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Letters to Mother [May - July 1932]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7437
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 28 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 1932 to July 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, more work on Peter and Catharine's home, Fern Brewster's engagement and marriage, land and lots along Bow Avenue, news in Concord [includin…
- Date Range
- 1932
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 88
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 88
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (155 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 28 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 1932 to July 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, more work on Peter and Catharine's home, Fern Brewster's engagement and marriage, land and lots along Bow Avenue, news in Concord [including the death of Catharine's Aunt Helen and Edith Morse Robb's health], conversations with Earl Spencer, the death of Ruth Carpenter Mather [and subsequent reactions of family and locals], visiting and sketching in Yoho, a trip with Barbara Carpenter White to Vancouver, a trip with Barbara Carpenter White and Mary Schaffer Warren to Yoho, Catharine trading a painting for a grizzly hide, Peter getting a commission to paint a pair of portraits, Peter and Catharine's work hanging at the Banff Springs Hotel, painting trips to Larch Valley, Lake O'Hara and other locations, attending the Calgary Stampede [and corresponding art exhibition and an invitation to participate from Gwen[?] Hutton], and interactions and house visits from locals and others [including Norman Luxton, Jackie White, Fern Brewster, Tex Woods, the Moore family, the Brewster family, Earl Spencer, Barbara Carpenter White, Allan Mather, Fred Armbrister, Betty Painter, Belmore Browne, Mary Schaffer Warren, Frances James, Vic Kutschera, Carl Rungius, Frances and Murray Adaskin, Charlie Beil, Lila White Stockand, Norman Knight, Rupe and Chessy Edwards, Cyril Paris, Ted Paris, Dorothy White, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Oakes [from Boston], Dan McCowan, Mr. Polenski, Mr. Kingsman, and Annie White].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Mather, Allan
- Brewster, Fern
- Spencer, Earl
- Crosby, Lou
- Luxton, Norman
- "Tex" Vernon Wood
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Armbrister, Fred
- Painter, Betty
- Browne, Belmore
- Warren, Mary Schaffer
- Kutschera, Vic
- Rungius, Carl
- Adaskin, Murray
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- McCowan, Dan
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artists
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Cinema
- Community life
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
- Lake O'Hara region
- Marriage
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Painting
- Portrait
- Property
- Stoney Nakoda
- Whyte House
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Concord
- Calgary
- Vancouver
- Yoho National Park
- Shadow Lake
- Castle Mountain
- Larch Valley
- Moraine Lake
- Lake O'Hara
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lunch at Opabin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52837
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Adeline Link, J.E.H. MacDonald, Catharine Whyte, and Peter Whyte sitting on a grazzy slope - Peter has his head down looking at something in his lap, possibly a sketch - "Lunch at Opabin Pete [illegible] 1930" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 25
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 25
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Adeline Link, J.E.H. MacDonald, Catharine Whyte, and Peter Whyte sitting on a grazzy slope - Peter has his head down looking at something in his lap, possibly a sketch - "Lunch at Opabin Pete [illegible] 1930" written on the back in pencil
- Name Access
- Link, Adeline
- MacDonald, J. E. H.
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Hiking
- Mountains
- Opabin Lake
- Picnics and picnicking
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a marmot on rocks with a mountain in the distance - "Marmot on Odaray bench" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 31
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 31
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a marmot on rocks with a mountain in the distance - "Marmot on Odaray bench" written on the back in pencil
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mountain landscape
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52838
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Lake O'Hara with a mountain range in the distance - "Adilade [illegible] up on the Opabin trail" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 26
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 26
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Lake O'Hara with a mountain range in the distance - "Adilade [illegible] up on the Opabin trail" written on the back in pencil
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mountain landscape
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52846
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a lake through trees and mountains in the distance - "from top of trail to Opabin" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 34
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 34
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a lake through trees and mountains in the distance - "from top of trail to Opabin" written on the back in pencil
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Mountain landscape
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52848
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Opabin Pass with trees in the foreground - "Opabin Pass from Opabin Meadows" written in pencil on the back
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 36
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 36
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Opabin Pass with trees in the foreground - "Opabin Pass from Opabin Meadows" written in pencil on the back
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Odaray Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52840
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Odaray Mountain from across valley - "Odaray from rocks to Oesa" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 28
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 28
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Odaray Mountain from across valley - "Odaray from rocks to Oesa" written on the back in pencil
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Peter Whyte painting at Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51480
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte wearing a light-coloured hat with a painter's box on his lap sitting on the shore of Lake O'Hara - mountains [possibly Mt. Schaffer] visible in the distance
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 104
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 104
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1936]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte wearing a light-coloured hat with a painter's box on his lap sitting on the shore of Lake O'Hara - mountains [possibly Mt. Schaffer] visible in the distance
- Name Access
- Whyte, Peter
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Peter Whyte Sept 1937 Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions50268
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte wearing hobnail boots, seated on a stump -written on back "Peter Whyte Sept 1937 Lake O'Hara - Mr and Mrs H. G. Evans, Spring Love Roxborough, Phila., P.A. Merry Christmas - we are still talking about our visit to your charming home in Banff"
- Date Range
- 1937
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 122
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 122
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1937
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print (front and back); b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Peter Whyte wearing hobnail boots, seated on a stump -written on back "Peter Whyte Sept 1937 Lake O'Hara - Mr and Mrs H. G. Evans, Spring Love Roxborough, Phila., P.A. Merry Christmas - we are still talking about our visit to your charming home in Banff"
- Name Access
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Hiking
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 49 b&w, prints. The prints pertain to Peter and Catharine's activities and interests. Prints document some hiking and painting trips out near Abbot Pass, Opabin, and Oesa. People include Peter and Catharine, Richard Jack, J. E. H. MacDonald, Rudolf Aemmer, Neil Begg, George K. K. L…
- Date Range
- 1929 to 1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 1 to 49
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
91 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 1 to 49
- Date Range
- 1929 to 1930
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 49 prints; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 49 b&w, prints. The prints pertain to Peter and Catharine's activities and interests. Prints document some hiking and painting trips out near Abbot Pass, Opabin, and Oesa. People include Peter and Catharine, Richard Jack, J. E. H. MacDonald, Rudolf Aemmer, Neil Begg, George K. K. Link, and an unidentified woman. Landscapes include the Abbot Pass Hut, Victoria Glacier, the Opabin Trail, Lake O'Hara, and McArthur.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- MacDonald, J. E. H.
- Aemmer, Rudolf
- Jack, Richard
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, George K.K.
- Link, Adeline
- Subject Access
- Abbot Pass Hut
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artist
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backpacking
- Bears
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Clothing and dress
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Glaciers
- Hiking
- Lake O'Hara region
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Scenery
- Trails
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Abbot Pass
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a stream with a series of small waterfalls with trees in the background - "[illegible] Cataract on way to Opabin" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 27
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 27
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a stream with a series of small waterfalls with trees in the background - "[illegible] Cataract on way to Opabin" written on the back in pencil
- Subject Access
- Hiking
- Streams
- Waterfalls
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of waterfalls on rocky cliff face from above - "snow[?] sisters" written on the back in pencil
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 32
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 32
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1929-1930
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of waterfalls on rocky cliff face from above - "snow[?] sisters" written on the back in pencil
- Subject Access
- Mountains
- Waterfalls
- Geographic Access
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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