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…
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.
File consists of 20 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…
File consists of 20 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.
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…
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)
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…
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.
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
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.