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Bennett Trips 1931 to 1936
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 22 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to the Bennett trips guided and outfitted by Riggall of 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936. The photographs document packtrains, camp life, hiking, Herbst glacier, and fishing. Locations of photographs include: Wall Lake, Mount …
- Date Range
- 1931
- 1933-1936
- Reference Code
- V26 / II / A4 / PA - 130 to 152
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- II.Business and Financial: Client Papers and Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Reference Code
- V26 / II / A4 / PA - 130 to 152
- Date Range
- 1931
- 1933-1936
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 22 b&w prints
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 22 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to the Bennett trips guided and outfitted by Riggall of 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936. The photographs document packtrains, camp life, hiking, Herbst glacier, and fishing. Locations of photographs include: Wall Lake, Mount Festubert, Great Divide at South Kootenay Pass.
- Subject Access
- Guiding, Camping, Packtrains
- Hiking
- Camping
- Recreation
- Sports
- Fishing
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- British Columbia
- Kootenay National Park
- Great Divide
- Language
- N/A
- 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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Bert Riggall Scrapbook Album
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 6 b&w prints. The album is a large, green, scrapbook album. A floral and vegetal motif and "Scrapbook" are embossed on the cover of the album. Prints document the early years of Bert Riggall's homesteading and business. The album also pertains to Riggall's travels in Europe be arrivi…
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PD - 4
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Familial and Personal Series: Bert and Dora Riggall Family
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PD - 4
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (6 b&w prints)
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 6 b&w prints. The album is a large, green, scrapbook album. A floral and vegetal motif and "Scrapbook" are embossed on the cover of the album. Prints document the early years of Bert Riggall's homesteading and business. The album also pertains to Riggall's travels in Europe be arriving in Canada and his live in England. Subjects include various views of travels in Switzerland, sheep hunting, Turret Peak, Valley of Yarrow Creek, Pass Creek, Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek Falls, and snow blowing in the mountains.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Album pages have come loose from spine and some prints have been cut out of the larger album pages. Prints V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 544 to PA - 662 and PA - 664 to 674 are stored in box V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 544 to 674 V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 663 and V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 675 to 679 are stored with the album Negatives V26 / VII / A3 / NA - 60 to 62 were also found in the album and are stored V26 / VII / A3 / NA - 1 to 62
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bert Riggall Scrapbook Album
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 33 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include a sports field at Woodhouse Grove school, the drawing room of Heck House at Grimsby, Grimblethorp Hall, aunt Emily, Riggall's brother posed on horse, Mount Piz Langard, cog wheel railway at Mount Pilatus, Li…
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 544 to 576
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Familial and Personal Series: Bert and Dora Riggall Family
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 544 to 576
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Physical Description
- Photographs : 33 b&w
- Scope & Content
- File contains 33 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include a sports field at Woodhouse Grove school, the drawing room of Heck House at Grimsby, Grimblethorp Hall, aunt Emily, Riggall's brother posed on horse, Mount Piz Langard, cog wheel railway at Mount Pilatus, Lincolnshire Cathedral, Williams Family at Randalls Mills, a haying scene, Fanny Riggall at Riggall cabin, R.M.S. Empress of Britain, Kier Hardy on ship, Sir Wilfred and Lady Laurier, Empress of Britain arriving at Rimouski, Frederick and Fanny Riggall posed with bear trophy, Bert Riggall and Fanny Riggall on hunt, Riggall with bear trophy, Bert Riggall and Fanny Riggall with bear trophy, Riggall cabin, train wreck at Brockett, picnic at Waterton Lakes, steamer on Waterton Lake, camp during house building, Frederick and Bert Riggall with bear trophy.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Prints were originally housed in album V26 / VII / A3 / PD - 4
- Processing Status
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Bert Riggall Scrapbook Album
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include Bert Riggall posed on horse, Bert Riggall with sheep trophies, boat on Waterton Lake, train engine, women washing on Lake Lugano in Italy, Nowegian Fjord, Empress of Britain, mosk rat house, young rabbits, g…
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 577 to 612
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Familial and Personal Series: Bert and Dora Riggall Family
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 577 to 612
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Physical Description
- Photographs : 36 b&w
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include Bert Riggall posed on horse, Bert Riggall with sheep trophies, boat on Waterton Lake, train engine, women washing on Lake Lugano in Italy, Nowegian Fjord, Empress of Britain, mosk rat house, young rabbits, gopher in hole, newspaper advertisement for Riggall's services, Dora Riggall and Dickie Riggall with Anna Williams, haying at Riggall's ranch, Riggall early home, portrait of Jack Hazzard, deer, Wilson Range and Black Bear Butte, Yarrow Creek Falls, Bert and Dora Riggall posed on horses, coyote, Spread Eagle Mountain, Alec Gladstone, Bert Riggall and Chris Williams on horses, Anna Williams with horse, Vade Endersby with Anna Williams and Mrs.Williams, wheat field, Dickie Riggall posed on hay rack, bear skin rug brought to England from Canada, Riggall ranch in winter.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Prints were originally housed in album V26 / VII / A3 / PD - 4
- Processing Status
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Bert Riggall Scrapbook Album
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include Riggall and Williams families on wagon while getting lumber, Fanny Riggall posed at Riggall home, Bert Riggall and Fanny Riggall at Riggall ranch during house building, first Riggall house, Buddie Jamieson p…
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 613 to 642
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Familial and Personal Series: Bert and Dora Riggall Family
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 613 to 642
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 36 b&w
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include Riggall and Williams families on wagon while getting lumber, Fanny Riggall posed at Riggall home, Bert Riggall and Fanny Riggall at Riggall ranch during house building, first Riggall house, Buddie Jamieson posed homestead, Dora Riggall posed on horse, mountain sheep trophy, Billy Huddleston with cattle, Dora Riggall fixing food at homestead camp, thrashing at W. Terrills, Riggall first camp in mountains, head of Pine Creek, Dora Riggall, Anna Williams and Mrs.Williams at Waterton Lakes, Anna Williams, Chris Williams, and Bert Riggall posed next to tent and horse, brush pulling, logs on Waterton River, Chris Williams pulling logs, view of mountains from homestead window, building hay racks, Chris Williams' tent surrounded by snow, Riggall ranch house and livestock, Chris Williams posed in door of his homestead, Bert Riggall posed with deer trophy.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Prints were originally housed in album V26 / VII / A3 / PD - 4
- Processing Status
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Bert Riggall Scrapbook Album
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- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include hay making, Chris Williams' tent under snow, Frank Alred breaking horse, Huddleston family home and family, interior view of tent, Wilson Range, branding, Buddie Jameison and lynx, Saint Henry's Church at Ya…
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 643 to 662
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Familial and Personal Series: Bert and Dora Riggall Family
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 643 to 662
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 36 b&w
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include hay making, Chris Williams' tent under snow, Frank Alred breaking horse, Huddleston family home and family, interior view of tent, Wilson Range, branding, Buddie Jameison and lynx, Saint Henry's Church at Yarrow, Allred's farm, view of mountains from homestead window, Bert Riggall and Chris Williams building homestead.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Prints were originally housed in album V26 / VII / A3 / PD - 4
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bert Riggall Scrapbook Album
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include hay making, Chris Williams' tent under snow, Frank Alred breaking horse, Huddleston family home and family, interior view of tent, Wilson Range, branding, Buddie Jameison and lynx, Saint Henry's Church at Ya…
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 643 to 662
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Familial and Personal Series: Bert and Dora Riggall Family
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 643 to 662
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 36 b&w
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include hay making, Chris Williams' tent under snow, Frank Alred breaking horse, Huddleston family home and family, interior view of tent, Wilson Range, branding, Buddie Jameison and lynx, Saint Henry's Church at Yarrow, Allred's farm, view of mountains from homestead window, Bert Riggall and Chris Williams building homestead.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Prints were originally housed in album V26 / VII / A3 / PD - 4
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Bert Riggall Scrapbook Album
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include Horseshoe Canyon, Upper Waterton Lake, various panoramic views of Waterton Lakes, garter snake, gopher in tree, Wilson Range and river, Sofa Mountain and narrows.
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 664 to 674
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- VII. Familial and Personal Series: Bert and Dora Riggall Family
- Reference Code
- V26 / VII / A3 / PA - 664 to 674
- Date Range
- [ca.1902]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 36 b&w
- Scope & Content
- File contains 36 b&w prints. File pertians to prints from a Riggall album. Subjects include Horseshoe Canyon, Upper Waterton Lake, various panoramic views of Waterton Lakes, garter snake, gopher in tree, Wilson Range and river, Sofa Mountain and narrows.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Prints were originally housed in album V26 / VII / A3 / PD - 4
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Bert Riggall's 1000 Mile Pack trip
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 43 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to Riggall's 1911 1000 mile pack trip undertaken to seek out areas for hunting and outfitting following the enlargement of Waterton National Park and the reduction of available hunting area for Riggall's clients. The prints do…
- Date Range
- 1911
- Reference Code
- V26 / II / A7 / PA - 119 to 161
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
1 image
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M376 / V26
- Series
- II.Business and Financial: Bert Riggall's 1000 Mile Pack trip, 1911
- Sous-Fonds
- V26
- Accession Number
- 7201
- Reference Code
- V26 / II / A7 / PA - 119 to 161
- Date Range
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs: b&w prints
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 43 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to Riggall's 1911 1000 mile pack trip undertaken to seek out areas for hunting and outfitting following the enlargement of Waterton National Park and the reduction of available hunting area for Riggall's clients. The prints document this pack trip from stops in Banff, AB and Cranbrook, BC, and the extent of his mountain exploration from Fort Steele to Edson. On this trip, approximately 150 miles of new trail was cut including portions of Roger's Pass.
- Subject Access
- Pack trips
- Exploration
- Trails
- Trail making
- Recreation
- Hunting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Waterton National Park
- British Columbia
- Cranbrook
- Rogers Pass
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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