Archives & Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
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Bert Riggall fonds |
 "Naming the Peaks" [Bert Riggall pointing]
(Bert Riggall fonds - V26) |
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Bert Riggall fonds. -- [ca.1865]-1959, predominant [ca.1890]-1959. -- ca.14,000 photographs. -- 16 photograph albums. -- ca.2 m of textual records and print material. -- 4 multimedia records. -- ca.30 cartographic records. -- Frederick Herbert (Bert) Riggall, 1884-1959, was a mountain guide, outfitter, hunter, trapper, rancher, naturalist, photographer, writer and gunsmith/loader in southern Alberta, Canada. Bert and Dora (Williams) Riggall homesteaded, ranched and operated their guiding and outfitting business adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park. Daughters, Kay Riggall (Russell), 1909-1984, and Doris "Babe" Riggall (Burton), 1910-1999, were able riders, markswomen and packtrain workers. Bert Riggall was renowned for his knowledge of botany, geology, zoology, wilderness life and lore, as well as literature and current affairs. He was also an accomplished photographer who specialized in wildlife and landscapes. -- Fonds consists of 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. -- Location: M376 / V26. Detailed fonds description - Archives Network of Alberta provincial database
I. Personal and professional Personal and professional series. -- 1884-1959. -- 56 cm of textual records. -- 10 graphic records. -- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Diaries and notes, 1900-1956 (1. Diaries and notebooks, 2. Reminiscences and notes); B. Correspondence, 1907-1959; C. Personal papers, 1884-1959 (1. Personal, 2. Artwork, 3. Publications re home, school and travel). Diaries and notebooks consist of trip diaries, photography notebooks and general notebooks. Included are trip accounts, personal biography, lists re horses, camps and grub, pack train business itineraries, personal travel accounts, photography shot lists, and other. Correspondence consists mainly of letters from clients, friends, family and suppliers regarding guiding, hunting and fishing trips, personal matters, guns, photography, taxidermy, other. Includes some copies of out-going letters.-- Constitutes Series I of the Bert Riggall fonds.
II. Business and financial Business and financial series. -- [ca.1910]-1959. -- 34 cm of textual records. -- 30 cartographic records. -- ca.230 photographs. -- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Guiding and ranching, [ca.1910]-1952 (1. Stationery, 2. Lists, 3. Maps, 4. Client papers and photographs, 5. Guiding organizations, 6. Hitch photographs); B. Gunsmithing, shooting and loading, [ca.1910-ca.1955] (1. Business records, 2. Print material); C. Financial records, 1909-1957. Client papers and photographs pertain mainly to pack trips and hunting trips led by Bert Riggall for the “Four Families,” consisting of the Franklin M. Crosby, Charles C. Bovey, Russell M. Bennett and Sumner T. McKnight families of Minneapolis, Minnesota. -- Constitutes Series II of the Bert Riggall fonds.
III. Professional photography Professional photography series. -- 1900-1955. – ca.11000 photographs (ca.4945 prints, ca.5345 negatives, ca.680 transparencies). – 6 photograph albums (378 prints). – 4 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of five sub-series: A. Standard photographs, 1903-1954, ca.8290 photographs, 6 photograph albums (1. Guiding trips, 2. Subjects); B. Panoramas, [ca.1910-ca.1955], ca.2000 photographs; C. Transparencies, [ca.1930-ca.1955], ca.680 photographs (1. Dufaycolor, 2. Kodachrome); D. Textual records, 1915-1954, 4 cm. (1. General, 1915-1954, 2. Dufaycolor, 1940-1943). Subjects categories of standard photographs include the following categories established by the photographer: sheep, bear, deer, elk and moose, birds and nests, fish and fishing, flowers, snakes and insects, pack trains and horses, camps, hunting and climbing scenes, mountains, landscape, Waterton Lakes, ranch, [Twin Butte], dogs, Pincher, portraits / oldtimers, copies, rifles, interiors, geology and fossils. – Constitutes series III of the Bert Riggall fonds.
IV. Writing Writing series. -- 1906-1957. -- 10 cm of textual records. -- Series consists of four sub-series: A. Manuscripts, 1906-1950; B. Published magazines, 1922-1957; C. Lecture outlines, [ca.1935-ca.1950]; D. Newspaper articles and letters to the editor, 1914-1956. -- Constitutes Series IV of the Bert Riggall fonds.
V. Natural history Bird and plant records. -- 1904-1954. -- 8 v. of textual records (15 cm) -- Records consist of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity. -- Title based on contents of files. -- Constitutes Series V of the Bert Riggall fonds. -- Location : M376 / 108 to 115.
VI. Other interests Other interests series. -- 1913-1956. -- 4v. of textual records (10 cm). -- 10 published reproductions. -- 36 cm of print material. -- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Clippings, 1914-1956; B. Annotated books, 1907-[ca.1940]; C. Collected, 1913-1952 (1. Philip Goodwin reproductions, 2. Print material). -- Constitutes Series VI of the Bert Riggall fonds.
VII. Riggall family Riggall family series. -- [ca.1865-1959]. -- 16.5 cm of textual records. -- ca.1700 photographs. -- 1 photograph album. -- Series consists of four sub-series: A. Bert and Dora Riggall family, 1884-1959 (1. Dora Williams Riggall personal papers; 2. Family correspondence; 3. Family photographs); B. Williams family photographs, after 1890; C. Frederick W. and Fanny Riggall, ca.1865-1956 (1. Papers; 2. Photographs); D. Allan Riggall papers and photographs, 1902-1940. -- Constitutes Series VII of the Bert Riggall fonds. |
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The Bert Riggall fonds was processed with financial support of the Canadian Council of Archives, 2001-2002. On-line finding aid funded by the Archives Society of Alberta, 2002-2003 |