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).
File consists of 95 negative photographs (colour, b&w) and 32 colour transparencies, most with labels/titles by Nicholas Morant. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Victoria BC. Includes interior, 1970, and exterior views, 1962(?), 1969-1970. Portion also pertains to Swiftsure Inter…
127 Photographs: negatives and transparencies, colour and b&w
Scope & Content
File consists of 95 negative photographs (colour, b&w) and 32 colour transparencies, most with labels/titles by Nicholas Morant. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Victoria BC. Includes interior, 1970, and exterior views, 1962(?), 1969-1970. Portion also pertains to Swiftsure International Yacht Race boats in Victoria inner harbour.
Notes
Negatives and transparencies have been stored in separate file boxes for preservation purposes. Contains duplicates of multiple images.
Related to files V500 / I / A7 / 15, 20
File consists of 20 negative photographs (b&w and colour) and 49 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway's Saskatchewan Hotel, Regina SK. Includes interior and exterior views.
69 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w, colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 20 negative photographs (b&w and colour) and 49 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway's Saskatchewan Hotel, Regina SK. Includes interior and exterior views.
Notes
Contains duplicates. Negatives and transparencies stored in separate file boxes.
File consists of approx. 100 transparencies given to John Garden by Nicholas Morant for use in his books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (pub. 1998) and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (pub. 1991). Includes images of trains, Canadian landscapes and other miscellaneous content.
File consists of approx. 100 transparencies given to John Garden by Nicholas Morant for use in his books "Nicholas Morant's Canada" (pub. 1998) and "Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific" (pub. 1991). Includes images of trains, Canadian landscapes and other miscellaneous content.
File consists of images for CP Rail News (236 negatives, b&w and colour; 7 colour transparencies). Views were for employee profiles and features re operations and facilities, including: grain elevators (at Whitney and Carmangay AB); CP logging train at Ladysmith BC; railway stations in western Cana…
243 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of images for CP Rail News (236 negatives, b&w and colour; 7 colour transparencies). Views were for employee profiles and features re operations and facilities, including: grain elevators (at Whitney and Carmangay AB); CP logging train at Ladysmith BC; railway stations in western Canada, including Bankhead station at Banff AB; Rogers Pass freight, Glacier National Park BC, 1976; relocating locomotive 5934 through Calgary AB, after 1959; other.
Notes
Negatives and transparencies have been stored in separate file boxes.
Contains duplicates of some images.
Consists of 4 transparencies (colour) and 15 negatives (colour, b&w). Content pertains to chandeliers in the Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg, and the Husky Tower under construction in Calgary. Tower views are from the Canadian Pacific Railway line, 1968(?)
19 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; colour, b&w
Scope & Content
Consists of 4 transparencies (colour) and 15 negatives (colour, b&w). Content pertains to chandeliers in the Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg, and the Husky Tower under construction in Calgary. Tower views are from the Canadian Pacific Railway line, 1968(?)
Notes
Transparencies and negatives stored in separate file boxes. Includes 5 duplicate photographs of Husky Tower (2 colour transparencies, 1 colour negative, 2 b&w negatives).
File consists of 69 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 29 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Chateau Montebello, Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Montebello QC. Includes interior and exterior views.
98 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 69 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 29 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Chateau Montebello, Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Montebello QC. Includes interior and exterior views.
Notes
Contains duplicates. Negatives and transparencies are stored in separate file boxes.
File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.
78 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.
Notes
Some of photographs are duplicates. Negatives and transparencies stored in separate file boxes.
Consists of 39 negative photographs (colour and b&w) and 10 colour transparencies. Content pertains to views of Banff Springs Hotel golf course, various views of the hotel (interior and exterior) and surrounding property, and images of the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel in Banff. Interior views inc…
49 Photographs: negatives and transparencies, colour and b&w
Scope & Content
Consists of 39 negative photographs (colour and b&w) and 10 colour transparencies. Content pertains to views of Banff Springs Hotel golf course, various views of the hotel (interior and exterior) and surrounding property, and images of the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel in Banff. Interior views include lounges and dining room.
Notes
Transparencies and negatives stored in separate file boxes. Items in this entry include duplicate copies of the same image in different formats (i.e. transparencies/negatives, b&w/colour, varying dimensions) including outer view of front of Banff Springs Hotel and surrounding forest/grounds.
Mostly consists of size 5x7 images