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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds 27
- Luxton family fonds 17
- James Irving McLeod fonds 6
- Archives General File Collection 4
- Kidney family fonds 4
- Eliza Hunter fonds 3
- Dorothy Wardle fonds 2
- Lillian Gest fonds 2
- Lindow family fonds 2
- Nicholas Morant fonds 2
- Aileen Harmon fonds 1
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds 1
On the ridgepole of the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15346
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1947
- Author
- Edwards, Walter Meayers
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 91, No. 6, June 1947
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Edwards, Walter Meayers
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 91, No. 6, June 1947
- Published Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- p.745-780, illustrations (colour)
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Athabasca Glacier
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Calgary Stampede
- Lake Louise
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Accidents in North American mountaineering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3287
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1947-
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club Safety Committee
- Call Number
- P (filed under Alpine Club of Canada)
- Publisher
- New York : American Alpine Club Safety Committee
- Published Date
- 1947-
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Accession Number
- Various
- Call Number
- P (filed under Alpine Club of Canada)
- Holdings
- Library has 1947 to date. Title varies including Accidents in Canadian Mountaineering
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Ski-ing in the Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue3485
- Author
- Nicholson. T
- Responsibility
- by Captain T. Nicholson (Lovat Scouts)
- Published Date
- 1945
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Jasper National Park
- Notes
- In British Ski Year Book, vol.XI, no.26 (1945)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
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Letters to Mother [June - December 1944]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7464
- 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
- 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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Harold S. Blight fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions133
- 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
- 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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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7460
- 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
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 / 114
- 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
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Peaks and parks of Western Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15347
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1941
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 80, No. 4, October 1941
- Call Number
- P
- Publisher
- In National Geographic Vol. 80, No. 4, October 1941
- Published Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- p.516-526, illustrations
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Emerald Lake
- Jasper National Park
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Maligne Lake
- Vermilion Lakes
- Waterton Lakes National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Our wild westland : points on the Pacific province
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12922
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1889
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.171-173 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.3, no.63 (September 1889)
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- P
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Our wild westland : points on the Pacific province
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12923
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1889
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.87,93 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.3, no.58 (August 10, 1889)
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- P
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Our wild westland : points on the Pacific province
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12924
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1889
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.155-156 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Glacier House
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.3, no.62 (September 7, 1889)
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- P
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Our wild westland : points on the Pacific province
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12925
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 1889
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Spragge, Arthur (Mrs.)
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.183, 189 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.3, no.63 (September 21,1889)
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Encampment of Blackfeet Indians
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15066
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.20, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Siksika
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.28 (January 1889)
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- P
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Stampede of a herd of buffaloes in a prairie fire
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15067
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.41, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Buffalo
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.29 (January 1889)
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- P
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W.C. Van Horne : President and General Manager Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15068
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.113, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.34 (February 1889)
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- P
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Kenepequoshes, (Son of a Snake) and Kuskita-au-musqua, (Black Bear) Cree Indian and Squaw, Calgary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15069
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.124, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- First Nations
- Calgary
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.34 (February 1889)
- photograph on p.124, description on p.119 under "Our Engravings"
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- P
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Sketches in British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15070
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.245, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- British Columbia
- Bow River
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.42 (April 1889)
- sketches on p.245, accompanying article "Our Wild Westland" by Mrs. Arthur Spragge on p.254
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A goat hunt in the rocky mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15071
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.281, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Hunting
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.44 (May 1889)
- photograph on p.281, description on p.278 under "Our Engravings"
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Crow's Nest Pass and Turtle Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15072
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.305, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.46 (May 1889)
- photograph on p.305, description on p.310 under "Our Engravings"
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Sketches in British Columbia (Series 2)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15073
- Published Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- p.312, ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- British Columbia
- Notes
- In The Dominion Illustrated [newspaper], vol.II, no.46 (May 1889)
- sketches on p.312, accompanying article "Our Wild Westland" by Mrs. Arthur Spragge on p.318
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