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…
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).
Sub-series consists of the meeting minutes and reports of the Alpine Club of Canada between 1913 and 2011. Records pertain to meetings of the Executive Committee of the ACC, as well as the Executives of the various sections of the ACC, including the Banff Section, the Calgary Section, the Edmonton …
Sub-series consists of the meeting minutes and reports of the Alpine Club of Canada between 1913 and 2011. Records pertain to meetings of the Executive Committee of the ACC, as well as the Executives of the various sections of the ACC, including the Banff Section, the Calgary Section, the Edmonton Section and others. Records also include the Annual General Meeting minutes of the ACC during this time period.
Sub-series is arranged chronologically.
Notes
See file-level entries for inventories of club meeting minutes and reports.
File consists of collected commercial postcards from Canada, the United States, Central America, Europe and the United Kingdom [non-annotated]. File includes loose postcards, postcard sets and fold-out photo card booklets.
ca. 630 b&w and col. postcards ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of collected commercial postcards from Canada, the United States, Central America, Europe and the United Kingdom [non-annotated]. File includes loose postcards, postcard sets and fold-out photo card booklets.
Notes
Items in this file have been organized by geographical location. See "Content Details" entry field for contents of individual folders.
File is organized into 8 folders, numbered LUX / III / D / PG - 1 to 8.
PG - 1 : Banff National Park
PG - 2 : Canadian Rockies and Selkirks
PG - 3 : Alberta and British Columbia [Other]
PG - 4 : Canada
PG - 5 : United States of America
PG - 6 : United States of America, cont.'d [postcard sets and 1933 Chicago World Fair]
PG - 7 : Foreign
PG - 8 : Other [location not specified]
Sub-series of identified summit registers and notes produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1930 and 2022. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
1930-1931
1959-1968
1970-1989
1992 -2022
Physical Description
100 cm of textual records
223 volumes
Scope & Content
Sub-series of identified summit registers and notes produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1930 and 2022. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
The sub-series is separated into individual identified summit records.
Notes
See file-level entries for inventories of identified summit registers and notes.
File consists of 9 printed maps, b&w and col. [including zoning and topographical maps] depicting the Town of Banff and Banff National Park, the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve, the Moose Mountain region, Medicine Hat, and the province of Alberta. File includes Trail Riders' Map of the Canadian Rock…
File consists of 9 printed maps, b&w and col. [including zoning and topographical maps] depicting the Town of Banff and Banff National Park, the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve, the Moose Mountain region, Medicine Hat, and the province of Alberta. File includes Trail Riders' Map of the Canadian Rockies which has smaller maps of Waterton Lakes, Glacier, Revelstoke, and other national parks printed on the back. Map of Medicine Hat includes annotated storage envelope with dimensions written on the front.
Files consists of the summit register from Mount Bosworth produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between approximately 2003 to 2022. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred …
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
ca. 2003-2022
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Mount Bosworth is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the Continental Divide, between Alberta and British Columbia. Nearby is Paget Peak and Kicking Horse Pass.
Scope & Content
Files consists of the summit register from Mount Bosworth produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between approximately 2003 to 2022. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
File:
M200 / V / A / 222: Mt. Bosworth
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Paget Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2019 and 2022. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred whil…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
2019-2022
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
2 volumes
History / Biographical
Paget Peak is located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Nearby are Highway 1 and Mount Ogden.
Scope & Content
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Paget Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2019 and 2022. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
Files:
M200 / V / A / 220: Paget Peak summit registries [Part 1 of 2]; register contains entries from 2019 to 2021 and,
M200 / V / A / 221: Paget Peak summit registries [Part 2 of 2]; register contains entries from 2021 to 2022
File pertains to the 1910 & 1911 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 17 : Includes office correspondence, day to day tasks. Trip to Toronto, January 10 Geological Survey office visit, late January interactions with delegation, January 24 at S. G. S. office, travel around Ottawa and …
4.4 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 9.9 x 15.2 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to the 1910 & 1911 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 17 : Includes office correspondence, day to day tasks. Trip to Toronto, January 10 Geological Survey office visit, late January interactions with delegation, January 24 at S. G. S. office, travel around Ottawa and Winnipeg, notations of interactions with Clare, early February writing article for Canadian Magazine, early March working on Harmon shots, May 3 put in resignation (to ACC?), office correspondence, trip to Banff in May, time at Club, documentation of whereabouts of members and trip locations, August-September camping in Bugaboos.
M546 / 18 : Includes travel and camping from Bella Coola, travel experiences including evaluations of trails and barometer readings, trips to Vancouver and Calgary, notations and underlines done in red throughout, August 5, 1911 circled in red with note: “must be Gendarme Mt.” this entry regarding climb near Berg Lake, following days with red notations for Mt. Mumm, Ptarmigan Peak, with Konrad, following weeks indicate climbing trips, bar. Readings, travel around Bella Coola. When in Sidney entries regard office work, banking, and social engagements. Often writes down the spine when the page is filled and overwrites his previous text. Daily notations of weather.
File pertains to the 1912 & 1913 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 19 : Post it notes marking January 19, 1912 and January 31, 1912 both entries relate to typical days with office work and correspondence. Trip to Edmonton, March 6-20 blank, notations of different employees leaving…
4.6 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 13.5 x 20.2 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to the 1912 & 1913 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 19 : Post it notes marking January 19, 1912 and January 31, 1912 both entries relate to typical days with office work and correspondence. Trip to Edmonton, March 6-20 blank, notations of different employees leaving for surveys or returning to town, camping in July and August, trips around Castle and Glacier, August 15-October 30 blank, financial notations.
M546 / 20 : “A. O. Wheeler” indicating residence in Sidney or Banff written on front page. August 21-22 1913 marked with green bookmark, these entries include information regarding a glorious day, mention of O’Hara survey, business in Vancouver, Jasper, interactions with Conrad, day to day notations regarding office work, lunch, and social activities. Often writes down the spine when the page is filled and overwrites his previous text.
File pertains to the 1914 & 1915 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 21 : Includes day to day notations regarding weather, office work, social activities, summer trips to various camps in the Calgary and Banff areas, notations of developing plates.
M546 / 22 : Includes day to day no…
4 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 9.5 x 15.5 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to the 1914 & 1915 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 21 : Includes day to day notations regarding weather, office work, social activities, summer trips to various camps in the Calgary and Banff areas, notations of developing plates.
M546 / 22 : Includes day to day notations regarding weather, office work, social activities, camping activities throughout the summer.
File pertains to the 1916 & 1917 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 23 : Includes leisure activities in Vancouver and social engagements, July 15-19 “camp ok”, daily notations of work, cheques, leisure, waking, and meal times.
M546 / 24 : Includes CPR pass and GTP pass numbers note…
4.1 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 7.6 x 14.4 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to the 1916 & 1917 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 23 : Includes leisure activities in Vancouver and social engagements, July 15-19 “camp ok”, daily notations of work, cheques, leisure, waking, and meal times.
M546 / 24 : Includes CPR pass and GTP pass numbers noted, drawing of mountain and valley, daily notations of weather and daily activities, time spent in Banff, early July to August camping trips generally regarding travel, meals, and campsite set up, emulsion numbers and exposure information from June 17, 1917.
File pertains to the 1918 & 1919 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 25 : Includes notations regarding work for S. G. January 18-26 working on index for report. Following days working on map reduction and notations of work on specifically numbered maps. Leisure in Banff. Work on sli…
4.9 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 9.7 x 15 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to the 1918 & 1919 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler.
M546 / 25 : Includes notations regarding work for S. G. January 18-26 working on index for report. Following days working on map reduction and notations of work on specifically numbered maps. Leisure in Banff. Work on slides and presentation. Occasional war notations. Illustrations for report June 1-8, 1918. Report of Yoho Glacier June 13. Extensive descriptions of travels and camps out of Field and Conway Glacier during July and August. Financial documentation particularly regarding received and sent cheques. Daily notations of weather.
M546 / 26 : Includes January 5 discussion regarding selecting photos for last summer for slides, mention of ACC meetings, often notes “wood pile” in the afternoons, office work, ACC business and correspondence, work on report, estimated distances recorded for trip to Assiniboine October 6-7.
FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
Notes
IMAGES :
1. Youngest Trail Rider was five years old - rode pint sized saddle but full sized horse [identified as Michael Guinn]
2. Man identified as John Murray Gibbon presenting a Hundred Mile Button to a child identifed as Michael Guinn
3. First Ranch Rafter Six
4. S. Smith at his ranch
5. Unidentified
6. Road at Soapy Smith’s ranch
7. Rafter Six Ranch [Nov. 29, 1963]
8. [Missing?]
9. Soapy Smith on the Saskatchewan Glacier [1924]
10. DeMott [at horse’s head], Bill Bagley [behind horse], DeMott [pulling on rope]
11. [Unidentified men with horse]
12. [Unidentified men chopping wood]
13. From left to right: DeMott brothers, Soapy Smith, Johnny Muska
14. From left to right: Bill Bagley, DeMott brothers, Johnny Muska, Soapy Smith
15. [Horses]
16. Soapy Smith [at horse’s head], Bill Bagley [bent over horse], [unidentified man in background]
17. From left to right: Bill Bagley, DeMott, John Muska
18. [Unidentified men packing a horse] John Muska has arm raised
19. Johnny Muska [walking], C.M. DeMott, Soapy
20. [Pack train]
21. [Pack train]
22. DeMott
23. Alexandra River?
24. J. Muska
25. [Camp]
26. [Camp]
27. [Right] Soapy Smith and C.M. DeMott packing horse
28. [Unidentified mountain scene]
29. [Unidentified lake]
30. [Unidentified men packing a horse]
31. Dr. Athin? [behind horse], Bill Bagley
32. [Mountain goat]
33. DeMott
34. [Unidentified men packing horses]
35. [Unidentified man fishing]
36a & 36b DeMotts?
37. Pack train and saddle horses
38. [Horses]
39. [Unidentified river]
40. J. Muska, C. DeMott Jr.?
41. [Pack train crossing river]
42. [Unidentified mountain]
43. [Pack train in meadow]
44. [Pack horses]
45. [Pack horse]
46. [Unidentified mountain]
47. [Unidentified mountain]
48. [Camp]
49. Johnny [Muska]
50. [Pack horses fording river]
51. Soapy
52. Happy Valley – Head of the Valley of Evans-Thomas Creek
53. [Unidentified valley]
54. [Camp]
FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
Notes
IMAGES :
55. [Mountain goat]
56. [Unidentified mountain]
57. B. Bagley?
58. [Old burn forest]
59. [Unidentified mountain]
60. [Unidentified mountain]
61. J. Muska
62. [Pack train on road]
63. [View of Banff Ave and Cascade Mt. from Cascades of Time Gardens]
64. Deer on lakeside
65. [Cow Moose with calf]
66. [Unidentified mountain]
67. Hold em boys
68. Rock Mtn. Sheep – rams
69. Soapy Smith’s Rafter Six Guest Ranch
70. Camp horseshoeing equipment
71. Original bridge at Saskatchewan River Crossing
72. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith
73. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith
74. Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith [ca.1940]
75. Bow Lake
76. [Pack horse]
77. [Unidentified lake]
78. What the well dressed man will wear this season on the trail – J. Muska? And unidentified man
79. Smoke from the Jasper fire
80. Four moose
81. Deer
82. Rocky Mtn. sheep – rams
83. [Unidentified man sitting on slope]
84. [Unidentified man]
85. [Unidentified mountain]
86. [Horses at pasture]
87. Douglas Lake
88. Caribou
89. Four Moose
90. Caribou
91. Moose
92. [Unidentified mountain]
93. [Big horn sheep – rams]
94. Bull moose
95. [Unidentified mountain range]
96. Moose
97. Mountain goat
98. Banff Ave ca. 1925 [colour tinted]
99. [Unidentified men at camp]
100. J. Muska?
101. [Unidentified man with ram skull]
102. [Unidentified man at camp]
103. [Pack train in valley]
104. [Pack train in valley]
105. [Pack horses]
106. [Horses at pasture]
107. [Unidentified valley]
108. One of the DeMott family?
FIle pertains to photographs of Soapy Smith, pack trips, associates and clients, hunting, wildlife, Rafter Six Guest Ranch and scenic views.
Notes
IMAGES :
109. Soapy Smith [note on back reads: “Soapy I am sending you this not that the picture is any good but I know it will bring back happy memories of Buttercup and the Days of the [illegible] Brigade]
110. B. Bagley? Soapy Smith
111. Soapy Smith [with cigarette] C.M. DeMott [on right]
112. C.M. DeMott
113. Soapy Smith? Bill Bagley?
114. Camp scene – Soapy Smith on right
115. J. Muska?
116. J. Muska C. DeMott Jr.?
117. [Unidentified man and Bill Bagley?]
118. [Unidentified man and horses in tall grass]
119. [Bighorn sheep - ram]
120. The cook at work! Soapy Smith
121a & 121b Soapy Smith [in vest]
122. Soapy Smith
123. Soapy Smith
124. Soapy Smith directly in front of tent
125. Soapy Smith – right
126. [Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith]
127. [Rafter Six Guest Ranch of Soapy Smith]
128. [Cat climbing screen door]
129. [Camp]
130. Rocky Mtn. sheep (rams)
131. Campsite cooking area?
132. [Unidentified cabin]
133. [Fire warning sign]
134. [Unidentified man at river]
135. [Unidentified mountain]
136. [Unidentified man at river]
137. [Camp]
138. George Brown painting
139. [Horses at pasture]
140. In the good old days before being lost in the sea of matrimony – Ahem! Soapy Smith ca.1930?
141. Soapy Smith ca.1930?
142. The Browne’s New House. Marine County, California (Belmore Browne)
143. Mr. and Mrs. Browne with Spike
144. Evelyn Browne
145. Entrance to the Browne’s House
146. Bruce Air Dale
147. Cow moose and calf
148. [Bighorn sheep]
149. [Unidentified men on mountain slope]
150. [Unidentified mountain]
151. [Unidentified men in field]
152. [Pack train crossing a river]
153. Fording
154. Buck thought it was Saturday night
155. The pack train on the move, slow but sure
156. [Unidentified mountain and glacier]
157. “When the Day is Done” this is home
158. All in a day’s work
159. The Kananaskis Dam at Seebe
160. The Four Musty Steers – Soapy Smith, J. Muska?, DeMott?, DeMott?
161. [Unidentified mountain]
162. [Unidentified mountain lake]
163. [Unidentified mountain range]
File consists of a summit notes from Mount Longstaff and other Alpine Club of Canada records produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1916 and 2013. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the summits of Mount Longstaff; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wi…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
1916
1951
2013
Physical Description
0.5 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Mount Longstaff is located in British Columbia. Nearby is Mount Phillips, Whitehorn Mountain, and Swift Current Glacier.
Scope & Content
File consists of a summit notes from Mount Longstaff and other Alpine Club of Canada records produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1916 and 2013. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the summits of Mount Longstaff; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. The file also includes note from ACC members who found the summit records, as well as the front page of the Winter 2013 vol. 28 no. 3 Gazette.
File:
M200 / V / A / 150: SUMMER 2013 [First Ascent of Mt. Longstaff, 1916]