Search Results - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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

m36_i_a_2b_i_84.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Peaks and trails in the Canadian Alps

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15348

Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: 1934

Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: National Geographic Vol. 65, No. 5, May 1934

Call Number: P

Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: National Geographic Vol. 65, No. 5, May 1934

Published Date: 1934

Physical Description: p.627-642, illustrations

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Assiniboine, Mount; Glaciers; Lake Louise; Robson, Mount; Sir Donald, Mount; Skiing; Skoki Lodge; Sulphur Mountain; Takakkaw Falls; Wildlife

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Peaks and trails in the Canadian Alps

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3913

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1934

Author: Harmon, Byron

Call Number: 02.6 H22

Author: Harmon, Byron

Responsibility: photographs by Byron Harmon and Clifford White

Published Date: 1934

Physical Description: p.627-642 : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Views

Notes: In National Geographic Magazine, vol.LXV, no.5, May 1934

Accession Number: 8000

Call Number: 02.6 H22

Collection: Archives Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Canada 1936 handbook

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55045

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one volume titled "Canada 1936: The Official Handbook of Present Conditions and Recent Progress". Content pertains to Canadian economics and industry in 1936. Item is signed by Eleanor Luxton on front cover and has additional annotations inside. Scrap of paper stored between pages …

Date Range: 1936

Reference Code: LUX / II / B7 / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / B : Professional series

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / II / B7 : Other

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / B7 / 1

GMD: Textual record; Published record

Date Range: 1936

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 14 x 22 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one volume titled "Canada 1936: The Official Handbook of Present Conditions and Recent Progress". Content pertains to Canadian economics and industry in 1936. Item is signed by Eleanor Luxton on front cover and has additional annotations inside. Scrap of paper stored between pages 106 and 107 contains additional handwritten notes.

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Businesses; Commerce and industry; Education

Geographic Access: Canada

Language: English

Category: Commerce and industry; Education

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Canadian Rockies : a series of eighteen hand colored Vandyck photogravures

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1244

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1937?

Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: Banff : Byron Harmon

Call Number: F1090 C3 H3

Author: Harmon, Byron

Publisher: Banff : Byron Harmon

Published Date: 1937?

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: F1090 C3 H3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Hawaii, Japan and China cruise travel scrapbook

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54628

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing clippings, menus, brochures, travel guides, advertisements and magazines. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton in 1937 to Hawaii, China and Japan aboard the Empress of Japan cruise ship, which was operated by the Canadian Pacific Rai…

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Published record

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / 5

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Published record

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (4 cm of textual records)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook containing clippings, menus, brochures, travel guides, advertisements and magazines. Content pertains to a boat cruise attended by Eleanor Luxton in 1937 to Hawaii, China and Japan aboard the Empress of Japan cruise ship, which was operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Includes 23 copies of Pacific Empress magazine [July and August, 1937].

Notes: Some copies of Pacific Empress magazine are duplicates

Material Details: Front cover of scrapbook has emblem with Hawaiian landscape/waterfront scene with text "ALOHA HAWAII"

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Family and personal life; Cruise ships; Transportation; Canadian Pacific Railway

Geographic Access: Hawaii; Japan; Mount Fuji; Kyoto; China; Repulse Bay; Hong Kong

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English; Mandarin; Japanese

Conservation: Some items are loose in scrapbook - secured with unbleached cotton string to keep contents together and in original order

Category: Commerce and industry; Transportation; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Cultural pluralism

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

Electronic Resources

lux_ii_e_5.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Japan, Hong Kong and Hawaii cruise, 1937

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55181

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's cruise ship vacation to Hawaii, Hong Kong and Japan in 1937.

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 438 to 443

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 438 to 443

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w prints ; 7 x 4.5 cm and 4.5 x 3.5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 6 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's cruise ship vacation to Hawaii, Hong Kong and Japan in 1937.

Notes: File also contains one loose page with Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines letterhead with 4 geometric illustrations drawn in pen. Some photographs are annotated on the back

Material Details: Photograph prints have cutout patterns around edges resembling stamps

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Travel; Tourism; Cruise ships; Recreation; Leisure; Family and personal life

Geographic Access: Hawaii; Hong Kong; Japan

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Eleanor Luxton cruise - Hawaii, Japan, China

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55300

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 19 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's cruise vacation to Hawaii, China and Japan in 1937. File includes images of staff on cruise ship, seascapes, and views of Shanghai and Tokyo.

Date Range: 1937

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 638 to 656

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PA - 638 to 656

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1937

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w prints ; 7 x 12 cm and 7 x 5 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 19 photographs pertaining to Eleanor Luxton's cruise vacation to Hawaii, China and Japan in 1937. File includes images of staff on cruise ship, seascapes, and views of Shanghai and Tokyo.

Notes: Some items are annotated

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Boats; Cruise ships; Family and personal life; Travel; Tourism

Geographic Access: Hawaii; China; Shanghai; Japan; Tokyo

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored in mylar

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Luxton family headstone

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55576

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one print photograph and two duplicate transparency slides depicting the headstone of Norman and Georgina Luxton (and later Eleanor Luxton), 1966.

Date Range: 1966

Reference Code: LUX / III / A3a / PA - 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print; Transparency

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / III / A : Norman Luxton family

Sous-Fonds: LUX / III : Luxton family sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / III / A3 : Collected material

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / A3a / PA - 9

GMD: Photograph; Print; Transparency

Date Range: 1966

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. print ; 12.5 x 9 cm -- 2 col. transparency slides, 35 mm

Scope & Content: File consists of one print photograph and two duplicate transparency slides depicting the headstone of Norman and Georgina Luxton (and later Eleanor Luxton), 1966.

Notes: Date range provided by Processing Archivist

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Georgina; Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Grave

Language: English

Conservation: Items stored together in file

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Other papers, University of Alberta

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17781

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of: student union constitutions and statutes, 1929; convocation programs, 1930, 1932, 1933; "Valedictory Exercises" program booklets, 1927 and 1933; The Gateway, Literary Supplement, 1930, containing essay by Eleanor Luxton, 2 copies; publication "The Trail", published by the U …

Date Range: 1926-1935

Reference Code: LUX / II / B1 / 95

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: LUX

Sous-Fonds: II. Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: II.B.1. Professional : Personal education

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / B1 / 95

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1926-1935

Physical Description: 1.75 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of: student union constitutions and statutes, 1929; convocation programs, 1930, 1932, 1933; "Valedictory Exercises" program booklets, 1927 and 1933; The Gateway, Literary Supplement, 1930, containing essay by Eleanor Luxton, 2 copies; publication "The Trail", published by the U of A Alumni Association, 1935; miscellaneous membership cards, certificates, dance cards, invitations, and other documents from Luxton's years as a student at the University of Alberta

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; University of Alberta

Subject Access: Banff Centre; Education; Events; Organizations; Membership

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Education; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Banff Winter Carnival photographs

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17791

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of prints and negatives depicting Banff Winter Carnival events including ski jumping, hockey, figure skating, log chopping competitions, toboggan races, swimming contests, dog sled races, ice sculptures and queen contests between 1920 and 1949, primarily from the 1920s. Includes snows…

Date Range: 1920-1922; 1922; [ca. 1940s]; 1942; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 2 / NA - 01 to NA - 93 LUX / I / D3b / 2 / PA - 01 to PA - 71

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Print; Photograph print

212 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3b / 2 / NA - 01 to NA - 93 LUX / I / D3b / 2 / PA - 01 to PA - 71

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Print; Photograph print

Date Range: 1920-1922; 1922; [ca. 1940s]; 1942; 1949

Physical Description: 164 photographs : 93 b&w negatives ; 14 x 8 cm or smaller : 71 b&w prints ; 23.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Banff Winter Carnival, also known as Winter Sports of the Canadian Rockies, was the first post-war winter sports programme held in Banff, Alberta. The organization had Banff directors, Calgary directors and Directors-at-large from Alberta and outside the province. A wide variety of social and sports events took place under the organization's direction.

Scope & Content: File consists of prints and negatives depicting Banff Winter Carnival events including ski jumping, hockey, figure skating, log chopping competitions, toboggan races, swimming contests, dog sled races, ice sculptures and queen contests between 1920 and 1949, primarily from the 1920s. Includes snowshoe hikes, Sunshine Ski Camp, and personal motor trips to Lake Minnewanka. File includes photographs and prints by Lou Crosby, Dan McCowan, Byron Harmon. Some prints are stamped or annotated by the photographer and include processing receipts and original housing envelopes.

Notes: PA-01 to PA-09 are associated to negatives NA-49 to NA-57. Copy and duplicate prints associated with some negatives

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor; Luxton, Norman; Standish, Gordon; Davies, Jim; MacDonald, Hugh John

Subject Access: Winter sports; Winter Carnival; Sunshine Lodge; Skiing; Sled dogs; Ski jumping; Skating; Lake Minnewanka; Lake Louise; Ice sculpture; Hot Springs; Dogsledding

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Alberta; Banff

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: NA-05,06,07,21, NA-48, and NA-53 show deterioration and have turned amber

Biographical Source Notes: Banff Winter Carnival fonds

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Second set of duplicate prints of NA-60 to NA-67 in a separate envelope

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Correspondence

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions17822

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of cards, postcards, letters, and other correspondence which was sent to and/or collected by Eleanor Luxton. Content pertains to holiday and birthday greetings from family and friends, get well soon cards, collected gift tags, travel correspondence, and related subjects.

Date Range: 1909-1995

Reference Code: LUX / II / A

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / A : Correspondence

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / A

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1909-1995

Physical Description: 1.37 m of textual records

Scope & Content: Series consists of cards, postcards, letters, and other correspondence which was sent to and/or collected by Eleanor Luxton. Content pertains to holiday and birthday greetings from family and friends, get well soon cards, collected gift tags, travel correspondence, and related subjects.

Notes: Series arrangement:; LUX / II / A / 1 to 47 : General correspondence, organized chronologically (see Content Details); LUX / II / A / 48 to 51 : Holiday greeting cards, dated (chronological order); LUX / II / A / 52 to 62 : Holiday greeting cards, not dated; LUX / II / A / 63 : Holiday gift tags; LUX / II / A / 64 to 65 : Thank you, friendship and get well soon cards; LUX / II / A / 66 to 67 : Easter and Valentine's Day cards; LUX / II / A / 68 to 70 : Birthday cards; LUX / II / A / 71 : Other holiday cards and letters; LUX / II / A / 72 : Postcards sent to Eleanor; LUX / II / A / 73 : Luxton family research correspondence

Name Access: Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Family and personal life; Holidays; Correspondence

Access Restrictions: Access with permission. No reproduction

Language: English

Category: Family and personal life

Title Source: Title based on contents of files

Content Details: LIST OF FILES (LUX / II / A - 1 to 47) :; * 1902 - 1920 (folder 1); * 1921 - 1930 (folder 2); * 1931 - 1935 (folder 3); * 1936 - 1940 (folder 4); * 1941 - 1948 (folder 5); * 1949 (folder 6); * 1950 (folders 7, 8); * 1951 - 1954 (folder 9); * 1955 - 1958 (folder 10); * 1959, 195- (folder 11); * 1960 - 1961 (folder 12); * 1952 - 1956 (folder 13); * 1967 - 1969 (folder 14); * 1970 - 1972 (folder 15); * 1973 (folder 16); * 1974 (folder 17); * 1975 (folder 18); * 1976 (folder 19); * 1977 (folder 20); * 1978 (folder 21); * 1979 (folder 22); -; * 197- (folder 23); * 1980 - 1981 (folder 24); * 1982 - 1983 (folder 25); * 1984 (folder 26); * 1985 (folders 27, 28); * 1986 (folder 29); * 1987 (folder 30); * 1988 (folders 31, 32); * 1989 (folders 33, 34); * 198- (folder 35); * 1990 (folder 36); * 1991 (folder 37); * 1992 (folders 38, 39); * 1993 (folders 40, 41); * 1994 (folder 42); * 1995 (folder 43); * 199- (folder 44); * undated (folder 45); * Christmas cards, undated (folder 46); * Cards, other, undated (folder 47)