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Letters to Mother [March - August 1942]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on …

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 113

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 1.5 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], visits from friends, Kay Baker-Carr and her kids moving to Banff in April [D'Arcy is stationed in Hong Kong], uncertainties surrounding Pete's volunteer status in the war effort, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave [including the construction of new apartments], a visit from the Governor General in late April, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], going to the movies, bike riding and hiking, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, slide making and presentations, Pete and Catharine participating in an art show at [possibly] the Mount Royal Hotel, Jean Caird coming to visit for July, sightseeing trips around Banff National Park [including the Lake Louise area, Temple, and Bow Lake], going to the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, participating in the annual Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies hike in the Sunshine area [late July], Pete becoming the acting Quartermaster [for the Airforce?] in early August, painting/sketching, and various other Banff community activities.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. 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.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jack Walker; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Watson, Sir Norman; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Rungius, Carl; Greenham, Margaret; Baker-Carr, Kay; Baker-Carr, d'Arcy; Caird, Jean; Noble, George; Phillips, Walter J.

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Bicycles; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Canadian Pacific Railway; Cave and Basin; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Aid; First Nations; Hiking; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; King Edward Hotel; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Sightseeing; Ski areas; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sunshine Lodge; Sunshine Village; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Wildlife; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Calgary; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [May - December 1940]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the new…

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 109

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 109

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1.9 cm of textual records (116 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 29 to December 29, 1940. Topics include travelling back to Banff from a visit to Concord by car, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], news pertaining to the war [including Italy entering the war in June, British children being brought to Canada, the Blitz], the Lake Louise-Jasper highway officially opening [Pete and Catharine drive up for the weekend, their first visit to Jasper National Park], the deaths of Louise Rungius in May and Dave White in late June [also includes details of Dave's funeral], errand trips to Calgary [mostly to meet with Clifford about Dave's estate], Catharine and Pete's 10th wedding anniversary, visits to Bow Lake to paint throughout July and August [a large forest fire was burning about 30 miles north of Bow for most of July], Banff Indian Days, Pete joining the militia ["Non-Permanent Active Service" force part of the 2nd Battalion of the Calgary Highlanders], going on the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip in August, painting/sketching [including a short visit to Lake O'Hara in mid-August for this purpose], Catharine going to Concord for a few weeks in early September, Pete and Catharine going to Victoria at the end of September [Annie was having health issues and was advised to go to Victoria - they went to help], cleaning and household chores [including installing new blue linoleum in the kitchen], minor repairs to the roof and other outdoor work to the property, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, trips to Mount Temple Lodge to help Cliff with various chores, descriptions of meals, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete helping construct the basement of the Mount Royal Hotel, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], going to the movies, working on the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities, presents, and parties.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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. 109 - 17 contains a sketch of the Num-Ti-Jah Lodge's main building, recently completed. 109 - 56 contains a sketch of the ground floor of Pete and Catharine's home, including the new partition wall in the living room.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Simpson, Margaret; Rungius, Carl; Rungius, Louise; Brewster, Fern; Pocette, Mark; Paris, Cyril; Twoyoungmen, Jacob; Gest, Lillian; Phillips, Walter J.; Phillips, Gladys; Greenham, Margaret; Harris, Lawren

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Highlanders; Cave and Basin; Children; Christmas; Cinema; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Icefields Parkway; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Minniwanka; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Miette Hot Springs; Mountain; Mountain School; Mount Edith Cavel; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skating; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skoki Lodge; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Jasper; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Jasper National Park; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Victoria; Vancouver; Windermere; Radium; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Minnesota; Montana; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

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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 / 114

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. 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.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Whyte, Dorothy; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jack Walker; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Watson, Sir Norman; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Rungius, Carl; Noble, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Bow Lake; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Columbia Icefield; Columbia Icefield Chalet; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skiing; Ski areas; Trains; Transportation; Travel; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Icefield Parkway; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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(L-R) Tom Snow (Chuga), Isaac Twoyoungmen, Judas Hunter, Phil Moore, Pearl Moore, Enos Hunter

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Part Of: Eliza Hunter fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of a photograph print of Pearl & Phil Moore during the ceremony making them Blood Brother and Princess to the Stoney Nakoda band. Individuals in the photo include (L-R) Tom Snow (Chuga), Isaac Twoyoungmen, Judas Hunter, Phil Moore, Pearl Moore and Enos Hunter.

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1950]

Reference Code: V804 / PA - 10

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

2 images

Part Of: Eliza Hunter fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V804

Sous-Fonds: V804

Accession Number: 1077

Reference Code: V804 / PA - 10

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1900-1950]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 17.9 x 11 cm

Scope & Content: Item consists of a photograph print of Pearl & Phil Moore during the ceremony making them Blood Brother and Princess to the Stoney Nakoda band. Individuals in the photo include (L-R) Tom Snow (Chuga), Isaac Twoyoungmen, Judas Hunter, Phil Moore, Pearl Moore and Enos Hunter.

Name Access: Moore, Pearl; Moore, Phil; Hunter, Enos; Snow, Tom; Twoyoungmen, Isaac; Hunter, Judas

Subject Access: Family and personal life; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Portrait; Stoney Nakoda; Recognizing relations

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: Recognizing Relations number RR 517

Title Source: *Image was part of the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Stoney people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives. Title from annotation on the back of the print written by Catharine Robb Whyte.

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News scrapbook

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman an…

Date Range: 1933; 1935 - 1940; 1947; 1950; 1956; 1960 - 1965; 1968; 1969; 1974

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / IV / C : 1946 - 1970

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / IV / C / 1

GMD: Textual record; Published record; Newspaper clipping

Responsibility: Articles mainly published by the Crag and Canyon and the Calgary Herald

Date Range: 1933; 1935 - 1940; 1947; 1950; 1956; 1960 - 1965; 1968; 1969; 1974

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 52 pages ; 31 x 39 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook [possibly compiled by Maud Kidney] with ca. 100 newspaper articles and full pages attached inside. Contents pertain to golden wedding anniversaries of Frank and Alice Wheatley and Annie and Ulysses LaCasse; obituary notices for numerous individuals including Norman and Georgina Luxton, Jimmy Simpson Sr. and Jim and Fern Brewster; articles on achievements by Jimmy Simpson Sr., Norman Luxton, Norman B. Sanson and others; and other news including opinion articles, sports updates and articles on construction/expansion projects and local events held in Banff.

Notes: Newspaper articles attached to inside of scrapbook cover wide range of dates. Scrapbook has been placed in sub-series M74 / IV / C [1946 - 1970] as a large portion of articles fall within specified dates.; Some articles are loose in scrapbook

Material Details: Most newspaper clippings attached inside with adhesive, some items loose.

Name Access: Wheatley, Alice; Wheatley, Frank; Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Georgina; LaCasse, Annie; LaCasse, Ulysses; Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Kidney, Maude; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Sanson, Norman; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Harmon, Byron; Brett, Robert G.

Subject Access: Businesses; Calgary Herald; Community events; Commerce and industry; Crag and Canyon newspaper; Family and personal life; Funeral; Hockey; Sports; Travel; Tourism; Townsite development; Skiing; Politics; Photography; Advertising; Industry; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Banff National Park; Calgary

Access Restrictions: Physical access may be restricted due to fragile state

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Item has been tied with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together and prevent loss or misplacement of loose articles inside; Item stored flat and separately from other materials to prevent further physical damage; Consider digitizing contents of scrapbook and limiting access to the physical copy due to its poor condition and risk of loose contents

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure; Land, settlement and immigration; Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Pear and Phil Moore

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Pearl and Phil Moore on a beach [possibly in Hawaii]

Date Range: [ca. 1914-1959]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 594

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

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 - 594

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1914-1959]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Pearl and Phil Moore on a beach [possibly in Hawaii]

Name Access: Moore, Pearl; Moore, Phil

Subject Access: Portrait

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

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Personal and family photographs

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Part Of: Fred Brewster fonds

Scope & Content: Photographs pertain to Fred Brewster, the Brewster family, friends and Banff residents

Date Range: [ca.1887-1967]

Reference Code: V86 / IV / PA - 1 to 103; V86 / PA - 1 to 9 OS

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph

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Part Of: Fred Brewster fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M53 / V86

Series: IV. Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V86

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V86 / IV / PA - 1 to 103; V86 / PA - 1 to 9 OS

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca.1887-1967]

Physical Description: ca.115 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Photographs pertain to Fred Brewster, the Brewster family, friends and Banff residents

Notes: LIST OF PRINTS:; 1a Sarah (Irvine) Brewster; 1b Margaret (Irvine)Todd; 2a Jane (Donaldson) Thompson; 2b Joseph Donaldson; 3 William Donaldson and Catherine (Scott) Donaldson; 4 Mrs. John Brewster and family, ca.1887; 5 Portrait of William Andrew Brewster (brother of John) and his family, ca.1905; 6 Portrait of John Brewster, 1929; 7 Portrait of James I. Brewster, ca.1940; 8 St. John's College football team, Fred Brewster second from left, middle row, ;ca.1900; 9 Portrait of Harold Alderson Anderson, 1901 - 1903, St. John's College School, Winnipeg; 10 Queen's University Football Team, 1907, Fred Brewster top right; 11 [Queen's University Engineering class?], ca.1908; 12 [Queen's University Engineering class?], ca.1908; 13 Fred Brewster and three of his classmates at Queen's University, ca.1908; 14 Fred Brewster's Queen's University graduation portrait, 1909 (NA66/483); 15 Portrait of K. R. Daly; 16 Portrait of W. M. Campbell; 17 Portrait of unidentified graduate; 18 Portrait of G. J. McKay; 19 Portrait of Frank N. B lagen; 20 Portrait of Ed W. Brown Queen's, 1907; 21 Portrait of Shirley King Queen's, 1907; 22 Portrait of Karl Twitchell Queen's, 1907; 23 Portrait of Gwynn G. Gibbins Xmas, 1908; 24 Portrait of Ronald Hooper Queen's, 1908; 25 Portrait of A. Y. Jackson Queen's, 1909; 26 Portrait of Jno. K. Osborne April, 1909; 27 Portrait of Andy, nephew of Mrs. John Brewster; 28 Portrait of Charles E. Parke; 29 Professor John Guillim, Professor of Mining Engineering, Queen's University (Fred Brewster his assistant along B. C. coast working for Consolidated Mining and Smelting, 1907); 30 [Fred Brewster?] in uniform on horseback, ca.1917?; 31 [Fred Brewster?] and unidentified man in uniform on horseback. ca.1917?; 32 Two men pulling toboggan on the Athabasca River, ca.1919; 33 Two men pulling toboggan on the Athabasca River near Roche de Smet, ca.1919; 34 Unidentified canyon, ca.1919; 35 Unidentified winter scene, ca.1919; 36 Looking down into [Athabasca River Valley] from unidentified creek, ca.1919; 37 Man pulling toboggan, ca.1919; 38 Man pulling toboggan, ca.1919; 39 Unidentified stream in winter, ca.1919; 40 Unidentified winter scene, ca.1919; 41 Man with toboggan, ca.1919; 42 to 44 Two men on snowshoes, ca.1919; 45, 46 Man on snowshoes pulling toboggan up unidentified pass, ca.1919; 47 View toward (Athabasca River Valley?] from top of unidentified pass, ca.1919; 48 Fred and Jack Brewster with hunting trophies from Fowler party at Brewster and Moore corrals, 1919; 49 Hunting trophies from Fowler party, 1919; 50 First Nation grave (Cree) on Big Grave Flats, Sulphur River, 1920; 51 Unidentified log structure; 52 Party from camping trip Brazeau River and Icefield 1923. Left to right - David Guggenheim III, Fred Brewster, ? Hamilton, Hector Graham, George (Grader'., Joe Healy, Isaac Plante; 53 Jack Brewster, Courtnay Ryley Cooper and Irving Cobb in camp, 1929; 54 Camp scene with game on trip to Hay River with Fred Brewster, Harry Rowed, Charlie Borolin and Pete Withers, 1939; 55 Packing up in Fred Brewster's corral, n.d.; 56, 57 Horses in Fred Brewster's corral, n.d.; 58 Fred Brewster's Medicine Lake Camp?], n.d.; 59, 60 Fred Brewster's Medicine Lake Camp, 1927; 61, 62 Horses in Medicine Lake corral, n.d.; 63 to 71 Construction of [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], ca.1930; 72 Construction of [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], Jack Brewster third from right, ca.1930; 73 Construction crew on [Fred Brewster's Maligne Lake Lodge?], Jack Brewster second from right front row, ca.1930; 74 American Nature Association party with Fred Brewster, 1930; 75 Sir Frederick Banting, M.D., painting at Medicine Lake Chalet, ca.1930; 76 Tom McDonough, General Passenger Agent CNR, Donald "Curly" Phillips, Fred Brewster, Dick Langford and Digby Harris, ca.1925; 77 Lewis Swift?] in front of cabin, n.d; 78 Living room of Fred Brewster's Home, ca.1920; 79 Group with cars in front of Fred Brewster Limited Trading Company, ca.1925. Left to right: Harvey MacDougall, Fred Brewster, Ken Alexander, unidentified, Eaton Woolley, unidentified. Photographer: Joe Weiss; 80 Fred Brewster and dog, ca.1922; 81, 82 Fred Brewster, Fern Brewster and dog, ca.1922; 83 Group of skiers in front of car; first party of women skiers to visit Columbia Icefield and Snowdome, March 1939. Left to right - Fred Brewster, Harold Taylor, Dorrie Horsfal, Jack Brewster, Merle Brewster, Doris Kensit. Photographer: Morris Taylor; 84 Fred Brewster and Mrs Ewan (Ivan) Moberly, age 79, July 1941; 85 Jack Brewster at mouth of Castleguard Cave, n.d; 86 Jack Brewster and Columbia Icefield Chalet sign, ca.1940; 87 Jack Brewster at Columbia Icefield, ca.1940; 88 Jack Brewster in Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies marquis tent, n.d., Photographer: F. W. E. Round; 89 Jonas Rider, Jim Brewster and Amos Bigstoney in Banff Indian Days parade, ca.1935; 90 Brewster burial plot, n.d.; 92 Gathering of 3 generations of John Brewster's family on steps of P. A. Moore home, ca.1940. Left to right, front row - Mrs. James I. "Del" Brewster, James I. "Jim" Brewster, Fern Brewster Clarkson, Pearl Brewster Moore, John Brewster, unidentified, unidentified; second row - [George Clarkson?] , unidentified , unidentified, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Edmee Moore, Frederick A. Brewster, ; third row - Col. Philip A. Moore, unidentified (with baby) , [George O. Brewster'; Mrs. Jack (Merle) Brewster, Jack W. Brewster; back row - unidentified, unidentified, Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster, unidentified; 93 William A. "Bill" Brewster, Fern Brewster Dooley, unidentified, Mrs. James I. "Del" Brewster, unidentified , Pearl Brewster Moore at Banff station, ca.1955; 94 Gathering of Brewster family on lawn of James I. Brewster home, August 1964. Left to right, front row - Frederick A. Brewster, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Mrs. Jack "Merle" Brewster, Mrs. George "Barbara" Brewster; back row - Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster, Mrs. Pearl Brewster Moore, unidentified, Mrs. Claude "Ruth" Brewster; 95 Gathering of Brewster family on lawn of James I. Brewster home, August 1964. Left to right - Frederick A. Brewster, William A. "Bill" Brewster, Mrs. Pearl Brewster Moore, Forrest O. "Pat" Brewster; 96 Mrs. Fern Brewster Dooley and Harry Dooley at Lake Louise, August 1964; 97 Fred Brewster standing beside Pyramid Lake road, November 16, 1967; 98 Charles Leroy with first milk cow to come to Banff on Banff Avenue, 1888; 99 Portrait of Tom Wilson, 1929; 100 Packtrain crossing Jonas Pass, 1924. Photographer: Byron Harmon; 101 Portrait of an unidentified woman, n.d.; 102 Campanula lasiocarpa (Alpine Harebell) at Big Shovel Pass, n.d.; 103 Fern and Harry Dooley, Winter 1958-1959 LIST OF OS PRINTS:; 1 Six sons of John Brewster, ca.1906. Left to right, front row - James I. "Jim" Brewster, Forrest 0. "Pat" Brewster, Frederick A. "Fred" Brewster back row - William A. "Bill" Brewster, Jack W. Brewster, George O. Brewster; 2 St. John's College Champion Debaters, 1906; 3 Queen's University Mining Engineers, Class 1907; 4 Carnival Masquerade, Banff Feb. 13th, 1920; 5, 6 CPR staff in early days; 7 St. John's College Lacrosse Club, 1902. Welford photo; 8 St. John's College Junior Hockey Team 1903. Welford photo; 9 The First Post Office in Banff ... 1890? [four seated children - left to right: unidentified, Bill Brewster?, unidentified, Jim Brewster?; men standing: Tom McQueen (left) and Dick Donahue [Postmaster]

Name Access: Brewster, Bill; Brewster, Fred; Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jim; Brewster, Pat; Brewster, Pearl; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl

Subject Access: Activities; Brewster Brothers; Brewster Transport Company Ltd.; Buildings; Family; Family and personal life; Landscapes; Mountains; Photography; Portrait

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Trip Diaries

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …

Date Range: 1948-1957

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes

Sous-Fonds: M67

Sub-Series: i. Diaries

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1948-1957

Physical Description: 7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter. M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers. M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers. M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954. M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs. M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest. Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Ernest; Hinman, Caroline; Moore, Phil; Smith, Soapy (Herbert Alonzo)

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Community; Environment and Nature; European travel; Family and personal life; First Nations; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Membership; Mountaineering; Mountains; Outfitting; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Off the Beaten Track; Pack trips; Parks Canada; Record keeping; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and leisure; Stoney Nakoda; Tourism; Trails; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Pipestone Pass; Saskatchewan River; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Jasper; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Kootenay National Park; Yoho National Park; Vancouver; Alberta; British Columbia; Pennsylvania; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Phil Moore

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of Col. Phillip Moore wearing a suit and bowtie - possibly a passport photo

Date Range: [ca. 1914-1959]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 606

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

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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 - 606

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1914-1959]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of Col. Phillip Moore wearing a suit and bowtie - possibly a passport photo

Name Access: Moore, Phil

Subject Access: Portrait

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

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Stephen J. Thompson fonds

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Part Of: Stephen J. Thompson fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to views along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, B.C. to Canmore, Alberta. Also includes Banff views, including Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Bow Valley, Banff townsite and Brett Hospital operating room.

Date Range: [ca.1895-ca.1905]

Reference Code: V116 / PA - 1 to 45

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Stephen J. Thompson fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V116

Sous-Fonds: V116

Accession Number: 286, 2887, 5105, 5358, 6158 (PA -special storage formerly under accn.16,000), 6220

Reference Code: V116 / PA - 1 to 45

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca.1895-ca.1905]

Physical Description: 45 photographs : prints

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to views along the Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, B.C. to Canmore, Alberta. Also includes Banff views, including Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Bow Valley, Banff townsite and Brett Hospital operating room.

Notes: IMAGES : 1. Looking up the Fraser near Salmon River [ca.1892] 2. Hell’s Gate, Fraser Canyon [ca.1892] 3. Looking down the Thompson near Kamloops [ca.1892] 4. Junction of the North and South Thompson near Kamloops, BC [ca.1892] 5. Albert Canyon [ca.1892] 6. Natural Bridge on the Kicking Horse River, near Field [ca.1892] 7. Mt. Stephen showing Silver Mine [ca.1892] 8. CPR showing four Tunnels [ca.1892] 9. Stoney Creek Bridge, Selkirks, CPR [ca.1892] 10. The Great Divide, Summit Rockies, CPR [ca.1892] 11. Emerald Lake, near Field, BC [ca.1892] 12. From Great Glacier, showing Glacier House [ca.1892] 13. A round-up on the cattle ranges near Kamloops, BC [ca.1892] 14. Winter scene at the Glacier House, Selkirks [ca.1892] 15. Fishing fleet at the mouth of the Fraser [ca.1892] 16. Brunette Bridge, New Westminster [ca.1892] 17. Lake Louise, near Laggan, CPR [ca.1892] 18. Three Sisters, Canmore [ca.1892] 19. Cannery fish house [ca.1892] 20. [Unidentified men posing below a Red Wood tree] [ca.1892] 21. Operating Room, Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital, Banff Alta [ca.1892] 22. Sundance Canyon, Banff [ca.1892] 23. Looking up the Thompson, Spences Bridge [ca.1892] 24. [View of the Bow River Bridge and Cascade Mountain] [ca.1900] 25. The “Basin,” Banff [ca.1900] 26. [CPR Hotel, Banff] [ca.1900] 27. [Bow River Bridge and Cascade Mountain] [ca.1900] 28. [View from Tunnel Mt. Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta] [ca.1900] 29. [View of CPR Hotel from Tunnel Mt.] [ca.1900] 30. Devils Head Canyon, Banff [ca.1900] 31. [Rundle Mountain, Banff] [ca.1900] 32. The “Basin,” Banff [ca.1900] 33. [Unidentified river and dirt road] [ca.1900] 34. [View of Bow River from CPR Hotel, Banff] [ca.1900] 35. [Looking down on The "Basin," Banff] [ca.1900] 36. [Dr. Brett's Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff] [ca.1900] 37. [Lake Minnewanka] [ca.1900] 38. [View of the town of Banff from Tunnel Mt.] [ca.1900] 39. [Eastbound road to Banff and Cascade Mt.] [ca.1900] 40. View from Upper Hot Springs, Banff [ca.1900] 41. View from Tunnel Mt. Dr. Brett’s Private Hospital and Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta [ca.1892] 42. CPR Hotel, Banff [ca.1892] 43. The Basin, Banff [ca.1900] 44. On the Kootenay Lake, BC [ca.1892] 45. Bow River Falls, Banff [ca.1892]