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Letters to Mother [July - November 1952]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7477
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 34 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 3 to November 3, 1952. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visitis from friends, photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs, installing electrical outlet…
- Date Range
- 1952
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 131
- 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 / 131
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (63 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fond level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 34 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 3 to November 3, 1952. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visitis from friends, photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs, installing electrical outlets in the living room, trips to Bow Lake, Banff Indian Days [including having David and Peggy (Rider) Bearspaw stay the night with Peter and Catharine during a bad storm], the Jasper Park Lodge burning down [July 15], the funeral for John Murray Gibbon, camping/sketching trips to Yoho National Park, several visits by Rockwell and Betty Kent, and leaving for a road trip to Concord for Christmas [Peter and Catharine left in late October and drove to Massachusetts]. Also includes an airmail card.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.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 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. 131 - 07 [dated July 24, 1952] describes making a sound recording with Jacob Twoyoungmen and family. See S37 / 73 for actual recording 131 - 08 appears to have been cut 3/4 up the page prior to accession.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Ward, Sam
- Moore, Pearl
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Philpott, Cecil
- Whyte, Jon
- Bearspaw, David
- Bearspaw, Peggy
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Kent, Rockwell
- Kent, Betty
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Winter
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Norman Luxton photographs
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits of Norman Luxton, alone, with family members and friends, or dogs. Includes shots of him inside and out front of the Trading Post, scenic landscaps, wildlife, candid sidewalk portraits, a collection of stuffed and mounted animal taxidermy, and Norman Luxton's enlistment f…
- Date Range
- [ca.1927-1961]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 - 4 / PA - 01 to PA - 50
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
67 images
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- I.D.1. Personal and professional : Personal and family life
- Sous-Fonds
- I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / D1 - 4 / PA - 01 to PA - 50
- Date Range
- [ca.1927-1961]
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs : b&w ; 21.5 x 28.6 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits of Norman Luxton, alone, with family members and friends, or dogs. Includes shots of him inside and out front of the Trading Post, scenic landscaps, wildlife, candid sidewalk portraits, a collection of stuffed and mounted animal taxidermy, and Norman Luxton's enlistment form.
- Notes
- PA - 14 & 15 have accompanying letters rehoused to Luxton correspondence before scanning. Prints with duplicates have only one scanned.
- Name Access
- Luxton, Norman
- Bearspaw, David
- Subject Access
- Automobiles
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bison
- Buffalo
- Businesses
- Children
- Dogs
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Hoodoos
- Indigenous Peoples
- Portrait
- Photography
- scenic
- Stoney Nakoda
- Swimming
- Taxidermy
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- N/A
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- PA - 17 was removed at some point, there is an out slip with no date or name, and has not been returned.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Stoney Nakoda portraits, other photographs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55364
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits of various Stoney Nakoda people (including members of the Bearspaw, Hunter and Wildman families), as well as Joshua Wetsit of the Assiniboine Sioux First Nation in Montana. Some photographs are accompanied by handwritten notes with information pertaining to the photograph…
- Date Range
- [1905-1915]
- 1915
- [1920-1940]
- 1929
- 1939
- 1950
- 1957
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PA - 559 to 592
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E6 : Photographs : Stoney
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E6 / PA - 559 to 592
- Responsibility
- Photographs produced by Mitchell Studio (Baltimore, Maryland); Harry Pollard; Byron Harmon; Nicholas Morant; and Ernest Kehr. Some photographs not attributed
- Date Range
- [1905-1915]
- 1915
- [1920-1940]
- 1929
- 1939
- 1950
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 34 photographs : b&w prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of portraits of various Stoney Nakoda people (including members of the Bearspaw, Hunter and Wildman families), as well as Joshua Wetsit of the Assiniboine Sioux First Nation in Montana. Some photographs are accompanied by handwritten notes with information pertaining to the photographs.
- Name Access
- Hunter, Eliza
- Hunter, George
- Hunter, John
- Hunter, Nat
- Hunter, Eddie
- Stevens, Job
- Wildman, Dan, Sr.
- Ware, John
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Bearspaw, David
- Luxton, Georgina
- Wesley, Peter
- Beaver, Timothy
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Family and personal life
- Children
- Portrait
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Morley
- Calgary
- Access Restrictions
- Some items are fragile- handle with caution
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Some items stored in mylar
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Tipi lineup (R-L) David Bearspaw (Ozîja Thiha) tipi, Jonas Rider tipi, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) tipi
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of tipis lined up with mountains in the background at Banff Indian Days 1954, (R-L) David Bearspaw (Ozîja Thiha) tipi, Jonas Rider tipi, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) tipi.
- Date Range
- 1954
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1888
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Transparency
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36
- V683
- S37
- Series
- V683 / III
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Sub-Series
- V683 / III / B : Peter and Catharine Whyte Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / B / NS - 1888
- Parallel Title
- 7/17/54
- Other Title Info
- Parallel title is original title
- Date Range
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. transparencies ; 35 mm
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of tipis lined up with mountains in the background at Banff Indian Days 1954, (R-L) David Bearspaw (Ozîja Thiha) tipi, Jonas Rider tipi, George McLean (Tatâga Mânî) (Walking Buffalo) tipi.
- Name Access
- Rider, Jonas
- Bearspaw, David
- McLean, George
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Indigenous Peoples
- First Nations
- Teepees
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Related Material
- See file level description
- Title Source
- Information provided by Stoney Nakoda Elders during the Recognizing Relations project, an archives initiative undertaken in 2014 to identify Indigenous people in photographs held in the Whyte Museum Archives.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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