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Untitled

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.34

Description: Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1957

Medium: crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.4 x 37.0 cm

Description: Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.34

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River Bank

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Artist: William (Bill) Perehudoff (1919 – , Canadian)

Date: 1955

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: PeW.12.01

Description: The land in this painting is rolling hills of green and brown yellow colours. The horizon line is about two thirds of the way up the painting from the bottom. In the folds of rolling hills are trees of dark and medium colour green. In the center of the painting are two buildings. One may be a house…

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Artist: William (Bill) Perehudoff (1919 – , Canadian)

Title: River Bank

Date: 1955

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 57.0 x 66.0 cm

Description: The land in this painting is rolling hills of green and brown yellow colours. The horizon line is about two thirds of the way up the painting from the bottom. In the folds of rolling hills are trees of dark and medium colour green. In the center of the painting are two buildings. One may be a house and the other a small barn. On the left side there is another building that looks like barn. The sky is a blue/grey colour.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; architecture; house; barns

Credit: Gift of William (Bill) Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 1996

Catalogue Number: PeW.12.01

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Molar Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Molar Pass

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.424

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

Date: 1954

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.1 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.424

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Indian Life 1952

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Date: 1952

Medium: felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.01

Description: Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Title: Indian Life 1952

Date: 1952

Medium: felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper

Dimensions: 45.0 x 56.0 cm

Description: Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.

Subject: figure; group; ceremonial

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.01

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Mountain Sheep

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1918

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.05.01

Description: Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top l…

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Mountain Sheep

Date: 1918

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top left. A snowy mountain side is in right background, some sky with yellowish clouds show through.

Subject: landscape, mountain; animal, sheep, bighorn

Credit: Purchased from Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1988

Catalogue Number: RuC.05.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Resplendent

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.04

Description: Pencil sketch of a mountain which dominates centre background, middle to foreground slope indicating a gradual rise. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top edge serated, br and bl edges rounded

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Resplendent

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.6 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of a mountain which dominates centre background, middle to foreground slope indicating a gradual rise. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top edge serated, br and bl edges rounded

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.04

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Later Known as Mount Edith Cavell

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.10

Description: Pencil sketch of a mountain. The mountain is centered with ridges at angles. Mountain appears to be snow covered. Foreground is a plain ridge. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, fragile condition.

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Later Known as Mount Edith Cavell

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.2 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of a mountain. The mountain is centered with ridges at angles. Mountain appears to be snow covered. Foreground is a plain ridge. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, fragile condition.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.10

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Personal and collected records

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of Correspondence between George Vaux Sr. and Mary Morris Vaux. Includes letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, postcards, itineraries and The Alpine Club of Canada Rules and Regulations. 1 scrapbook album belonging to Mary Vaux given to her from her Grandmother. 1877. Album c…

Date Range: 1912

Reference Code: M107 / II / A / 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Scrapbook; Drawing

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Part Of: Vaux family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M107 / V653

Series: Correspondence Series: Personal

Sous-Fonds: M107

Accession Number: uknown

Reference Code: M107 / II / A / 7

GMD: Album; Scrapbook; Drawing

Date Range: 1912

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Sub-series consists of Correspondence between George Vaux Sr. and Mary Morris Vaux. Includes letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, postcards, itineraries and The Alpine Club of Canada Rules and Regulations. 1 scrapbook album belonging to Mary Vaux given to her from her Grandmother. 1877. Album contains painted tissue papers; visuals of flowers and people doing various activities. 1 album: Scrapbook album; contains 24 handpainted images on 12 pages within scrapbook. Album has been digitized.

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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The Dog and the Hare

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.01

Description: Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Title: The Dog and the Hare

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.8 x 25.2 cm

Description: Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.

Subject: animal; dog; hare; mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.01

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The Cock and the Jewel

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.02

Description: One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Title: The Cock and the Jewel

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.6 x 18.3 cm

Description: One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121

Subject: animal; chicken; mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.02

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Crepis nana (Alpine Hawksbeard)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1910

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.02

Description: A cluster of yellow flowers, green stems and leaves.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Crepis nana (Alpine Hawksbeard)

Date: 1910

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.5 cm

Description: A cluster of yellow flowers, green stems and leaves.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.02

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Whyte Museum and Eric Harvie Theatre Scrapbook

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook, mostly empty, containing ca. 48 newspaper clippings, a pamphlet re: the Banff Elementary School Spring Concert in May 1969, and a signed original sketch by Peter Whyte. Content pertains to the openings of the Whyte Museum Archives and the Harvie Theatre in Banff, Pet…

Date Range: 1959; 1968; 1969

Reference Code: M74 / I / C / 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Drawing

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Part Of: Kidney family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M74 / V324

Series: M74 / I : Maud (Woodworth) Kidney records

Sous-Fonds: M74

Sub-Series: M74 / I / C : 1951 - 1977

Accession Number: 2016.8581

Reference Code: M74 / I / C / 4

GMD: Scrapbook; Textual record; Drawing

Date Range: 1959; 1968; 1969

Physical Description: 4 cm of textual records (1 scrapbook : 18 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)

Scope & Content: File consists of one scrapbook, mostly empty, containing ca. 48 newspaper clippings, a pamphlet re: the Banff Elementary School Spring Concert in May 1969, and a signed original sketch by Peter Whyte. Content pertains to the openings of the Whyte Museum Archives and the Harvie Theatre in Banff, Peter and Catharine Whyte, Senator Donald Cameron and Margaret Greenham.

Name Access: Cameron, Donald; Greenham, Margaret; Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies; Heritage; Tourism; Concert; Music; Art

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Conservation: Many items in scrapbook are loose, handle with caution

Category: Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Japanese Sketchbook

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a sketchbook containing Japanese writing, hand-drawn maps, and illustrations. Many of the illustrations are done in either watercolour paint or crayon.

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Reference Code: M200 / AC 093M / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook; Painting

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: I.A.1.b. Administration: general

Sous-Fonds: AC 093M

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M200 / AC 093M / 2

GMD: Scrapbook; Painting

Date Range: [ca. 1950-1960]

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records (30 pages ; 37.5 x 28.5 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of a sketchbook containing Japanese writing, hand-drawn maps, and illustrations. Many of the illustrations are done in either watercolour paint or crayon.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Art; Arts and crafts; Backpacking; Calligraphy; Climbing; Club; Environment and Nature; Painting; Map; Mountaineering; Mountaineers

Language: Japanese

Title Source: Title based on material

Processing Status: Processed

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Lux Theatre sample illustrations

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of hand-drawn sample illustrations produced as potential advertising material or signage for the LUX Theatre in Banff, ca. 1916. Illustrations depict animal and human figures posed in various ways to spell "LUX".

Date Range: [ca.1916]

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 33

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / C : Business, Legal and Financial

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

Sub-Series: LUX / I / C4 : Topical files

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / C4 / 33

GMD: Drawing

Date Range: [ca.1916]

Physical Description: 7 drawings : illustration, ink ; 39.5 x 19.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of hand-drawn sample illustrations produced as potential advertising material or signage for the LUX Theatre in Banff, ca. 1916. Illustrations depict animal and human figures posed in various ways to spell "LUX".

Notes: 4 and 6 have ink lines on the back, in addition to a pencil sketch on 6

Subject Access: Advertising; Animals; Businesses; Lux Theatre

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: N/A

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

Responsibility: Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Physical Description: 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.

Notes: Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference

Material Details: Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kehr, Ernie; Palenske, Reinhold H.; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Indian Days

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.