily of 155 topical files prepared by Alice Fulmer as a personal project between 1964 and 1969 and composed of historical notes, transcripts, clippings, ephemera and photographs. Topics center around Banff history and personalities; Canadian Rockies history, flora and fauna; skiing, Indians and miscellaneous Alberta and British Columbia subjects. ; Also includes the marriage record of Fulmer's great-grandparents, 1833; reminiscences about Emmeline Savatard, 1980; and a scrapbook on Banff history and personalities containing mainly Walter P. Fulmer's papers.
Photographs include personal and family photographs; also photographs collected by Alice Fulmer. Photographs pertain to Alice Fulmer, alpine trips, Fulmer family, early Banff activities and buildings, 1886-1967; includes some copies.
Name Access
Fulmer, Alice
Subject Access
Community life
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
Related Material
Related in part to Helen Fulmer Wells fonds (M480/V675)
Creator
Fulmer, Alice
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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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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Arthur A. Goodsell Photographs

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Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 30 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include a man seated next to printing press, group thrashi…
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 1 to 30
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 167
V 433
Sous-Fonds
V 433
Accession Number
5720
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 1 to 30
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Physical Description
Photographs: 30 prints, b&w, hand-coloured
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of 30 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include a man seated next to printing press, group thrashing grain, men and young child standing next to tractor, young Arthur Goodsell with horse team, seeding and harrowing on a farm, Arthur Goodsell posed on horseback dressed in RCMP uniform during WWI on the RCMP 1st expeditionary force to Britain (uniform is hand-coloured red), the Bow Valley from Sulphur Mountain, hand-coloured view of Bow Falls, Massive Range, trail on Sulphur Mountain, Cascade Mountain from town of Banff, and various views of the Banff area. V433/PA - 1 to 9 were previously housed in an envelope with the caption, "Farming (near Winnipeg)." Image correction form in envelope reads: Farming scenes were taken at Pelly, Sask on the farm of Arthur Goodsell's brother and sister in-law, Fred Makeiff. Information provided by Florence McMahon (nee Makeiff, neice). V433/PA - 11 to 56 were previously housed in enveloped captioned "Banff Scenery"
Notes
Photocopoies of prints not donated to the archives are also present in folder
Name Access
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Arthur A. Goodsell Photographs

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Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 26 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include the Bow Valley from Sulphur Mountain, Rundle Mount…
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 31 to 56
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 167
V 433
Sous-Fonds
V 433
Accession Number
5720
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 31 to 56
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Physical Description
Photographs: 26 prints, b&w
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of 26 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include the Bow Valley from Sulphur Mountain, Rundle Mountain from road, Bow Falls, Rundle Mountain from Bow River, Cascade Mountain from Banff avenue, Castle Mountain, Cascade Mountain and Tunnel Mountain from Sulphur Mountain, and Lake Louise. V433/PA - 11 to 56 were previously housed in enveloped captioned "Banff Scenery"
Notes
Photocopies of prints not donated to the archives are also present in folder
Name Access
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Arthur A. Goodsell Photographs

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Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 18 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include Arthur Goodsell in RCMP uniform (unifrom hand-colo…
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 57 to 74
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 167
V 433
Sous-Fonds
V 433
Accession Number
5720
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 57 to 74
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Physical Description
Photographs: 18 prints, b&w, hand coloured
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of 18 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include Arthur Goodsell in RCMP uniform (unifrom hand-coloured), friends of Arhtur and Florence Goodsell posed outside of a cabin, Arthur Goodsell posed on horse, RCMP target practice, unidentfied person posed inside of RCMP office, Hudsons Bay Company and Royal Northwest Mounted Police dog teams ariving with mail at Port Burwell, Arthur Goodsell posed on horseback, Arthur Goodsell posed outside of Mount Massive RCMP cabin, young boys posed at Lake Louise, camp scene with tent, three men posed with camera on tripod, man posed on street crossroads in Banff, and Arthur Goodsell posed in front of tree. V433/PA - 57 to 64 were previously housed in enveloped captioned "RCMP" V433/PA - 65 to 68 were previously housed in envelope captioned "Mount Massive cabin, Banff. Arthur A. Goodsell, Charlotte Upton Goodsell (mother), Charlotte Goodsell Yonkey (sister), horse - Alowishus, ca.1922." V433/PA - 69 to 70 were previously housed in envelope captioned "Family Visiting Banff, Florence Resanoff Goodsell, ca.1940, w/ boys (possibly Arthur jr. and Bobby Street) w/ daughter Florence Charlotte Goodsell born 1924" V433/PA - 71 to 74 were previously housed in envelope captioned "Early tourists, Arthur Goodsell, Charlotte Upton Goodsell (mother) Charlotte Goodsell Yonkey (sister), ca.1921"
Notes
Photocopies of prints present in folder
Name Access
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Arthur A. Goodsell Photographs

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Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 25 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include Arthur Goodsell in canoe with Florence Resansoff, …
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 75 to 100
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 167
V 433
Sous-Fonds
V 433
Accession Number
5720
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 75 to 100
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Physical Description
Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of 25 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include Arthur Goodsell in canoe with Florence Resansoff, Bow Valley from Sulphur Mountain, Cascade Mountain, Sulphur Mountain from Bow River, Castle Mountain, train bridge at Lethbridge, Mount Massive, and Rundle Mountain. V433/PA - 75 to 77 were previously housed in envelope captioned "Arthur Goodsell and Florence Resansoff, ca.1922, courting on Moraine Lake [?], touring by car" V433/PA - 78 to 100 were previously housed in envelope captioned "Banff Scenery"
Notes
Photocopies of prints present in folder
Name Access
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Arthur A. Goodsell Photographs

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Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 27 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured, some mounted. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include Arthur Goodsell in fur coat, Florenc…
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 101 to 127
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 167
V 433
Sous-Fonds
V 433
Accession Number
5720
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 101 to 127
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Physical Description
Photographs: 27 prints, b&w
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of 27 b&w prints, some captioned, some hand-coloured, some mounted. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include Arthur Goodsell in fur coat, Florence Resansoff posed in doorway of telephone office, a catch of seals at Port Burwell by Moravian Mission by net, Arthur Goodsell posed with rifle, Arthur Goodsell dressed in winter attire posed on horseback, Arthur Goodsell posed on horse in RCMP uniform, Arthur Goodsell posed on Bridge, sled dogs and people in arctic community, Arthur Goodsell posed wearing fur chaps, exterior view of a home, Arhur Goodsell posed in RCMP uniform, Florence Goodsell (nee Resansoff) posed on Sulphur Mountain, RCMP riding on the streets of WInnepeg, a hand-coloured view of Bow Falls, an Inuit family, Sergeant J.E.F. Wight Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Moravian Mission at Port Burwell in the Hudsn Strait, Hudsons Bay Company ship, and skinning seals and white whale. Folder contains some contact prints. V433/PA - 101 to 127 were previously housed in envelope captioned "Canstable Arthur Goodsell, RCMP. Her met my grandmother at the telephone office - stories describe their relationship."
Notes
Photocopies of prints present in folder
Name Access
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Arthur A. Goodsell Photographs

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Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 31 b&w prints, some captioned, some mounted. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include Arthur Goodsell posed in fur chaps, Arthur Goodsell pose…
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 128 to 158
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Arthur A. Goodsell fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M 167
V 433
Sous-Fonds
V 433
Accession Number
5720
Reference Code
V433 / PA - 128 to 158
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1872, [ca.1915-ca.1947]
Physical Description
Photographs: 31 prints, b&w
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File consists of 31 b&w prints, some captioned, some mounted. Photographs pertain to Royal North West Mounted Police, warden activities and family activities in northern Canada, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Banff, Alberta area. Subjects include Arthur Goodsell posed in fur chaps, Arthur Goodsell posed with rifle, Charlotte Goodsell Yonkey and Charlotte Goodsell posed on a bridge, group posed on Bow River bridge, Bobby Street, Joe Goodsell and Uncle Makieu, Lotte Goodsell, Arthur and Florence Goodsell, women posed on porch of the Massive RCMP Station, Arthur and Florence Goodsell posed in a car with others, Arthur Goodsell in RCMP uniform posed on horse, portrait of Joseph Goodsell in WWI uniform (portrait is a composite print with a photograph of his infant son Homer Goodsell), portrait of Arthur Goodsell posed on horse mounted on a large button. File also includes contact prints of negatives V433/NA - 1 to 15 Contact prints correspond to negatives as follows: V433/PA - 143 corresponds to V433/NA - 1 V433/PA - 144 corresponds to V433/NA - 2 V433/PA - 145 corresponds to V433/NA - 3 V433/PA - 146 corresponds to V433/NA - 4 V433/PA - 147 corresponds to V433/NA - 5 V433/PA - 148 corresponds to V433/NA - 6 V433/PA - 149 corresponds to V433/NA - 7 V433/PA - 150 corresponds to V433/NA - 8 V433/PA - 151 corresponds to V433/NA - 9 V433/PA - 152 corresponds to V433/NA - 10 V433/PA - 153 corresponds to V433/NA - 11 V433/PA - 154 corresponds to V433/NA - 12 V433/PA - 155 corresponds to V433/NA - 13 V433/PA - 156 corresponds to V433/NA - 14 V433/PA - 157 corresponds to V433/NA - 15
Name Access
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Subject Access
Family and personal life
Access Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
Language is English
Creator
Goodsell, Arthur A.
Category
Family and personal life
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Bert Riggall fonds

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Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds includes seven series: I. Personal and professional, 1884-1959; II. Business and financial, ca.1910-1959; III. Professional photography, 1900-1955; IV. Writing, 1906-1957; V. Natural history, 1904-1954; VI. Other interests, 1913-1956; VII. Riggall family, ca.1865-1959. Personal and pro…
Date Range
[ca.1865]-1959, predominant [ca.1890]-1959
Reference Code
M376 / V26
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Diary
Map
Private record
Published record
Part Of
Bert Riggall fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M 376
V 26
Sous-Fonds
M 376
V 26
Accession Number
5777, 7200, 7201, 7772 (unproc)
Reference Code
M376 / V26
GMD
Photograph
Album
Negative
Photograph print
Transparency
Textual record
Diary
Map
Private record
Published record
Date Range
[ca.1865]-1959, predominant [ca.1890]-1959
Physical Description
ca.13,100 photographs: ca.7080 prints, ca.5310 negatives, ca.700 transparencies. -- 9 photograph albums. -- ca.2 m textual records, print material and graphic records. -- 33 cartographic records
History / Biographical
Frederick Herbert (Bert) Riggall, 1884-1959, was a mountain guide, outfitter, hunter, trapper, rancher, naturalist, photographer, writer and gunsmith/loader in southern Alberta. Born in 1884 at Gayton-le-Wold Grange, Lincolnshire, his family moved to Grimsby where his father was an auctioneer and, in 1905, served as Mayor. In England, Riggall was an athlete, avid sportsman and naturalist. He was exposed to alpine country on school holidays in Switzerland and, determined to visit Canada, left for North America in 1904.
Upon arriving in western Canada, Riggall worked for a year at Craighurst Farm near Calgary. There he met Dorothea (Dora) Williams, 1877-1951, an Irish Quaker ranch cook who had emigrated with her sister Anna in 1902. In 1905, Bert worked on the Correction Land Survey in southwestern Alberta and explored Waterton Lakes. Bert and Dora married in 1906 and until 1946 they homesteaded and ranched adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park.
Initially, Bert and partner Jack Hazzard built boats and guided fishing parties on Waterton Lakes. In 1909, with partner Cyril Watmough, the Riggalls began guiding and outfitting summer and fall hunting and fishing trips for numerous repeat clients, especially, after 1913, four Minneapolis, Minnesota families: Bovey, Crosby, Bennett and McKnight. Hunts involved Big Horn Sheep, goats, black and grizzly bears. Bert served as chief guide and Dora as camp cook. Prior to 1911, the Riggalls worked at Gloyne's oil camp and Oil City to supplement their income. In 1911, Bert and partner Cyril Watmough made a 1000 mile (1600 km) exploratory trip from Fort Steele, B.C. to the Yellowhead Pass and beyond. Following that trip, Riggall concentrated guiding activities on the continental divide as far north as the Highwood region, but primarily in the upper Oldman River Valley and Gap in the Livingstone Range. Their outfit grew to include numerous saddle and pack horses.
Of five children, only two daughters survived infancy. Kay Riggall (Russell), 1909-1984, and Doris (Babe) Riggall (Burton), 1910-1999, were both able riders, markswomen and packtrain workers. They accompanied their parents on summer back country trips starting in 1918. Bert Riggall was renowned for his knowledge of botany, geology, zoology, wilderness life and lore as well as literature and current affairs. He was especially endeared to his clients for his skill as a raconteur and campfire storyteller. He wrote articles for magazines such as: Arms and the Man, American Rifleman, Field and Stream and the Boone and Crockett Club's book: North American Big Game. Riggall was an accomplished semi-professional photographer who specialized in wildlife studies, panoramic landscapes, Dufaycolor and later Kodachrome transparencies. His photographs appear in Department of Interior Reports and other publications.
Bert's heart problems forced the Riggalls to move to Pincher Creek in 1947. Daughter Kay and son-in-law Andy Russell continued the packtrain and guiding business until 1960. After Dora's death, Bert experienced medical problems and lived with or close to Doris.
Scope & Content
Fonds includes seven series: I. Personal and professional, 1884-1959; II. Business and financial, ca.1910-1959; III. Professional photography, 1900-1955; IV. Writing, 1906-1957; V. Natural history, 1904-1954; VI. Other interests, 1913-1956; VII. Riggall family, ca.1865-1959.
Personal and professional series consists of diaries and notes, correspondence and personal papers.
Business and financial series consists of guiding and ranching records, gunsmithing, shooting and loading records; and legal and financial records.
Professional photography series consists of standard photographs, panoramas, transparencies and textual records
Writing series contains manuscripts, published magazines, book outlines, newspaper articles and letters to the editor
Natural history series contains bird and plant records, and other natural history papers
Other interests series consist of clippings, annotated books and collected material
Riggall family series contains Bert and Dora Riggall family papers and photographs, Williams family photographs, Frederick W. and Fanny Riggall papers and photographs, and Allan Riggall papers and photographs. Negatives and transparencies pertain to Andy Russell as a young man with Bert Riggall.
Notes
Some transparencies in V110 Dick Russell are marked Andy Russell, some marked 64 dup; V110 - original transparencies have full set of duplicates (2 sets were made, 1 for Dick Russell and the other is part of this accession)
Name Access
Riggall, Bert
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
basic description for processed material
Related Material
Related to the Andy Russell fonds (M153/S43/V555) and the Kay Russell family fonds (M63/V63)
Creator
Riggall, Bert
Category
Arts
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Family and personal life
Sports, recreation and leisure
Title Source
Title based on accession record and contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed / Unprocessed
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Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Record…
Date Range
ca. 1870 - ca. 1998
1870s-1880s
ca.1918 - ca. 1960s
1986-1998
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997-1998
Reference Code
M521 / I / A / 3-4
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Newspaper clipping
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
Dorothy Wardle fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M521 / V75
Series
M521 / I : Dorothy Wardle Personal Papers
Sous-Fonds
M521
Sub-Series
M521 / I / A : Research and Writing
Accession Number
7504
Reference Code
M521 / I / A / 3-4
GMD
Newspaper clipping
Private record
Textual record
Date Range
ca. 1870 - ca. 1998
1870s-1880s
ca.1918 - ca. 1960s
1986-1998
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997-1998
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller)
Scope & Content
File consists of 139 pages of handwritten research notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, H35 x W30 cm or smaller. File pertains to Dorothy's research on Banff and surrounding area, Parks Canada, Department of the Interior, and the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in general. Records were filed in an envelope that was titled "Book Notes." Notable people include James Wardle, J.B. Harkin, Pat Brewster, Arthur Unwin, Dr. Brett, Norman Sanson, and Bill Peyto, among others. Notable places and topics include the organization of the Department of the Interior, the Banff-Windemere Highway, Rocky Mountain Park and Park Wardens, Kootenay National Park fires, coal and precious metal mines (e.g. Bankhead, Silver City), trail riding and hiking, research about James Wardle and his accomplishments, Ya-Ha-Tinda, and various parks (e.g. Glacier, Revelstoke, Elk Island, Kootenay, and Yoho). Other records include a handwritten letter to the Auld family in Scotland (cousins of Sheila Ritchie) with a story about Glenbow and a highland cow from Oban, Scotland; personal reflections on the Banff area and mountains in general; notes that Dorothy took while doing research at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies and the Banff Public Library; and a variety of newspaper clippings.
Notes
Includes request slips and stationary from the archives at the Whyte Museum.
Potentially includes a handwritten list of Dorothy's written works.
Newspaper clippings primarily from the Times Colonist, which is published in Victoria, British Columbia.
Name Access
Wardle, Dorothy
Wardle, James M.
Harkin, J. B. (James Bernard)
Brewster, Pat
Peyto, Bill
Brett, Robert George
Sanson, Norman
Subject Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Banff Public Library
National parks and reserves
Newspaper
Parks Canada
Park policy
Research
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Wardens
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Ya-Ha-Tinda Ranch
Hiking
Community life
History
Mines and mineral resources
Geographic Access
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
Bankhead
British Columbia
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Castle Mountain
Glacier National Park
Kootenay National Park
Silver City
Victoria
Yoho National Park
Scotland
Revelstoke
Language
English
Conservation
Some of the slips of paper are taped together. Was unable to remove them without damaging the materials. May present conservation issues in the future.
Creator
Wardle, Dorothy
Category
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Politics
Natural resources
Family and personal life
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Title was written on an envelope containing these materials.
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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