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Collected Materials and Ephemera
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54694
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 cm of textual records, 22 x 28.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to various ephemera and collected materials that Jean collected over the years. File includes ephemera from concerts and recitals performed by Jean's students (1933), a copy of The Beaver magazine from September 1940 (…
- Date Range
- ca.1930-ca.1950
- Reference Code
- M573 / III / 1-3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- M573 / III : Collected Materials and Ephemera
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / III / 1-3
- Date Range
- ca.1930-ca.1950
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records (22 x 28.5 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 3 cm of textual records, 22 x 28.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to various ephemera and collected materials that Jean collected over the years. File includes ephemera from concerts and recitals performed by Jean's students (1933), a copy of The Beaver magazine from September 1940 (one of Jean's articles, "On the Trail of Sir George," was published in this issue), and various collected handwritten and typed poems (including "Fairies of Canada" by Rose Fyleman).
- Notes
- Jean's article in The Beaver was about Sir George Simpson.
- Includes some related newspaper clippings.
- The Beaver magazine was founded in 1920 by the Hudson's Bay Company. The pages of this issue are not in order and some are missing. You can see the full issue on Canada's History Archive: https://canadashistory.partica.online/canadas-history/the-beaver-september-1940/flipbook/1/
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Simpson, George
- Subject Access
- Poetry
- Music
- Professional and Personal Life
- Publication
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Geographic Access
- Winnipeg
- Manitoba
- Canada
- Banff National Park
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Freelance and loose writing, comics
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54486
- Scope & Content
- File consists of textual records pertaining to trips led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Includes an annotated skit performed on a 1982 trail ride, drafts of possible content for newsletters, freelance writing samples, and accounts of specific trail rides. Most items list author(s) and…
- Date Range
- [1970-1980]
- 1982-1984
- 1986
- 1992-1993
- 1999
- 2003
- 2005-2008
- Reference Code
- M545 / II / 19
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Drawing
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / II : Members, Staff and Personal Records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / II / 19
- Date Range
- [1970-1980]
- 1982-1984
- 1986
- 1992-1993
- 1999
- 2003
- 2005-2008
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of textual records pertaining to trips led by the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Includes an annotated skit performed on a 1982 trail ride, drafts of possible content for newsletters, freelance writing samples, and accounts of specific trail rides. Most items list author(s) and date. File also includes several annotated sketches depicting trail riders.
- Notes
- File contains duplicates which have been attached to each other
- Name Access
- Fedder, Zelda
- Vale, Don
- Howard, Christine
- Sharp, Thelma
- Levy, Joanne
- Brown, Brenda
- Bauer, Rebecca
- Orr, Dennis
- Wallace, Don
- Reid, Janice
- Elphinstone, Michelle
- Dallimore, Karen
- Godderis, Rick
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Clearwater
- Wonder Pass
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Metal staples removed from numerous items
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Historical summary 1923-1973
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scanned copy of publication titled "Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies historical summary 1923-1973", and a smaller copy of the same text which contains a parody of "The Old Scottish Cavalier" by John Murray Gibbon [the parody was a tribute to Tom Wilson]; one copy of "Histor…
- Date Range
- [1971]
- 1976
- 1987
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Organization record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 27
- Responsibility
- Content produced by Mary S. Lore and John Murray Gibbon
- Date Range
- [1971]
- 1976
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (4 volumes ; 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one scanned copy of publication titled "Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies historical summary 1923-1973", and a smaller copy of the same text which contains a parody of "The Old Scottish Cavalier" by John Murray Gibbon [the parody was a tribute to Tom Wilson]; one copy of "Historical Summary of the Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies 1933-1970"; and a draft of a 1987 historical summary of the Trail Riders with editing notes.
- Notes
- Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist, as specific production date of item in file is unknown
- Name Access
- Lore, Mary S.
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Subject Access
- Anniversary
- History
- Research
- Organizations
- Poetry
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Access Restrictions
- Handle with caution as some materials are damaged
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Handle with caution as some materials are damaged
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- One item has been placed in mylar
- Category
- Arts
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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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 Rider…
- 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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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to miscellaneous records related to Jean and her life and work. File includes various notes and works created by Jean (including a talk Jean gave to the Citizenship Court at Parliament on May 18, 1966; a paper about he…
- Date Range
- 1938-ca.2005
- 1938-1939
- 1940
- 1956
- 2005
- Reference Code
- M573 / I / 16-17
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- M573 / I : Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / I / 16-17
- Date Range
- 1938-ca.2005
- 1938-1939
- 1940
- 1956
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (21.5 x 28 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to miscellaneous records related to Jean and her life and work. File includes various notes and works created by Jean (including a talk Jean gave to the Citizenship Court at Parliament on May 18, 1966; a paper about her first ride on a streetcar in Winnipeg in 1914; and a personal essay on survival); a handwritten account of meeting and courting Jean written by her husband Jack in 1938, entitled "Vagabond Honeymoon;" miscellaneous notes and travel talks, including an itinerary for the 1938-1939 season; a copy of Jean's payment/invoice from the Canadian Pacific Railway for her January 18, 1938 talk in Winnipeg; Jean's Canadian Pacific Railway itinerary for 1940 (to Banff, where she participated in a trail ride with Skyline Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, and British Columbia from Winnipeg); copies of work by others (including Nellie McClung); a copy of Jean's resume; and various other miscellaneous records (including a piece about Jean and her life written in 2005 by Roger Currie).
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Subject Access
- Lecture
- Public Speaking
- Hiking
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Women
- Poetry
- Geographic Access
- Winnipeg
- Manitoba
- Banff
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 printed poems pertaining to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Includes poem by Sue Thomson, two copies of "Ode to Trail Riding" by Robert K. Raynor, and an unattributed poem about a trail ride near Assiniboine in 1992.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980 - ca. 1985]
- 1981
- 1992
- Reference Code
- M545 / I / 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / I : Events and Activities
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / I / 7
- GMD
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Some items produced by Sue Thomson and Robert K. Raynor
- Date Range
- [ca. 1980 - ca. 1985]
- 1981
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 0.25 cm of textual records (9 pages ; 21.5 x 28 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 printed poems pertaining to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Includes poem by Sue Thomson, two copies of "Ode to Trail Riding" by Robert K. Raynor, and an unattributed poem about a trail ride near Assiniboine in 1992.
- Name Access
- Thomson, Sue
- Raynor, Robert K.
- Subject Access
- Poetry
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Assiniboine
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 35 or smaller. File pertains to Jean's participation in and accounts of trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. File includes a magazine or newspaper clipping accounting Jean's talk that s…
- Date Range
- 1937-1945
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M573 / I / 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Newspaper clipping
- Private record
- Published record
- Textual record
4 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- M573 / I : Personal Papers
- Sous-Fonds
- M573
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- M573 / I / 18
- Date Range
- 1937-1945
- 1937
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (21.5 x 35 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 21.5 x 35 or smaller. File pertains to Jean's participation in and accounts of trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. File includes a magazine or newspaper clipping accounting Jean's talk that she gave at the Royal Alexandra Hotel on January 18, 1938 and two copies of the invitation sent to attendees for the talk (one of them has a handwritten message on the back written by Jean); two copies of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Bulletin No. 48 (1937), which Jean is featured in and wrote an article for (the first woman to do so); related correspondence between John Murray Gibbon and Jean (1937-1939) regarding writing the article and participating in the trail rides; related correspondence with the Canadian Pacific Association responding to the talk Jean gave; typed notes of Jean's trail rides talk (two drafts, similar with slight changes); a typed poem entitled "The 1937 Trail Ride" written by Jean; and an essay entitled "Boots and Saddles" by Jean.
- Notes
- John Murray Gibbon was the Secretary-Treasurer for the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies during this time.
- Jean also wrote an article for the Sky Line Trail - see related material.
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Subject Access
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Lecture
- Public Speaking
- Mount Assiniboine
- Poetry
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Canada
- Winnipeg
- Manitoba
- Assiniboine
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- 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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Winnipeg at Christmas
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two sound recordings in the form of compact discs (CDs). File pertains to recordings of Jean Hembroff MacDonald telling the story of her visit with Rose Fyleman broadcasted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2004 and 2007.
- Date Range
- 2004-2007
- 2004
- 2007
- Reference Code
- S60 / 1-2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Published record
- Sound recording
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Sous-Fonds
- S60
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- S60 / 1-2
- Date Range
- 2004-2007
- 2004
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings : compact disc
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two sound recordings in the form of compact discs (CDs). File pertains to recordings of Jean Hembroff MacDonald telling the story of her visit with Rose Fyleman broadcasted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2004 and 2007.
- Notes
- Originally filed with M573 / I / 12
- Rose Fylman, from Britain, visited Winnipeg in December 1930 and spent the day with Jean, who helped Rose find inspiration for her poem "Winnipeg at Christmas."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Fyleman, Rose
- Geographic Access
- Winnipeg
- Manitoba
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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