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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. |
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Guiding
trip photographs. -- 1909-1950. -- ca.2800 photographs (ca.1200
prints, ca.1600 negatives). -- 6 photograph albums (378 prints) --
Standard photographs pertain to reconnaisance trips with partner Cyril
Watmough, 1909-1911, and with clients, 1907-1950, in particular with
four families (Bennett, Crosby, Bovey and McKnight families), their
relatives and friends, who made many trips with Riggall starting in
1913. -- Title based on contents of s-s-series. -- Negative extent is
based on assumption that a negative exists for each image in print
form. Negatives are 9.5cm x 12cm and smaller. Some negatives have
imprint captions and are marked "Riggall Photo" -- Negatives donated
by John Russell and Dale Burton. -- File arrangement by trip / client
was developed by the archivist. -- Location : V26 / III.A.1. - 1 to
41.
Photographs
by subject. -- 1903-1954. -- ca.5490 photographs (ca.2745 prints,
ca.2745 negatives) -- Standard photographs pertain to landscape,
hunting, trapping, gunsmithing, camps, clients, family and friends,
wildlife and fauna. Wildlife subjects include animals in their
habitats, as well as hunting trophies. Portraits / old timers include
numerous Waterton and Twin Butte families, packers and pioneers, as
well as friends of the Riggalls. -- Title based on contents of
sub-series. -- Negatives are 9.5cm x 12cm and smaller. Some negatives
have imprint captions and are marked "Riggall Photo" -- Negatives
donated by John Russell and Dale Burton. -- Arrangement is based on a
subject filing scheme developed by the photographer. One category
(Twin Butte} added by the archivist. -- Location : V26 / III.A.2. - 1
to 25.
Panorama
photographs. -- [ca.1910s-ca.1955] -- ca.2200 photographs (ca.1000
prints, ca.1000 negatives) : 9.5 x 30 cm and smaller. -- Files consist
of views produced in the course of Riggall's guiding, hunting,
naturalist and photography activities. Images are primarily mountain
and high alpine views in and around Waterton Lakes National Park;
Glacier National Park (Montana); continental divide of British
Columbia and Alberta; prairie views east of Waterton. Includes Riggall
homes and home ranch, Hawk's Nest lodge, Waterton townsite and
surrounding areas in Waterton Lakes National Park, vicinities of Twin
Butte and Pincher Creek; backcountry hunting and fishing trips,
clients, camps, horses, climbing, parties on summits and views from
same; South Kootenay Pass, Akamina-Kishenina areas, Oldman River
Valley including gap in the Livingstone Range, South Castle and West
Castle areas. Some negatives have imprint captions and are marked "Riggall
Photo" -- Title based on contents of files. -- Identifications by the
photographer have been supplemented by Doris "Babe" Burton, daughter,
in the 1980s and 1990s; and by John Russell, donor and grandson of
Bert Riggall, 2000. -- Negatives donated by John Russell and Dale
Burton. -- Negatives are 6cm x 17.5cm and 9.5cm x 30cm, taken with
Kodak Panoram cameras #1 and #4.
-- Location
: V26 / III.B.
Dufaycolor
transparencies. -- [1938-1943] -- ca.500 photographs : transparencies;
col. -- Photographs are primarily mountain landscapes, Waterton Lakes
region; Twin Butte area landscapes; flora and fauna, especially
wildflowers, birds and bird nests; pack trains, client trips and camp
views, including sheep hunting, Kishenena, Wall Lake, Kintla Lake and
Twin Lakes, northwest branch of the Oldman River, Beehive Mountain and
area, Gap district. Includes three #1 panoramas. -- Title based on
contents of files. -- Dates based on images and textual records. --
Location : V26 / III.C.1.
Kodachrome
transparencies. -- [1930s-1950s] -- ca.180 photographs :
transparencies; col. -- Photographs pertain to wildflowers, domestic
flower studies, Riggalls' Pincher Creek home and environs, British
Columbia trip, Carl Austin at Cochrane, Bill Wilson and Barbara (Riggall)
Wilson, Burton / Riggall family, Dora Riggall's grave. -- Title based
on contents of files. -- Gift of Andy Russell and Dale Burton. --
Location : V26 / III.C.2.
Photography
papers. -- 1919-1954. -- 3 cm of textual records. -- Records consist
of technical notes on cameras, exposures, film, filters, lenses,
processing, etc.; shot lists and classification scheme for negatives;
information and statements from suppliers re black and white and
Kodachrome photography. -- Title based on contents of files. --
Location : M376 / 97, 98.
Dufaycolor
photography papers. -- 1940-1943. -- 1 cm of textual records. --
Records consist of instructions, price lists and receipts re the
Dufaycolor colour transparency process used extensively by Bert
Riggall. -- Title based on contents of file. -- Location : M376 / 99. |