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Helen Brett Letters

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 3.5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 21.5 x 27.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to letters sent by Mrs. Helen Brett to Leette Wardle from 1935-1944. The letters mostly document the progress of the Wardles payment for a lease that they had with Mrs. Brett, but also includes…

Date Range: 1935-1965; 1935-1944; 1939; 1965

Reference Code: M521 / II / B / 4-5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: M521 / II : Wardle Family

Sous-Fonds: M521

Sub-Series: M521 / II / B : Correspondence

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: M521 / II / B / 4-5

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: 1935-1965; 1935-1944; 1939; 1965

Physical Description: 3.5 cm of textual records (21.5 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 3.5 cm of handwritten and typed correspondence, 21.5 x 27.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to letters sent by Mrs. Helen Brett to Leette Wardle from 1935-1944. The letters mostly document the progress of the Wardles payment for a lease that they had with Mrs. Brett, but also includes local town gossip (including drama with Dr. Dean Robinson) and musings regarding the progress of the war (World War II). File also includes obituaries in the Banff Crag and Canyon for Helen Brett.

Notes: Helen Brett was married to Dr. Harry Brett, son of the founder of the Brett Sanitarium.

Name Access: Brett, Helen; Robinson, Dean

Subject Access: Personal and Family Life; Women; World War II; Banff Crag and Canyon; Leases; Community life

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Brett, Helen; Robinson, Dean

Category: Communications; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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

Category: Arts; Education; Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

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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Miscellaneous

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Date Range: 1911-1980; 1911; 1941-1942; 1957-1959; 1966; 1980

Reference Code: M521 / III / B / 1-3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Published record; Textual record

Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M521 / V75

Series: M521 / III : Queen's University

Sous-Fonds: M521

Sub-Series: M521 / III / B : Miscellaneous

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: M521 / III / B / 1-3

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Published record; Textual record

Date Range: 1911-1980; 1911; 1941-1942; 1957-1959; 1966; 1980

Physical Description: 7 cm of textual records (23.5 x 29 cm or smaller)

Notes: Dorothy served as the Treasurer of the AMS in 1941, and as the President in 1942. Dorothy was the first female president appointed to the AMS.; Both editions of the Tricolor (published during World War II) document the Queen's War Aid Commission, a subcommittee of the AMS. They each document alumni who served and died overseas. They are both annotated on several pages.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.

Subject Access: Education; Women; World War II

Geographic Access: Ottawa; Ontario; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Acid-free archival paper interwoven between correspondence and newspaper clippings.

Category: Education; Military

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Miscellaneous Records

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Part Of: Dorothy Wardle fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 17 cm of textual records, 34 x 44 cm or smaller. File pertains to an assortment of personal recordkeeping records and contains textual records, correspondence, photograph prints, and newspaper clippings. File documents various purchases and sales (Canmore, Alberta and Sidney, Briti…

Date Range: 1934-2002

Reference Code: M521 / I / B / 24-38

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Published record; Textual record; Photograph print

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 / B : Personal Recordkeeping

Accession Number: 7504

Reference Code: M521 / I / B / 24-38

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Private record; Published record; Textual record; Photograph print

Date Range: 1934-2002

Physical Description: 17 cm of textual records (34 x 44 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 17 cm of textual records, 34 x 44 cm or smaller. File pertains to an assortment of personal recordkeeping records and contains textual records, correspondence, photograph prints, and newspaper clippings. File documents various purchases and sales (Canmore, Alberta and Sidney, British Columbia, mainly 1985-1986 and 1991-1995), property sales (Banff and Calgary, Alberta, 1972, and a photocopy of the original lease for the Wardle's property in Banff on Muskrat Street, 1921), Dorothy's work and membership with the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (1991-2001), art sales and appraisals (mainly Carl Rungius, 1977-2001), health and dental records detailing Dorothy's medical history (mainly 1994-2001, but goes back to 1934), a trip to Canmore (Banff Right to Reside (1984), subscriptions and miscellaneous records (including Dorothy's address book; poetry by her father, James Morey Wardle; Dorothy's passport from 1991-1996; various art collector catalogues such as Sotheby's; and commemorative coins), and Sheila Iris (S.I.) Ritchie's personal records (includes birth record from 1927 and death record from 1990).

Notes: Poetry by James Morey (J.M.) Wardle can be found in folder 34 under "miscellaneous."; Sheila Iris Ritchie was Dorothy's long-term housemate and close friend. Dorothy served as the executor of Sheila's will.; Dorothy's SIN card was originally included but has since been discarded for privacy concerns.; Photocopies of the original lease for the property on Muskrat Street were taken from Parks Canada microfiche records in 1993.

Name Access: Wardle, Dorothy; Wardle, James M.; Hart, E. J. (Ted); Rungius, Carl; Oxborough, Dorothy; Whyte, Jon

Subject Access: Crag and Canyon newspaper; Calgary Herald; Art; Artist; Banff; Banff Crag and Canyon; Leases; Legal and Financial; Mineral Springs Hospital; Museums; Newspaper; Obituary; Park policy; Parks Canada; Personal and Family Life; Property; Records; Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Women; Homestead Hotel; Travel

Geographic Access: Alberta; Banff; Canada; Sidney; Victoria; British Columbia; Canmore; Calgary

Access Restrictions: Access may be restricted. Specifically for records pertaining to personal health information and other personal information.; Please speak to the Archivist for access to folders: M521 / I / B / 28-31 and M521 / I / B / 34-36.

Language: English

Conservation: Some records still have tape on them. May present conservation issues in the future.; Acid-free archival paper used sporadically interwoven between records and newspaper clippings.

Creator: Wardle, Dorothy

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Newspaper Clippings

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 cm of newspaper clippings, 36 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's personal and professional life, and most articles were published in the Winnipeg Tribune. File documents articles that Jean wrote about her travels (India, British Guiana, Ireland), articles about various t…

Date Range: 1924-1992; 1924; 1928; 1930; 1935; 1938; 1939; 1943; 1947; 1967; 1992

Reference Code: M573 / II / 2-3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Published record; Textual record

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: M573 / II : Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings

Sous-Fonds: M573

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: M573 / II / 2-3

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Published record; Textual record

Date Range: 1924-1992; 1924; 1928; 1930; 1935; 1938; 1939; 1943; 1947; 1967; 1992

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records (36 x 28 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 cm of newspaper clippings, 36 x 28 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean's personal and professional life, and most articles were published in the Winnipeg Tribune. File documents articles that Jean wrote about her travels (India, British Guiana, Ireland), articles about various talks that Jean delivered (including at the Rotary Club and the Commercial Girls' Club), and articles relating to recitals that her students performed (late 1920's-mid 1940's). File also includes photographs taken from newspaper and magazine clippings, including photos related to the Trail Rides that Jean participated on (1937 and 1939, including a photograph of Nicholas Morant), photos of her family (husband, Jack and son, Bruce), and several portraits (with short bios) of Jean.

Notes: "British Guiana" is now called Guyana.; The images of the trail rides were taken by Nicholas Morant but are in the form of a newspaper/magazine clipping. The image at Ptarmigan Lake includes Jean, her sister-in-law Anna Cran, and two other unidentified women.

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean

Subject Access: Newspaper; Lecture; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Family and personal life; Professional and Personal Life; Travel; Women

Geographic Access: Winnipeg; Manitoba; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Canada

Language: English

Category: Arts; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Talks, Research, and Papers

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 cm of textual records, 21 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean Hembroff MacDonald's various talks, research and notes, and papers that she delivered and wrote of the course of her career. File includes related correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to individual …

Date Range: ca.1938-ca.1992; 1938; 1940; 1956; 1960; 1970-1980; 1977; 1983; 1992

Reference Code: M573 / I / 3-15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

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 / 3-15

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Private record; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: ca.1938-ca.1992; 1938; 1940; 1956; 1960; 1970-1980; 1977; 1983; 1992

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records (21 x 35 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File consists of 12 cm of textual records, 21 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to Jean Hembroff MacDonald's various talks, research and notes, and papers that she delivered and wrote of the course of her career. File includes related correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to individual topics.; File includes the following titles:; The West Indies, 1938; Wake Up and Live, April 29, 1940; June Magic or Wake Up and Live, 1956; Girl Guides of Canada, 1960; England, ca.1970-1980; The Chambered Nautilus, 1977; Robert Louis Stevenson, October 1977; Tales Historical and Hysterical, May 14, 1983 (given at the Manitoba Historical Society for their annual meeting); A Christmas Story, 1992 (copy of a transcript of Jean's story she recorded at the CBC); Rose Fyleman and "Winnipeg at Christmas" (no date); Ireland (including correspondence with Arthur Stringer, poet and author); Awareness (no date); Mary Kennedy (no date)

Notes: Talks were given to organizations like Kiwanis or Rotary, Eaton's, Canadian Women's Club, CBC, and various historical societies and churches.

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean

Subject Access: Public Speaking; Arts; Christmas; Community life; History; Lecture; Poets; Professional and Personal Life; Research; Travel; Women; Girl Guides of Canada

Geographic Access: Manitoba; Winnipeg; Canada; West Indies; Europe

Language: English

Related Material: M573 / I / 12 is related to V60.

Creator: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean

Category: Arts; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday articles [1938 - 1939], National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper articles from the "Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday" column by W.M. Davidson, November 1938 - April 1939. Scrapbook also contains ten pages of typed notes from the Special General Meeting of the National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada dated early April, 1952.

Date Range: 1938 - 1939; 1952

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 28

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 28

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Articles in scrapbook produced by William McCartney Davidson, published in The Albertan newspaper

Date Range: 1938 - 1939; 1952

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

History / Biographical: William McCartney Davidson (1872-1942) was born in Ontario and worked as a journalist in Toronto before moving to Calgary and purchasing "The Albertan" newspaper in 1902. William published the newspaper for 24 years, before selling the company in 1926. William and his wife, Ethel Heydon (? - 1969), moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1930. Between 1938 and his death in 1942, William wrote a daily editorial article for The Albertan titled "Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday".

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper articles from the "Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday" column by W.M. Davidson, November 1938 - April 1939. Scrapbook also contains ten pages of typed notes from the Special General Meeting of the National Federation of Liberal Women of Canada dated early April, 1952.