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Norquay, ski racers and activities. -- [ca.1940, n.d.].

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Part Of: Lloyd Harmon fonds

Scope & Content: Mount Norquay ski area.

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V108 / 1400 - 1412

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

2 images

Part Of: Lloyd Harmon fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V108

Series: I. Candid, action and scenic views

Sous-Fonds: V108

Reference Code: V108 / 1400 - 1412

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 13 negatives : 8 x 10.5 cm.

Scope & Content: Mount Norquay ski area.

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V108 / 1402, 1403, 1404, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Avenue. -- [ca.1940]

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V469 / 3605

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V469

Series: III. Mixed views

Sous-Fonds: V469

Reference Code: V469 / 3605

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 negative : 6 x 9 cm

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V469 / 3605

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Avenue, winter. -- [ca.1940]

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V469 / 3606

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V469

Series: III. Mixed views

Sous-Fonds: V469

Reference Code: V469 / 3606

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 negative : 8.5 x 11.5 cm

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Avenue, Winter. -- [ca.1940]

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V469 / 3607

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V469

Series: III. Mixed views

Sous-Fonds: V469

Reference Code: V469 / 3607

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 negative : 8 x 11.5 cm

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V469 / 3607

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Avenue, Winter. -- [ca.1940]

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V469 / 3608

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V469

Series: III. Mixed views

Sous-Fonds: V469

Reference Code: V469 / 3608

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 negative : 8.5 x 11.5 cm

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V469 / 3608

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow River Bridge, Banff view to Cascade Mountain. -- [ca.1940]

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V469 / 3609

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

1 image

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V469

Series: III. Mixed views

Sous-Fonds: V469

Reference Code: V469 / 3609

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 1 negative : 6 x 9 cm

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V469 / 3609

Processing Status: Processed

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Bow Valley, view west. -- [ca.1940]

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Part Of: George Noble fonds

Scope & Content: Pertains to Bow River

Date Range: 1940

Reference Code: V469 / 3610 - 3612

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

3 images

Part Of: George Noble fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V469

Series: III. Mixed views

Sous-Fonds: V469

Reference Code: V469 / 3610 - 3612

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1940

Physical Description: 3 negatives : 8.5 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: Pertains to Bow River

Access Restrictions: Access by appointment only

Location (Copy): V469 / 3612

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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Harold S. Blight fonds

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Part Of: Harold S. Blight fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs by Blight pertaining to Banff and Great Divide on May 31, 1942. Also includes two postcards collected by Blight.

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: V70

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Part Of: Harold S. Blight fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: V 70

Sous-Fonds: V 70

Accession Number: 3981

Reference Code: V70

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 13 photographs : prints, postcards

History / Biographical: Harold S. Blight was in the Canadian Army and travelled through the Canadian Rockies on a troop train in 1942.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs by Blight pertaining to Banff and Great Divide on May 31, 1942. Also includes two postcards collected by Blight.

Name Access: Blight, Harold S.

Subject Access: Family and personal life

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Creator: Blight, Harold S.

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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[Sundance, Gleichen, Morley]

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs that are mainly portraits of Blackfoot men numbered one through thirteen and identified on a note: "Blackfeet June 25.26.27. 1943," Author unknown, possibly Fern Gully includes similar note with numbers one to fifteen.

Date Range: 1943

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / NA - 23 to NA - 39

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected Material: Photographs

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E / 6 : Stoney

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / NA - 23 to NA - 39

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1943

Physical Description: 17 photographs : b&w negatives ; 7 x 4 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs that are mainly portraits of Blackfoot men numbered one through thirteen and identified on a note: "Blackfeet June 25.26.27. 1943," Author unknown, possibly Fern Gully includes similar note with numbers one to fifteen.

Notes: See PA for identification note.

Subject Access: Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; Portrait; Tipi; Sundance

Geographic Access: Morley; Alberta

Access Restrictions: Access restricted

Related Material: See corresponding 27 prints (includes duplicates) LUX / I / E6 PA-121 to PA-147.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [June - December 1944]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 3 to December 31, 1944. Topics include day to day life, Catharine travelling to and from Calgary to meet Pete on weekends [sometimes staying in Calgary, sometimes coming back to Banff], news pertai…

Date Range: 1944

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 118

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; 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 / 118

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1944

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (106 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 3 to December 31, 1944. Topics include day to day life, Catharine travelling to and from Calgary to meet Pete on weekends [sometimes staying in Calgary, sometimes coming back to Banff], news pertaining to the war [D-Day, the liberation of Rome, the death of Mussolini], Pete's work and movements as part of the RCAF, weather, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, painting, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, gardening and yardwork, wildlife, Banff events, events and people in Concord, the Calgary Stampede, going to the movies, train travel between Banff and Calgary, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the filming of a Lassie movie in Banff National Park in September, going to Ottawa when Pete is reassigned to Air Force Headquarters in October [Catharine goes with him], Catharine going to Concord for November and then returning to Ottawa, Pete and Catharine returning to Banff/Calgary to begin Pete's discharge, and Christmas/New Years Eve parties and activities. Also includes postcards.

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 letters written on hotel, Canadian Pacific Railway, and RCAF letterhead. 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; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; White, Annie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Whyte, Jon; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Whyte, Barbara; Stockand, Lila (White); Stockand, Cameron; Brewster, Fern; Strom, Erling; Harmon, Lloyd; Harmon, Eileen; Jackson, A. Y.; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Paris, Cyril; Paris, Mary; Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Kerr, Jasper

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Gardening; Hockey; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Literature; Lord Elgin Hotel; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Paliser Hotel Calgary; Paris Tea Room; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Upper Hot Springs; War; War Artists; Weather; Weddings; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; McLeod; Calgary; Alberta; Ottawa; Ontario; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Conservation: Locate the rest of 118-53.

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Moose and unidentified people

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of negatives depicting moose standing in shallow water, an unidentified boy with a dog [?] pup, an unidentified man riding a horse, and an unidentified woman

Date Range: 1944

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / NA - 50 to NA - 55

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

6 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / E : Collected Material: Photographs

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / E / 6 : Stoney

Reference Code: LUX / I / E6 / NA - 50 to NA - 55

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1944

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w negatives ;

Scope & Content: File consists of negatives depicting moose standing in shallow water, an unidentified boy with a dog [?] pup, an unidentified man riding a horse, and an unidentified woman