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Letter to Mother [August - November 1932]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7438
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 37 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1932 to November 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, a trip to Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp to sketch and paint [with the Links], plans to get Skoki ready for the season, visiting Lake McArth…
- Date Range
- 1932
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 89
- 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 / 89
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (137 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 37 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1932 to November 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, a trip to Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp to sketch and paint [with the Links], plans to get Skoki ready for the season, visiting Lake McArthur, Castle Mountain Camp and Lake Louise, helping painter Mr. Jack find good painting spots and learning painting techniques from he and Carl Rungius, the engagement of Catharine's brother Russ, daily life in Concord [including Uncle George's finances after Stock Market Crash and Olive possibly not attending college], the marriage of Elizabeth Bosley, Peter and Cliff creating a dark room above the store and enlarging negatives and photographs, packing things into Skoki, painting J.D. Curren, making plans to head east for the holidays, and visiting with locals and others [including Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. Link, the Moore family, Carl Rungius, Mrs. Kerr, the Earl of Bessborough, Cyril Paris, Ted Paris, Norman Knight, Earl Spencer, Vic Kutschera, Jimmy Simpson and his cook, Jessie McClure, Margarite Orr [?], J.D. Curren, and Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Jennings].
- 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note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive.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, Clifford
- Curren, John Donaldson
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Rungius, Carl
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Paris, Cyril
- Paris, Ted
- Knight, Norman
- Spencer, Earl
- Kutschera, Vic
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Jennings, P. J.
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artists
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Camps
- Castle Mountain
- Community life
- Dave White and Sons Store
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
- Lake O'Hara region
- Marriage
- Painting
- Photography
- Portrait
- Ski lodges and cabins
- Skoki Lodge
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Concord
- Yoho National Park
- Lake O'Hara
- Lake Louise
- Castle Mountain
- Skoki
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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Letters to Mother [February - April 1933]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7439
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 34 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between February 1933 and April 1933. Topics include daily life in Banff, preparing for the season at Skoki, the Rankins sending a ski racing trophy, Peter attending a hockey game in Canmore, daily life…
- Date Range
- 1933
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 90
- 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 / 90
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (110 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 34 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb between February 1933 and April 1933. Topics include daily life in Banff, preparing for the season at Skoki, the Rankins sending a ski racing trophy, Peter attending a hockey game in Canmore, daily life in Concord [including honeymooning Russ and Kitty and where they will live in Concord and Boston], lists names of the Boston ski crowd, the death and aftermath [including funeral] of Kit Paley after an avalanche at Skoki, dealings with the lawyer Mr. Bing, returning to Skoki with more guests, Barbara Carpenter White's pregnancy and heading east with her mother [and possibly visiting Edith Morse Robb], and visits with locals and others [including Mr. and Mrs. Jack, Jimmy Boyce, Vic Kutschera, Cyril Paris, Norman Knight, Agnes Hammon, and Aileen Harmon].
- 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
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Paley, Christopher (Kit)
- Harmon, Aileen
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Avalanches
- Backcountry skiing
- Churches
- Community life
- Family and personal life
- Funeral
- Hockey
- Ski areas
- Ski lodges and cabins
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- St. George's-in-the-Pines Anglican Church
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Skoki
- Concord
- Canmore
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
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Letters to Mother [February - May 1932]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7436
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detail…
- Date Range
- 1932
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 87
- 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 / 87
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (151 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 27 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 1932 to May 1932. Topics include Catharine's travel back to Banff [from Concord?], Peter and Catharine going into the ski business with Skoki, setting up Skoki lodge for business [with a detailed description of interior], the first ski party, the ski visit of Russel Robb Jr. and group, the death of Edwin Noble, daily life in Banff, people in Concord, and meeting and working with various locals and Skoki guests [including Tex Woods and his daughter Ruth Woods, Vic Kutschera, Norman Knight, Cyril Paris, Ike Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Rankin, Rupe Edwards, Bill Niche, Waddy [Wattie?] Potts, Kingman ski party, Ulysses LaCasse, Bill Oliver, Russel Robb Jr., Charlie Pierson, and Faith Donaldson] and going to see Noel Odell speak about Everest.
- 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. It appears that one letter is unfinished or has missing pages. 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, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- "Tex" Vernon Wood
- Spencer, Earl
- Kutschera, Vic
- Knight, Norman
- Mills, Ike
- Paris, Cyril
- Edwards, Rupe
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Strom, Erling
- Subject Access
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Cave and Basin
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Activities
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff Jasper Highway
- Buildings
- Community life
- Cross-country skiing
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Personal and Family Life
- Roads
- Sports and leisure
- Skiing - History
- Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies
- Skoki Lodge
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Alberta
- Concord
- Skoki
- Deception Pass
- Assiniboine
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [July 1930 - October 1930]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7433
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brews…
- Date Range
- 1930
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 84
- 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 / 84
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brewster, Jim Brewster, Guy Davenport, Sid Graves, Sid Brewster, Mary Vaux Walcott, Jimmy Simpson, Byron Harmon, Fern Brewster, Wayne Palmer, Fred McCauley, Mrs. Brett, Julia Raymond, Pearl Moore, Edmee Moore, Philip Moore, J.E.H. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Link, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, George Brewster, Jessie McLean, Buddy van Dyke, Dorothy Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, Fred Arbrister, Neil Begg, Rudolph Aemner,] painting outdoors, people in Concord, meeting Noel Odell of the 1924 Everest Expedition, a fire at a tea house in town, plans for building their home [including a sketch of the lots along Bow River], visiting Castle Mountain Camp and Kicking Horse Tea House, description of Skoki Lodge building plans [with Cliff White, Cyril Paris, and Ike Mills], and builders Earl Spencer and Spud White, and painting in Morley [Mrs. Twoyoungmen, John Simian or Black Buffalo, Jonas Richson [?], Dan Wildman and other illegible names], the climb to Abbot Pass, Lake Oesa, and Lake O'Hara Camp.
- 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
- Brewster, Bill
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jim
- Brewster, George
- Davenport, Guy
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Harmon, Byron
- Graves, Syd Brewster
- Paris, Cyril
- Mills, Ike
- Rungius, Carl
- Spencer, Earl
- Link, Adeline
- Link, George K.K.
- MacDonald, J. E. H.
- Browne, Belmore
- Mather, Allan
- Wildman, Dan, Sr.
- Curren, John Donaldson
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- White, Clifford
- Aemmer, Rudolf
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Armbrister, Fred
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Bow River
- Camps
- Castle Mountain
- Climbing
- Community events
- Community life
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Hiking
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Japanese
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
- Lake O'Hara region
- Log structures
- Moore House
- Mountains
- Pack trips
- Painting
- Paris Tea Room
- Personal and Family Life
- Property
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Summit
- Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp
- Geographic Access
- Abbot Pass
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Castle Mountain
- Concord
- Lake Louise
- Yoho National Park
- Field
- Lake O'Hara
- Skoki
- Morley
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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