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Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60. M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riderā¦
- Date Range
- ca.1908-ca.2011
- Reference Code
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Sound recording
- Lantern slide
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- V797
- S60
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / V797 / S60
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Private record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Sound recording
- Lantern slide
- Date Range
- ca.1908-ca.2011
- Physical Description
- 26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
- History / Biographical
- Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years. Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016). Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
- M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
- V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
- S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
- Notes
- Lantern slides include wooden case.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Subject Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Camps
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Discovery and travel
- Discovery and exploration
- Empress Hotel
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Kananaskis Ranch
- Lake Louise
- Lantern slide
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mountain
- Organizations
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Poetry
- Scenery
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and recreation
- Sunshine area
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Assiniboine
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Ireland
- Kananaskis Country
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Manitoba
- Mount Assiniboine
- Rocky Mountains
- Victoria
- West Indies
- Winnipeg
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Biographical Source Notes
- Contents of the fonds
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122854759/jean-alexandra-macdonald
- https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-174851/MACDONALD_JEAN
- https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/bruce-macdonald-7064958
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Misc. Activities and Views
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions15029
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to various locations, trips and people; most unidentified
- Date Range
- 1905-1911
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 381 to 418, 495
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
35 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 381 to 418, 495
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- 1905-1911
- Physical Description
- 39 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to various locations, trips and people; most unidentified
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :
- 381 Paradise Valley and creek, [1907?]
- 382 Men in camp, [1907?]
- 383 Men packing horse camp near Castle Mountain, [1907?]
- 384 Horse (Grace), [ca.1906]
- 385 Horse (Grace) on Badger Pass, [1906?]
- 386 Horses at Hillsdale, [1907?]
- 387 Man eating by tent, [1907?]
- 388 Boatman
- 389 Hunters
- 390 Hunter with dogs
- 391 Elliott Barnes hunting, 1910 or 1911
- 392 Man on rock
- 393 Man and women, Alaska coast, 1907
- 394 Woman in yard
- 395 Woman in trees
- 396 River and canyon, [1907?]
- 397, 398 Falls, [1907?]
- 399 Stream in winter, [1907?]
- 400 Stream, [1907?]
- 401 Lake, [1907?]
- 402, 403 River, [1907?]
- 404 Lake, [1907?]
- 405 Mountain, [1907?]
- 406 North face of Mount Temple from Paradise Valley, [1907?]
- 407 Man climbing up waterfall on [Johnston Creek?]
- 408 Waterfall on [Johnston Creek?]
- 409 Waterfall
- 410 Meadow and stream, [1907?]
- 411 Lake, [1907?]
- 412 Railroad line along [Bow River?], [1906?]
- 413 Forest scene in winter, [1906?]
- 414 [Sawback Range and Bow River?]
- 415 [Sawback Range?], [1906?]
- 416 [Elbow River at Calgary?]
- 417 Cabin on shore of lake, [1906?]
- 418 Shack
- 495 Chimneys at site of Rocky Mountain House, 1905
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Buildings
- Camps
- Cabins and shelters
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Hunting
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Portrait
- Waterfalls
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Paradise Valley
- Castle Mountain
- Rocky Mountain House
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Elliott Barnes and Barnes family pack trips and camp scenes in Kootenay Plains, Pipestone Pass and other areas
- Date Range
- [ca. 1905-1907]
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 9 to 90
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
82 images
- Part Of
- Elliott Barnes fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V48
- Series
- I.A. Negatives : Film
- Sous-Fonds
- V48
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V48 / I / A / NA - 9 to 90
- GMD
- Film
- Negative
- Transparency
- Date Range
- [ca. 1905-1907]
- Physical Description
- 82 photographs : negatives, film
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to Elliott Barnes and Barnes family pack trips and camp scenes in Kootenay Plains, Pipestone Pass and other areas
- Notes
- Identifications provided by Barnes family and Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES (V48/NA - 9 to 90) :
- 9 to 18 Pack train, [1905?]
- 19, 20 Glacial rock west of Red Deer, 1905
- 21, 22 Chimneys at site of Rocky Mountain House post, 1905
- 23 Elliott Barnes in camp, 1905
- 24, 26 to 30 Elliott Barnes & Ole Garrett in camp, 1905
- 25 Camp scene, 1905
- 31, 32 Ole Garrett in camp, 1905
- 33 Ole Garrett hunting, 1905
- 34, 35 Pack train, 1905
- 36 Ole Garrett with pony, 1905
- 37 to 41 Pack train, 1905
- 42, 43 Rider leading packhorse and saddlehorse on rockslide, 1905
- 44 Riders fording [North Saskatchewan River?, 1906?]
- 45, 46 Riders fording river, [1905?]
- 47 Horses fording river, [1905?]
- 48, 49 Pack train, 1905
- 50 to 52 Pack train on Kootenay Plains, [1905?]
- 53 Tent on Kootenay Plains, [1905?]
- 54, 55 Horses at log enclosure built by Indians near Tom Wilson's ranch, [Kootenay Plains, 1905?]
- 56 Elliott Barnes' cabin with Elliott Peak in the background, [Kootenay Plains, [1906?]
- 57 Stoney Indians with pack train fording stream at Kootenay Plains, [1906?]
- 58 to 61 Kootenay Plains, [1906?]
- 62 to 64 Horses, [Kootenay Plains, [1906?]
- 65, 66 Pack train in snow in Pipestone Valley, Molar Mountain in background, [1905?]
- 67 Pack train fording Saskatchewan River, 1906
- 68 to 73 Pack train on trail, [1905?]
- 74 to 76 Pack train on pass in deep snow, [1907?]
- 77 Barnes family with pack train on trip to Kootenay Plains, Molar Mountain in background, 1905
- 78 Pack train on Barnes family trip to Kootenay Plains, [1905?]
- 79 Camp below peak, 1905
- 80 Barnes family with pack train at Pipestone Pass on trip to Kootenay Plains, 1905
- 81 Pack train at Pipestone Pass, 1905
- 82 Barnes family with pack train on trail near Pipestone Pass, 1905
- 83 Barnes family and pack train on trip to Kootenay Plains, [1905?]
- 84 Waterfall, 1906
- 85 Man beside waterfall, 1906
- 86 Barnes family on snowpatch on trip to Kootenay Plains, 1906
- 87, 88 Pack train, [Pipestone Pass, 1906?]
- 89 [Lois Barnes?] fording river on horseback, 1906
- 90 Elliott Barnes Jr. on summit of Elliott Peak, [1906?]
- Name Access
- Barnes, Elliott
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Camps
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Glaciers
- Landscapes
- Mountains
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Kootenay Plains
- Pipestone Pass
- Rocky Mountains
- Alberta
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Access by appointment only
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Ride of 1937
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54697
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assiā¦
- Date Range
- 1937
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Lantern slide
- Photograph
- Transparency
27 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 1 to 27
- Date Range
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : col. slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File pertains to the Official Trail Ride of 1937 organized by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File documents the trail ride to Mount Assiniboine and the camp at Mount Assiniboine, with several landscape photographs but mostly of the hikers.
- Notes
- Jean wrote an article about her experience in the form of an article and a poem [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures.
- Slides are numbered on the back. Some are missing, the new number and order was imposed by Archive and Library Assistant for clarity.
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Rungius, Carl
- Fisher, George
- Subject Access
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Hiking
- Mount Assiniboine
- Travel
- Tourism
- Trail guides
- Trails
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Great Divide
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Park
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 18
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Bulletin No. 48 (October 1937)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Ride of 1939
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of theā¦
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Transparency
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
33 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs : col. slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).
- Notes
- Each slide is labelled.
- Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Wardle, James M.
- McCowan, Dan
- Sanson, Norman
- MacDonald, Jack
- Cran, Anna
- Savatard, Emmeline
- Struthers, Betsy
- Fisher, George
- Wheeler, John Oliver
- Subject Access
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Lake Louise
- Skoki
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 18
- The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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