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Letter from CPR (1895) re: Death of Burton Wheatley

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Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Scope & Content
Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…
Date Range
1895
Reference Code
M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Corporate record
Part Of
Nicholas Morant fonds
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M300 / S20 / V500
Sous-Fonds
M300
Sub-Series
M300 / III / D: Personal and Family Records : Collected Material
Accession Number
182
Reference Code
M300 / III / D3 / A / 76 (O.S.)
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Corporate record
Responsibility
Canadian Pacific Railway
Date Range
1895
Physical Description
1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated
History / Biographical
Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.
Scope & Content
Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).
Notes
Item was previously numbered as M27/3/O.S./"H" and is entered into database twice; more recently updated as item in Nicholas Morant fonds
Name Access
Wheatley, Burton
Subject Access
Wheatley family
Wheatley, Burton
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Engineer
Death
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Reproduction Restrictions
Reference use only; no reproduction
Language
English
Conservation
Must be stored flat in mylar sheets
Creator
Nicholas Morant
Biographical Source Notes
http://www.archivesalberta.org/findingaids/whyte/Morant/M300-III%20inv.pdf
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.129
Description
Colour: grey, black, brown, bits of orange, white. The left profile of a man.His black hair is short on top and at the back two braids come down over his white garment which is trimmed with orange and green. There seems to be a dark piece of cloth around his neck. The background is dark grey.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.4 x 27.8 cm
Description
Colour: grey, black, brown, bits of orange, white. The left profile of a man.His black hair is short on top and at the back two braids come down over his white garment which is trimmed with orange and green. There seems to be a dark piece of cloth around his neck. The background is dark grey.
Subject
portrait
male
Stoney
Job Stevens
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.129
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Bungalow Camp at Yoho, Whiskey Falls

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.034
Description
Colour: green, blue, brown. In the lower third there are numerous small cabins clustered in amongst trees and grass at the base of a mountain which on the right side is grassy slopes with a stream running down a crevice. On the left are trees becoming more blue as they go into the distance and up t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Bungalow Camp at Yoho, Whiskey Falls
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
39.5 x 49.9 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue, brown. In the lower third there are numerous small cabins clustered in amongst trees and grass at the base of a mountain which on the right side is grassy slopes with a stream running down a crevice. On the left are trees becoming more blue as they go into the distance and up the mountain. Beyond in the upper left corner is a purple mountain face and clouds with a patch of blue upper center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
architecture
rural
camp
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.034
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.001
Description
Colour: green, blue. The lower quarter is a green lake, the bottom edge being the near shore with two short trees at the right side. The far shore is green and blue trees with a rode jutting out on the left side that is lit by the sun from the right. Upper half is grey, purple mountains and a patch…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Description
Colour: green, blue. The lower quarter is a green lake, the bottom edge being the near shore with two short trees at the right side. The far shore is green and blue trees with a rode jutting out on the left side that is lit by the sun from the right. Upper half is grey, purple mountains and a patch of sky along the upper edge right of center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Lake O’Hara
Credit
Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.001
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.075
Description
Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on h…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief Dan Wildman
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.0 x 62.3 cm
Description
Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on his shirt. His eyes appear as if they are slightly closed.
Subject
portrait
male
Stoney
Dan Wildman
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.075
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.359
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.3 x 30.4 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.359
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.542
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara Region
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
38.3 x 39.1 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.542
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Cathedral Mountain, Yoho Valley

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.547
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain, Yoho Valley
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
38.2 x 37.3 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.547
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.590
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake McArthur
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
38.0 x 37.8 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.590
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Untitled [Job Stevens]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.043
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Job Stevens]
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.5 x 43.7 cm
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.043
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.057
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mrs. Jonie
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
54.2 x 43.3 cm
Subject
portrait
female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.057
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.03
Description
A Japanese sketchbook with ecru-coloured brocade covers, no spine, with folding pages designed accordion-style, but made in such a way pages are double-backed and are two pages wide so that it is possible to paint or sketch on both sides. It contains various sketches and paintings done in pencil, i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
1.8 x 11.5 x 16.3 cm
Description
A Japanese sketchbook with ecru-coloured brocade covers, no spine, with folding pages designed accordion-style, but made in such a way pages are double-backed and are two pages wide so that it is possible to paint or sketch on both sides. It contains various sketches and paintings done in pencil, ink and watercolours. On the front cover, viewer’s left, there is a glued piece of off-white paper 10.4x2.0cm wide, and on the back inside cover, viewer’s left there is a chop mark (1.0x0.50cm wide) in ochre ink.
Subject
drawing
painting
Japan
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.03
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.731
Description
A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. ve…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
10.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. verso: in the TRC “Concord November 1930”
Subject
woman
children
grand piano
music
singing
stick figure
dancing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.731
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.736
Description
A woman sits in her chair sewing, there appears to be a window behind her and a painting hanging on the wall. A cat sleeps on a bed near her feet, while in the foreground there is a box and what could be papers on the floor. verso: signed on the top end of the paper, “Nov. 1930 Peter Whyte”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.4 x 8.9 cm
Description
A woman sits in her chair sewing, there appears to be a window behind her and a painting hanging on the wall. A cat sleeps on a bed near her feet, while in the foreground there is a box and what could be papers on the floor. verso: signed on the top end of the paper, “Nov. 1930 Peter Whyte”
Subject
painting
window
woman
sewing
chair
cat
papers
box
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.736
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1930
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.05
Description
A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangular label with “Peter Whyte Banff” written in graphite pencil. It contains several black and white and coloured sketches done by Peter Whyte of various subjects including people, places, structures,…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1930
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
26 x 20.2 cm
Description
A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangular label with “Peter Whyte Banff” written in graphite pencil. It contains several black and white and coloured sketches done by Peter Whyte of various subjects including people, places, structures, and transports (mostly ships) from trips through Asia, Africa, and Hawaii taken during 1930.
Subject
sketching
drawing
figure studies
ships
Asia
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.05
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.027
Description
Colour: brown, black, white, red. The head and upper torso of a man sitting facing right but not quite in profile. His hair is in braids and he wears a Hudson Bay coat, a red scarf at the neck and a rifle rests across his lap.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
William Twin
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.9 x 62.8 cm
Description
Colour: brown, black, white, red. The head and upper torso of a man sitting facing right but not quite in profile. His hair is in braids and he wears a Hudson Bay coat, a red scarf at the neck and a rifle rests across his lap.
Subject
portrait, male, Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.027
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Chief Hector Crawler

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.017
Description
Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief Hector Crawler
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 63.0 cm
Description
Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.017
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.025
Description
Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mrs. Tom Simeon
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75 x 62 cm
Description
Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.
Subject
portrait
female
Cinderella Simeon
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.025
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.073
Description
Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mountain Landscape
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Dimensions
30.6 x 30.4 cm
Description
Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1994
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.073
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.169
Description
A stretch of golden sandy beach to the left, grey blue waves lapping at the beach to the right, blue green ocean behind. Two small rocks and one large rust-brown coloured rock reaching to the top left hand corner of the canvas. Blue-grey sky on ocean horizon.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nassau
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.4 cm
Description
A stretch of golden sandy beach to the left, grey blue waves lapping at the beach to the right, blue green ocean behind. Two small rocks and one large rust-brown coloured rock reaching to the top left hand corner of the canvas. Blue-grey sky on ocean horizon.
Subject
seascape
Atlantic
Nassau
ocean
beach
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.169
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