The personal and family series consist of files related to Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith Johannsen as well as Alice Johannsen's private papers.
Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith Johannsen files (Files 1-35) date from 1884 to 1987 and include honorary degrees, awards, newspaper clippings, newsletters, ski related files such as Ski Marathon, Ski Museum, and publications by Jackrabbit- a collection of small "Skiers' Books" and "Le systeme a deux cires Jackrabbit pour ski de fond". Files related to Norway consist of notes, photographs, correspondence and newspaper clippings. Part of the series is correspondence related to "Jackrabbit" such as incoming handwritten letters, birthday cards to "Jackrabbit", handwritten letters in Norwegian to Alice and her sister Peggy from "Jackrabbit" (some in Norwegian), handwritten and typed letters to "Jackrabbit" in Norwegian from Alice and and relatives in Norway, some photographs, and fan mail. Letters from relatives in Norway to Alice and other family correspondence is almost entirely handwritten.

Black and white and color photographs as well as some negatives (Files 36-48) ranging from 1913-1991, consists of pictures of "Jackrabbit", Alice, friends and family. Also included are a few black & white photographs of Ron Turnham.

Slides in color taken by Alice Johannsen deal mostly with her father whether it is the Ski Marathon, trips to Norway, or Jackrabbit's other events. These slides span from 1956 to 1988 (Files 718-735, 738). There are also slides of Alice in Mont Tremblant in 1964 (File 736), and slides of Alice and Ron Turnham during the Royal Visit in 1959 (File 737).

Alice Johannsen's daily diaries and appointment books are handwritten and date from 1935 to 1988 (Files 49-55).

Files related to Alice Johannsen's Beaconsfield residence and its construction span from 1948 to 1982 (Files 56-58). Files related to household (handwritten Christmas lists) date from 1941 to 1980 9Files 59-61). Files related to household (handwritten Christmas lists) date from 1941 to 1980 (Files 59-61). Files documenting Alice's hobbies and interests, such as budgies, designs, and souvenirs from Expo 1967 range from 1946 to 1985 (Files 62-66).

Personal papers range from 1911 to 1990 and include passports, birth certificate, ration books and invitation to the White House from Mrs. Kennedy (Files 71, 78-79). Present also is Alice's curriculum vitae, biography, correspondence regarding jobs not taken spanning from 1935 to 1989 (Files 81-83), wedding gifts correspondence and marriage articles from the years 1940 to 1946 (Files 81-68), Ron Turnham's curriculum vitae and will from 1975 to 1978 (Files 69-70). There are also files containing business cards, electoral lists from Mont St. Hilaire, driver's license, pension and health plan, and charitable contributions dating between 1971 and 1991 (Files 72-77).

Included in the series also are newspaper clippings about Alice and Alice's brother Robert Johannsen from the Years between 1937 and 1984 (Files 84-85).

Alice's involvement in various societies and organizations (The James McGill Society, Women's Associates of McGill, Sigma Xi, Lake Placid Historical Society, Adirondack Trail Improvement Society, Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing, The Viking Ski Club, Canadian Scandinavian Foundation) dates from 1925 to 1990 (Files 80, 86-101).

Alice's interest in traveling is shown in files with her handwritten reflections on trip to Norway, Switzerland, London, Grand Canyon and others (Files 102-115). These files date between 1935 and 1986. An interesting scrapbook from a tour to Norway and Sweden organized by Alice in 1938 is to be found in file 104.

Large part of this series form correspondence files ranging from 1915 to 1991. This is mostly personal correspondence with family and friends, and a small portion of official correspondence. The official correspondence deals mainly with subjects regarding "Jackrabbit", and also includes letters regarding Alice's entry in Who is Who in America, correspondence with Prime Minister P. E. Trudeau and McGill Alumni (Files 118-129). Some correspondence files also contain outgoing letters and notes by Alice, and photographs. Included are handwritten letters, some of which are in Norwegian, between Alice's mother and father and herself.

Alice's passion for writing is documented in several files dating between 1936 and 1954, containing mostly handwritten article and song drafts, notes and correspondence (Files 117, 130-144).

An important part of Alice Johannsen's personal series are files documenting her academic training. This consists mostly of her course notes and textbooks from Newark Museum Apprenticeship, correspondence, Carnegie scholarship documents, traveling exhibition notes, draft for British Museum Diploma Thesis, an original Bachelor of Science Diploma from McGill University, awards and honorary degrees. These files date from the years 1928 to 1981 (Files 145-169).

The Redpath series are administrative records of the Redpath Museum during the time Alice Johannsen was assistant curator, assistant director and director of Redpath Museum.

This series consists of budgets and reports, as well as exhibits organized by Alice Johannsen, correspondence, publications by Redpath staff members, newspaper clippings and directories.

Correspondence occupies an important part of the series and ranges from 1919 to 1971 (Files 197-280). These files include correspondence with McGill University principals and vice-principals, board of governors, departments (accounting, bursar, comptroller, registrar, building and grounds, extension and), associations, museums, galleries, universities and various individuals. The correspondence deals with staff records, gifts to Redpath Museum, loans from the museum and problems. The correspondence files also contain letters to and from E. L. Judah, predecessor to Alice Johannsen. Included in the correspondence files are also handwritten notes, by Alice ranging from 1928 to 1971.

The budgets, budget applications, estimates and approvals for Redpath and McCord museums are from the years 1928 to 1971 and are mostly typed including a few handwritten notes by Alice (Files 170-178). Monthly and annual reports are typed and range from 1939 to 1969 (Files 179-183).

Minutes and agendas of meetings of McGill Museum Committee date from 1943 to 1949 (File 184).

Alice Johannsen also accumulated articles written by Redpath staff members dating from 1955 to 1970 (File 196).

Newspaper clippings relate to McGill University Museums and are from the years 1946 to 1970 (File 185).

Redpath Museum Docent's Manual from 1968 (File 186), curator lists from the years between 1962 and 1967 (File 187) and the Museums Directory of the United States and Canada from 1961 are part of this series. (File 188).

Files documenting exhibits organized by Redpath Museum contain Alice's handwritten notes, labels and exhibits plans, sketches and pamphlets. These files date from 1944 to 1966 (Files 189-195).

This series is mainly composed of photographs relating to Jasper’s professional life, including portraits, group portraits with colleagues, and scenes from symposia, conferences, and award ceremonies. Some personal photographs, including portraits of family members, and scenes from ski outings and travel, are included as well (Container 10).

This series is comprised primarily of the final as-released or as-distributed programs, in various versions and formats. It also includes some dailies, conversions, sound and other elements. Occasional paperwork was found with this series consisting of lab reports and production records.

Several production titles were selected for more comprehensive documentation. For these titles, a significant volume of production elements and camera materials were retained. These titles are: Durham County (2007-2009), television series; Human Trafficking (2005), television miniseries; The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2002), television movie; Savage Messiah (2001), feature film; Tales from the Neverending Story (2000-2002), television series, and television movie; This is Wonderland (2003-2006), television series; University (2002), television miniseries.

This series contains journals, scrapbooks and numerous agendas and address books belonging to both J.W. McConnell and his wife Lily. This series also includes an agenda used by Kathleen McConnell Laing. The material in this series dates between 1887 and 1960.

The journals written by J.W. McConnell and his wife were almost all started before a major trip (e.g. the Coronation trip taken in 1952) but do not contain detailed narratives and were never continued for any lengthy period. The notes and entries that were recorded discuss both business and personal/family observations. The many scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and letters concerning J.W. McConnell’s business interests, accomplishments, the Montreal Star and family members. The McConnells also kept many articles and ephemera related to British Royal Family members and the McConnells’ involvement in Montreal society and fundraising efforts. There also exists a significant scrapbook compiled after J.W. McConnell’s death containing obituaries from Canadian and international newspapers.

This series documents Trigger’s scholarly contributions, in the form of conference papers, publications, reviews, and editorial work for peer-reviewed publications, mainly from his years at McGill University’s Department of Anthropology, 1963-2006. Professional correspondence is also found within these files, which are arranged by date of conference or publication date. These files demonstrate Trigger’s prolific publication output, his correspondence with an extensive network of colleagues in the international
research community, as well as the diversity of his research interests, ranging from indigenous cultures to ancient civilizations.

Files relating to conferences and symposia, as well as reviews, articles, and books provide insight into Trigger’s approaches to organizing his research, some of the major contributions he made to the field, as well as his role as a much sought after lecturer. Record types include correspondence, conference proceedings, manuscripts, articles, reprints, editorial guidelines, drafts, and lecture notes, 1949-2006 (Container 1, Files 1- 43; 44-134; Container 3, Files 135-206; Container 4, Files 209-278; Container 6, Files
290-296; 298-308; 311-312, 316, 320, 335-336; Container 7, Files 337-349, 351-361, 363-404; Container 8, Files 420, 422-424; Container 9, Files 430-484; Container 11, Files 524-537; Container 12, Files 561-564; Container 14, Files 573-578, 580, 586-588, 599; Container 15, Files 602-604, 619-620; Container 16, Files 641-642, 645-646; Container 17, Files 647-659, 661, 664-674, 676-723). These files document Trigger’s passion for archaeology, his efforts to stay current in terms of the literature in the field, and his respected position in the international arena. For example, Trigger was the editor of Volume I of the prestigious Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas. Artwork for this volume, as well as book reviews, reveal Trigger’s level of involvement with the project, 2003 (Container 14, File 598). Conferences of note include the Seagram Lectures I and II at the University of Toronto (1986) where Trigger delivered a paper entitled “The Historian’s Indian: Native Americans in Canadian Historical Writing from Charlevoix to the Present”, 1989-1997, 1985-1986 (Container 1, Files 41, 42), and the Fourth Gordon Childe Memorial Lecture at the Institute of Archaeology, the University of London (1982). Trigger’s lecture, entitled “If Childe were Alive Today”, 1981-1983 (Container 3, File 175) is a fine example of his long standing research interest in V. Gordon Childe and Childe’s contributions to archaeological theory and his relationship to Soviet/ Marxist archaeology, 1977-1986 (Container 3, Files 142-143, 174-175.

Materials relating to Trigger’s books include drafts of published and unpublished manuscripts, research notes, reviews, and correspondence with colleagues and publishers, as well as translations of these works into numerous languages, 1990-2004 (Container 1, Files 19, 20; Container 3, File 192; Container 6, Files 294, 311; Container 15, File 621-622; Container 7, File 372; Container 9, Files 482-483). Records pertaining to Trigger’s seminal texts contain complete drafts, manuscript notes, correspondence, and publication information. For example, The Children of Aataentsic, 1975-2002 (Container 2, Files 95-96; Container 3, File 196; Container 7, File 342 ; Container 9, File 434, Container 14, File 579; Container 17, File 662, 663, 675, 710, 718 ); Understanding Early Civilizations, 1995-2005 (Container 6, File 295; Container 11, Files 525-537; 6 Container 15, File 618), and A History of Archaeological Thought, 1989-2004 (Container 6, File 301; Container 7, File 340, 371; Container 9, File 460) are comprehensive in this regard. In particular, A History of Archaeological Thought, which also includes notes for the revised edition, 1991-2002 (Container 11, Files 524), as well as correspondence with Cambridge University Press regarding the index for the book, demonstrate the writing, editorial, and publication processes from the perspective of an academic in a comprehensive manner, 1989-2004 (Container 15, Files 614-1-617, 623-626).

A comprehensive list of Trigger’s publications is available in the accession file.

This series documents Trigger’s scholarly research activities, primarily from his years as a professor in McGill’s Department of Anthropology; as well, some scrapbooks, photos, and slides record his archaeological fieldwork in Northern Ontario when he was a student during the 1950s, as well as his time in Egypt and the Sudan as a professional archaeologist during the early 1960s.

Textual records include research notebooks from Trigger’s student days (Container 14, Files 589-590) and his research material for his biography of Gordon Childe, 1936-1993 (Container 8, Files 425-427). Trigger’s office library in McGill’s Leacock building contained reading notes, correspondence with author’s from books and journals housed in Trigger’s library, and clippings that were interfiled within the publications in the library, 1972-2006 (Container 10, Files 485-508). These files are arranged alphabetically by author or by publication. Further evidence of Trigger’s research activities and approaches to organizing research materials is found in a card catalogue tray that is alphabetically arranged by author. Additionally, reading notes that were organized by country/ geographical area of interest reveal the breadth and scope of Trigger’s research interests (Container 13, Files 565-572; Container 14, Files 591-594).

Scrapbooks containing photos, news articles, correspondence, and archaeological plans document Trigger’s time as a field work archaeologist. More specifically, a Sheek Island Scrapbook, Molson Fieldnotes, in 2 volumes, and hand drawn maps and notes of Nubia capture the essence of archaeological methodology, as well as the excitement involved in archaeological fieldwork, 1957 1985 (Container 19, Files 742-745). A file entitled Sheek Island papers, contains additional photos and newsclippings on this early excavation where Trigger participated as a student, 1957 (Container 4, File 208).

This series consists of personal materials ranging from biographical information to records documenting Trigger’s student life to honours and awards. This series also contains newspaper clippings on Trigger, as well as personal correspondence files.

Biographical information consists of correspondence with biographical information sources such as Who’s Who, as well as a curriculum vitae and official documents such as an expired passport, 1984-2005, 1961, 2006 (Container 8, Files 405, 406; Container 6, File 323). Textual records include newspaper clippings and articles on Trigger, including Boyce Richardson’ article in Saturday Night, 1958-1996 (Container 15, File 581; Container 4, File 207; Container 6, File 326), which celebrates Trigger’s intellectual
contributions to society. Also included in this series are files entitled “Lubicon Business”, 1987-1988 (Container 5, 281-284), which provide a thorough overview of Trigger’s resignation from the board of the McCord Museum when members refused to join a First
Nations’ organized boycott of an exhibition of native artifacts at the Calgary Olympics, as well as a subject file entitled “Native Issues”, 1978-1991 (Container 6, File 327) which reveals his interest in First Nations’ issues. Trigger’s lengthy involvement with the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal, including his participation in the Presbyterian College Continuing Education Program, is also documented here, 1992, 1998-2005 (Container 7, File 362; Container 16, File 640). Agendas from Trigger’s office record his daily appointments and deadlines, 1984-2005 (Container 16, Files 627-633).

Trigger’s activities as a student are documented by old high school and university yearbooks, 1953-1979 (Container 8, File 416; Container 10, Files 417-418); his Sigma Xi initiation and certificate, 1963 (Container 8, File 411; Container 21, File 2); as well as his university degrees, 1959-1964 (Container 21, Files 6-7) and University of Toronto class graduation photos, 1959 (Container 21, File 20 and unnumbered). A selection of Trigger’s student papers reveals Trigger’s early scholarly potential, 1958-1959 (Container 12, Files 539-540; Container 14, Files 584-585; Container 16, File 637). A play manuscript entitled Ikhnaton: A Verse Play in Five Acts demonstrates Trigger’s effort at creative writing (Container 8, File 414). These records reveal how Trigger carefully documented his past, commencing in his teenage years, as well as his level of involvement in both scholastic and extracurricular activities. Additional correspondence files include early job offers from several universities, 1959-1961 (Container 4, File 279; Container 5, File 289).

Nominations of friends and colleagues for diverse awards, his own awards and accompanying letters and speeches, as well as memberships in honourary societies, 1983 (Container 8, File 412) reveal the extent of Trigger’s social network and his prominence in his field. In particular, Trigger’s nomination of Jerome Rousseau, a colleague and friend in McGill’s Department of Anthropology, for the Royal Society of Canada, demonstrates Trigger’s regard for others, 1999 (Container 12, Files 563). Another example of this includes Trigger’s convocation speech for the awarding of Dr. Marc-Adélard Tremblay’s honourary degree, 1998 (Container 5, File 287). This series also contains correspondence files, certificates, convocation programs, and convocation speeches from Trigger’s own honourary degrees which he received from McMaster University, 1999 (Container 5, File 286); the University of Waterloo, 1990, 1987-1990 (Container 5, File 288; Container 8, File 410); the University of New Brunswick, 1987- 1990 (Container 14, File 583; Container 8, File 410); the University of Western Ontario, 1987-1995 (Container 17, File 660; Container 8, File 410; Container 21, File 13); the University of Toronto, 2002-2003 (Container 6, File 297; Container 21, File 13; Container 16, File 643); and the University of Waterloo, 1990-1993 (Container 7, File 350).

Trigger earned such distinctions as the Order of Canada (Container 6, File 310, 328); the Innis Guérin Medal (Container 8, File 407); the Corn Planter medal (Container 8, File 408); the Ordre du Quebec, 2001 (Container 12, File 541); and the Prix du Quebec, 1991-2001 (Container 12, File 543). Associated artifacts, certificates, plaques, medals, and memorabilia are also found here, 1955-2006 (Container 21, Files 1, 2-5, 8-12, 14- 18, 26). Additional speech notes, news clippings, and correspondence files accompany Trigger’s many honours, 1958-2006 (Container 6, File 321; Container 10, File 518; Container 15, File 611; Container 16, File 639; Container 8, File 409).

The impact of Trigger’s fifty year distinguished career as an archaeologist is best exemplified in Retrospection: The Archaeology of Bruce Trigger, in which 22 of his colleagues and friends reflect on his significant contributions to the discipline of archaeology, 2003-2006 (Container 6, File 318). Trigger, himself, reflects on his own career in an interview by Eldon entitled “Understanding Antiquity- Bruce Trigger on his life’s work in archaeology”, 2005-2006 (Container 6, File 319; Container 15, File 609). Correspondence files, conference programs, and drafts for Trigger’s festschrift and symposium demonstrate the stature he attained as a scholar, 2003 2006 (Container 15, Files 612-613).

Trigger’s declining health is documented by get well cards and correspondence from friends, students, and close colleagues, and letters of condolence to his family in the aftermath of Trigger’s death, 2006 (Container 6, Files 324, 322; Container 21, Files 23- 25). Trigger’s obituary, eulogy, and funeral program are also found in this series, 1954- 2006, 1985-2006 (Container 6, Files 329-334; Container 8, File 415, 428-429; Container 10, Files 519-523).