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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Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.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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Natural landscapes, winter sports, Woodworth and Kidney families

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 25 photographs [most loose, some with matboards/backings, one in book-style folder]. Content pertains mostly to natural landscapes, plants, wildlife, mountain scenes, etc. in the Canadian Rockies. Other photographs pertain to 1912 Banff Midgets hockey team, RCMP officers, Jack Kidn…

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1912; [ca. 1920]; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1978

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 145 to 165

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: V324 / IV : Family, friends and community records

Sous-Fonds: V324

Sub-Series: V324 / IV / E : Maude Kidney Collection

Accession Number: 3109

Reference Code: V324 / IV / E / PA - 145 to 165

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Responsibility: Some photographs produced by Jack D. Anderson Jr.

Date Range: [ca. 1900]; 1912; [ca. 1920]; [ca. 1935 - ca. 1940]; 1978

Physical Description: 25 photographs : b&w and col. prints ; 23 x 28 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 25 photographs [most loose, some with matboards/backings, one in book-style folder]. Content pertains mostly to natural landscapes, plants, wildlife, mountain scenes, etc. in the Canadian Rockies. Other photographs pertain to 1912 Banff Midgets hockey team, RCMP officers, Jack Kidney and friends [ca. 1935], Freddie Hare visiting Forest Kidney at Mineral Springs Hospital in 1978, an ice sculpture by Charlie Beil outside of the Mount Royal Hotel, an early elementary school class photograph [ca. 1900?], and Fred Woodworth's World War I memorial in Ypres.

Notes: File contains duplicates; Photographs in this file were accompanied by notes made shortly before or after accession in 1979 giving names/contextual information about photographs. Some notes are by Jim Deegan, 1987. Information has been transferred to the back of each photograph.

Name Access: Kidney, Forest H. (Pop); Woodworth, Fred; Dalgleish, Harry; Brewster, Pat; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Dalgleish, Aubrey; MacDonald, Archie; Woodworth, Percy; Sibbald, Hugh; Alexander, Bobby; MacAulay, Jack; Crosby, Rob; Edwards, Rupe; Locke, Gerald; Edwards, Chess; Beil, Charlie

Subject Access: Sports; Hockey; Ice sculpture; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Horses; Mountain; Animals; Moose; Mineral Springs Hospital; School; Children; World War I; Memorial

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Ypres; Belgium

Access Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Some items have been placed in mylar sleeves or interleaved with acid-free paper to prevent surface damage

Category: Environment; Family and personal life; Arts; Education; Military; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Other material. -- [before 1970]

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Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Scope & Content: Sketches by Stan J. (Windy) Carr, [before 1924?], 9 items; on Lake Louise Chalet notecards. -- Watercolours by Leonard M. Davis, 1921, 1925/26, 2 items. -- Sketches, drawings, n.d., 8 items : 7 original, 1 printed. -- Studio and camp for Carl Rungius [blueprint], 1922?, 1 item (M78 / 300 os G). -- …

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1970]

Reference Code: M78 / VII / 300

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M78 / S16 / V577

Series: VII. Other

Sous-Fonds: M78

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M78 / VII / 300

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1970]

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records and art works : one oversize

Scope & Content: Sketches by Stan J. (Windy) Carr, [before 1924?], 9 items; on Lake Louise Chalet notecards. --; Watercolours by Leonard M. Davis, 1921, 1925/26, 2 items. --; Sketches, drawings, n.d., 8 items : 7 original, 1 printed. --; Studio and camp for Carl Rungius [blueprint], 1922?, 1 item (M78 / 300 os G). --; Envelopes addressed to or from Simpson family members used to send negatives.; Miscellaneous, 1930s, n.d., 8 items.

Notes: Oversize stored in os G

Name Access: Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Margaret; Simpson, Mary (Hallock)

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Content Details: M78/VII/301 added to series 2021-08-16, source unknown.

Processing Status: Processed

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Publicity Scrapbook

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Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of mainly newsclippings, programs, and advertisements of Mary and Margaret Simpson's skating career. Also includes letters to various Simpson family members, also concerning the Simpson sisters' skating career.

Date Range: 1929-1943

Reference Code: M78 / 283

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record

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Part Of: Jimmy Simpson family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M78 / S16 / V577

Sous-Fonds: M78

Sub-Series: IV / A / 2 Simpson Sisters professional papers: Scrapbooks

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M78 / 283

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record

Date Range: 1929-1943

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (66 pages ; 26 x 29.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of mainly newsclippings, programs, and advertisements of Mary and Margaret Simpson's skating career. Also includes letters to various Simpson family members, also concerning the Simpson sisters' skating career.

Name Access: Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Margaret; Simpson, Mary (Hallock)

Subject Access: Advertising; Awards; Banff Skating Club; Banff Winter Festival; Biographical; Community events; Entertainment; Newspaper; Personal and Professional Life; Skating

Geographic Access: Banff; Canmore; Calgary; Drumheller; Seattle; Banff National Park; Alberta; Washington; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Conservation: Great: pages and clippings in good condition ; very minor amount of yellowing of newspaper clippings.

Title Source: Title written on cover of scrapbook

Processing Status: Processed

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Summer 1946 Canadian Rockies Trip

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 107 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1946 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…

Date Range: 1946

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 101 to 110

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 101 to 110

GMD: Film; Photograph; Transparency

Parallel Title: R79-1 to R124-15. -- 1943-1947 V225 / NS - 4

Date Range: 1946

Physical Description: 107 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 107 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1946 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, fishing, and wildlife. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook. Titles: Reel 101 Aug 946 2. Lake Louise - crowd watching fish being put in lake 3. Mr. Martin by tank on truck 5. Upper trail to Plain - Jimmie and Miss Michael[?] 7. Balsom blue cones - Lefroy in b.g 8. Englemann spruce [blue ones] Aberdeen in b.g. 9. Acralacycle[?] from Lefroy 10. Blue balsam cones 11. Red spruce cones Aberdeen in b.g. 12. Blue balsam cones - close up 16. Salomons seal - beta 18. Pine cones against the metre game Aileen 21. JImmie taking photo flowers on table 23. Birds in mud hole on drive 25. Poppies and lawn of Chateau 32. Poppies against windows 35. [Reflections in} one [window] and people inside 38. Staff house and Bow Valley Reel 102 August 1946 1. Don M[?]day 4. Edee, Polly and Phyl on trail to Agnes 6. Avalanche from Lefroy 7. Mrs. M[?]day taking picture 9. [Marmot] by spruce 10. Ground squirrel on rock 11. Aberdeen 13. Not printed 14. Agnes Lake through [illegible] Reel 103 "R3" Aug 13-1946 3. White flower and stump [Emerald Lake] 7. Party for East Past on Bordeau 10. 4 climbers 11. 2 girls 13. [Crescent Peak and climbers] 15. Brenta Mt 18. View from Summint East Ast 19. Same further to the right 20. Cook rings gong - Irene Norris [?] 21. Photographer Reel 105 Ready Mts Aug 22-1946 1. Glacier Tour. Rex gibon by crevasse 7. Party on wide snow bridge 9. Bea Martin[?] by crevasse 11. Rex on snowfeild (better) 12. Same vertical 13. Snow patch and Pigeon 15. Descent on far side - glacier slope 16. Party going down snow below glacier 17. [Party going down snow] lower down 18. Party at Boulder camp 19. [Party at Boulder camp] different 20. [Party at Boulder camp different] 21. Picnic on river flat near camp. party on log Reel 106 Sept 16-1946 2. Edward and Measeurolls[?] 3. Measurolls[?] and Polly on porch Mitchell Hut 4. Polly at lake below Kiwetinok Pass 6. Falls just above Hut in [illegible] valley 7. From Emerald Pass towards Em. Lake 10. Peyto Lakes towards Bow Glacier 13. Caldeon Lake - Polly and Aileen H. 14. [Caldeon Lake] trail back - Kay 15. [Caldeon Lake] first[?] view (on last) fr. [Kay] 16. [Caldeon Lake] above Lake looking towards Bow 17. Bow glacier and Mt Rhonda 18. Polly on lakeshore (above Narrows) Dolomite Peak 19. Polly on boulder below Crowfoot gl. 21. Polly on boulder below Crowfoot [illegible] Reel 107 Sept 13-1946 1. Kay on boulder-bridge over canyon 2. L.G. [on boulder-bridge over canyon] 4. Lake Mary from far end 5. [Lake Mary from] nearer end - Polly 6. [Lake Mary from nearer end] vertical 9. [Kay and Polly on top] facing Yoho? [Yoho crossed out] 10. [Kay and Polly on top] and Bow Lake 11. [Kay and Polly] along ridge on snow 13. Kay taking drink at lake on glacier 16. Mr and Mrs Jim Simpson 17. Mrs. Simpson and Mary 18. Mary Simpson 21. Sheep on bank above Louise Road 22. Sheep on ridge above Louise Road 24. Banff R.R. station 27. 202 Muskrat St. Mother at gate 28. [202 Muskrat St. Mother at gate] nearer 29. Back door - Mother and boy cutting wood 30. L.G. and cabin 31. BHG in cahir on lawn 35. Sheep - Lake Louise Road 37. [Beaver in pond] 38. [Beaver in pond] Reel 108 1. View toward Mt Royal Hotel from 202 2. Buffalo and Fairholme Mts - baby 11. [Mt. Cascade] and delphiniums 17. Mt Edith fr. Sundance Creek and Rd. 19. Same fr. road, toward fishing creek Reel 109 Sept 18 '46 1. Bow Valley from upper Hot Springs 2. Airplane at airport 6. L.G on Sulphur Mt 8. Town of Banff and Mt Cascade fr. Sulphur 10. Caroline below observatory closer 11. [Caroline below observatory] closer 13. Mt. Rundle fr [Sulphur Mt.] 15. Bow Valley fr. [Sulphur Mt] and Lake Minne. 16. Tea House on Sulphur 17. Caroline and trail down 18. Flag on Admin Bldg. and aireplane 20. Sunshine Resorder[?] 21. Scotty Wright's house 22. 202 Muskrat and BHG 23. BHG and Sig in chairs Reel 110 Oct 1-1946 1. Bow Falls from distance 4. 2 buffalo through trees 10. Bear coming towards camera 12. [2 bears near box] b.g. better 14. View down Bow and Hoodoo 15. Sid and June at Hoodoo Lookout 16. Sid (and June) [at Hoodoo Lookout] 18. [BHG on chair on lawn] front view 21. [Pair canithus] near view 22. [Pair canithus] near porch

Notes: Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists. Reel 104 entirely used for other slide shows.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Mary (Hallock)

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Automobiles; Backpacking; Boats; Buildings; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Fishing; Flowers; Glaciers; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horses; Hotels; Landscapes; Mountain; Mountains; Mountaineering; National parks and reserves; Organizations; Outfitters; Pack trips; Personal and Professional Life; Photography; Recreation; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation; Swiss Guides; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Peyto Lake; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Lake O'Hara; Lake MacArthur; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada