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Ray Wardell fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions397
- Part Of
- Ray Wardell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger an…
- Date Range
- 1993
- Reference Code
- M252
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Ray Wardell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 252
- Sous-Fonds
- M 252
- Accession Number
- 6505
- Reference Code
- M252
- Date Range
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records (ca.130 p.)
- History / Biographical
- Ray Wardell, 1922-1994, was an engineer at Banff, Alberta, Canada from 1948 until 1958, and lived at Oakville, Ontario until his death. Wardell worked on early construction at Mount Norquay ski area and rose to the position of Superintendent of Construction and Maintenance for the Banff Chairlift Corporation.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of unpublished report titled "Mount Norquay Memories, 1948- 1956" by Ray Wardell. Report is a chronological history of development at Mount Norquay ski area by George Encil's Banff Chairlift Corporation Ltd. It discusses the Banff Chairlift, rope tows, electrification, passenger and safety services, Upper Terminal Tea Room and improvements to Mount Norquay Lodge. Contents include technical details, construction photographs and articles from trade journals
- Name Access
- Wardell, Ray
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
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- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Wardell, Ray
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Algonquin Hotel, Digby Pines, Ascot and Le Baron Motels
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54293
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.
- Date Range
- 1964
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 25
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Transparency
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / I / A : Photography : Negative and Transparencies
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / I / A7 / 25
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 78 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 45 negative photographs (b&w, colour) and 33 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotels: Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's NB; Digby Pines Hotel, Digby NS; Ascot Hotel, Montreal QC(?); and Le Baron Hotel, Sherbrooke QC.
- Notes
- Some of photographs are duplicates. Negatives and transparencies stored in separate file boxes.
- Subject Access
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Hotel
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Quebec
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reference use only; no reproduction
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [July - December 1954]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7481
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
- Date Range
- 1954
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 135
- 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 / 135
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (75 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 49 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 6 to December 26, 1954. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, Peter getting his new trifocal glasses, trips to Bow Lake [mostly to sketch], hurricans hitting the eastern seaboard in mid-September, sketching trips into British Columbia, a visit to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, meeting Eric Harvie, construction of the Luxton Musuem [including asking Peter for paintings to hang inside], putting together the annual Christmas card, Edith's 90th birthday in December, and various Christmas activites and parties. Also includes notecards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters 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. Many letters written from Bow Lake are on Tum-Ti-Jah Lodge letterhead
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Harvie, Eric
- Rungius, Carl
- Beil, Charlie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Ranches
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- 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
Electronic Resources
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Instructions to employees on dining, cafe parlor and buffet parlor cars
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8068
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- Call Number
- 08.5 C16d Pam
- Author
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Edition
- Rev. ed
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 47p
- Subjects
- Rolling stock
- Call Number
- 08.5 C16d Pam
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- Archives Library
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Roundhouse before the mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8101
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- O'Hagan, Howard
- Call Number
- 08.5 J31oh Pam
- Author
- O'Hagan, Howard
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- p.7, 22-24 : ill., ports
- Notes
- From Canadian National Magazine, vol.34, no.12
- Accession Number
- 320
- Call Number
- 08.5 J31oh Pam
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- Archives Library
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Sir William Van Horne (1843-1915), "America's greatest gift to Canada"
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8132
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Coleman, D'Alton C
- Publisher
- New York : Newcomen Society of England, American Branch
- Call Number
- 08.5 V31c Pam
- Author
- Coleman, D'Alton C
- Publisher
- New York : Newcomen Society of England, American Branch
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 24p. : ill
- Accession Number
- 2933
- Call Number
- 08.5 V31c Pam
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- Archives Library
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Deliverance and union
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8188
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Link, George K.K
- Call Number
- 08.3 Oh1lidu Pam
- Author
- Link, George K.K
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 70p
- Notes
- Volume 3 of a trilogy
- Accession Number
- 2308
- Call Number
- 08.3 Oh1lidu Pam
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- Archives Library
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Gracious living in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8297
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75 Pam
- Responsibility
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 16p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Accession Number
- 5733
- Call Number
- 02.6 G75 Pam
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Canadian cadences
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8635
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Publisher
- Toronto : Ryerson Press
- Call Number
- 06 G35ca Pam
- Author
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Responsibility
- cover design by J.E.H. and Thoreau MacDonald
- Publisher
- Toronto : Ryerson Press
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 16p
- Accession Number
- 323
- Call Number
- 06 G35ca Pam
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- Archives Library
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Happy landing at Squaw Butte
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9128
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Campbell, Gray
- Call Number
- 04.2 OH1 Pam oversize
- Author
- Campbell, Gray
- Responsibility
- photos by Lloyd Knight
- Published Date
- 1949
- Subjects
- Ranching
- Notes
- In Maclean's magazine, vol.62, no.1, January 1, 1949
- Call Number
- 04.2 OH1 Pam oversize
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- Archives Library
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Altitudes in northern British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11979
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Canada. Department of Mines and Resources
- Publisher
- Ottawa : King's Printer
- Call Number
- R 03.3 D77
- Responsibility
- L. Dozois
- Publisher
- Ottawa : King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 94 p. : ill
- Series
- Geodetic Survey of Canada publication no. 52
- Subjects
- Surveys
- Accession Number
- 587
- Call Number
- R 03.3 D77
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[Hightower Creek - Alberta]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue23660
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1949
- Publisher
- Dept. of Mines & Technical Surv.
- Call Number
- NTS
- 83F/13E
- Publisher
- Dept. of Mines & Technical Surv.
- Published Date
- 1949
- Scale
- 1:50,000
- Subjects
- Hightower Creek - Alberta
- Notes
- National Topographic System
- Accession Number
- 12000
- Call Number
- NTS
- 83F/13E
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[Hightower Creek - Alberta]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue23661
- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1949
- Publisher
- Dept. of Mines & Technical Survey
- Call Number
- NTS
- 83F/13W
- Publisher
- Dept. of Mines & Technical Survey
- Published Date
- 1949
- Scale
- 1:50,000
- Subjects
- Hightower Creek - Alberta
- Notes
- National Topographic System
- Accession Number
- 12000
- Call Number
- NTS
- 83F/13W
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Canadian cadences
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25551
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Murray Gibbon, John
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Ryerson Press
- Call Number
- 05.1 M96t
- Author
- Murray Gibbon, John
- Publisher
- Toronto : The Ryerson Press
- Published Date
- 1949
- Series
- The Ryerson Poetry Chap-Books
- Subjects
- Poetry
- Accession Number
- 3069A
- Call Number
- 05.1 M96t
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- Archives Library
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Geology of Ribbon Creek Area, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5439
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Crockford, M. B. B
- Publisher
- Edmonton : King's Printer
- Call Number
- 03.2 C87
- Author
- Crockford, M. B. B
- Publisher
- Edmonton : King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 72p. : ill., map
- Subjects
- Kananaskis
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- Accession Number
- 14000
- Call Number
- 03.2 C87
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Geology of part of the Selkirk Mountains in the vicinity of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5497
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Okulitch, V. J
- Publisher
- Ottawa : King's Printer
- Call Number
- 03.2 Ok7
- Author
- Okulitch, V. J
- Publisher
- Ottawa : King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 26p. : ill
- Series
- Geological Survey of Canada, bulletin 14
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 4000
- Call Number
- 03.2 Ok7
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Precise and secondary levelling in Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5791
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Dozois, L. O. R
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Surveys and Mapping Branch
- King's Printer
- Edition
- rev. ed
- Call Number
- 03.7 D77
- Author
- Dozois, L. O. R
- Edition
- rev. ed
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Surveys and Mapping Branch
- King's Printer
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 149p
- Subjects
- Bench-marks
- Accession Number
- 24000
- Call Number
- 03.7 D77
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Blankets and beads : a history of the Saskatchewan River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6044
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- MacGregor, James G
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Institute of Applied Art
- Call Number
- 08.2 Sa7m
- Author
- MacGregor, James G
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Institute of Applied Art
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 278p. : ill., maps, plans
- Subjects
- Jasper
- Kootenay Plains
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 08.2 Sa7m
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- Archives Library
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Canadian nature, vol.11
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6441
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Publisher
- Toronto : Audubon Society of Canada
- Call Number
- 04 C16cn
- Responsibility
- contribution by Stuart C. Downing
- paintings by Allan Brooks
- Publisher
- Toronto : Audubon Society of Canada
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 176p. : ill
- Subjects
- Pikas
- Sheep, Mountain
- Accession Number
- 490
- Call Number
- 04 C16cn
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American wild flowers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6660
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1949
- Author
- Moldenke, Harold N
- Publisher
- Toronto : Van Nostrand
- Call Number
- 04.1 M73
- Author
- Moldenke, Harold N
- Publisher
- Toronto : Van Nostrand
- Published Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- xxv, 453p
- Accession Number
- 492
- Call Number
- 04.1 M73
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