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Letters to Mother [July 1930 - October 1930]

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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

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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

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Alpine Club of Canada[?] group photograph

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: Lantern slide depicts large group of unidentified men and women, possibly Alpine Club of Canada members, sitting together in a forested area.

Date Range: [ca.1913-ca.1925]

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 20

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M39 / V756

Series: V756 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: V756

Accession Number: 6504

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 20

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: [ca.1913-ca.1925]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparency (lantern slide)

Scope & Content: Lantern slide depicts large group of unidentified men and women, possibly Alpine Club of Canada members, sitting together in a forested area.

Notes: Slide is partially hand-coloured.

Material Details: Individual labels: round red label 4; round red label 5

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Access Restrictions: Fragile- restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Fragile- restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

Creator: Charles Potter - 16 Adelaide West - Toronto

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Alpine Club of Canada group camp[?]

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: Lantern slide depicts a large group of unidentified individuals gathered around a campfire with tents visible in the background. Possibly an Alpine Club of Canada group camp.

Date Range: [ca.1913-ca.1925]

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 24

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M39 / V756

Series: V756 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: V756

Accession Number: 6504

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 24

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: [ca.1913-ca.1925]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparency (lantern slide)

Scope & Content: Lantern slide depicts a large group of unidentified individuals gathered around a campfire with tents visible in the background. Possibly an Alpine Club of Canada group camp.

Notes: Slide is hand-coloured.

Material Details: Individual labels: round red label 10; round red label 11

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Access Restrictions: Fragile- restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Fragile- restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Abbot Pass Hut

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Scope & Content: Lantern slide depicts a side view of Abbot Pass Hut.

Date Range: [ca.1922-ca.1925]

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 25

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

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Part Of: Malcolm Geddes fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M39 / V756

Series: V756 / III : Personal and family records

Sous-Fonds: V756

Accession Number: 6504

Reference Code: V756 / III / A / PS - 25

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: [ca.1922-ca.1925]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : transparency (lantern slide)

History / Biographical: Abbot Pass Hut was constructed by the Alpine Club of Canada in 1922 and is located at 2,926 metres elevation, between Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria. The hut is positioned directly on top of the Great Divide [Alberta and British Columbia border].

Scope & Content: Lantern slide depicts a side view of Abbot Pass Hut.

Notes: Slide is hand-coloured.

Material Details: Individual labels: rectangular red label #12; remains of a white label "Alpine ---"; Inscription visible on back of slide: Nov 20 7845

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Geographic Access: Abbot Pass

Access Restrictions: Fragile- restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Fragile- restrictions may apply

Language: N/A

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/web/ACCMember/Huts/Abbot_Pass_Hut.aspx

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

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Part Of: Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…

Date Range: 1965-1967

Reference Code: M585 / V805

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Organization record; Photograph print; Textual record

Part Of: Dr. Gerald Wright fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M585 / V805

Sous-Fonds: M585

Accession Number: 2021.19

Reference Code: M585 / V805

GMD: Organization record; Photograph print; Textual record

Date Range: 1965-1967

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy. In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988. Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies. He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Wright, Gerald; Blanchard, W.E. (Smoke); Johnson, Roy; Mock, R.G. (Tex); Sharp, Dave; Swift, Bob

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Centennial; Climbing; Club; Discovery and exploration; Glaciers; Hiking; Map; Medicine; Membership; Mount St. Elias; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Photography; Records; Record keeping; Scenery; Sports and recreation; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Yukon; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Staples removed from letters and equipment lists

Biographical Source Notes: Memorial card

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Mount Logan Expedition publication appearances

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to newspaper clippings and magazine publications that feature the Mt. Logan expedition.

Date Range: 1923-1926

Reference Code: M200 / AC 0M / 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Published record; Textual record

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: I.A.1.e.i. Administration: expeditions - Mount Logan Expedition

Sous-Fonds: M200

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: M200 / AC 0M / 17

GMD: Newspaper clipping; Published record; Textual record

Date Range: 1923-1926

Physical Description: ca.35 cm of textual records : includes oversize oversize. -- ca.580 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies

Scope & Content: File pertains to newspaper clippings and magazine publications that feature the Mt. Logan expedition.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Activities; Administration; Advertising; Alpine Club of Canada; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Club; Competition; Discovery and exploration; Environment; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Guide; Guides; Hiking; Huts; Mountain; Mountain guides; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Mount Logan; Mount Logan Expedition; National parks and reserves; Newspaper; Organizations; Photography; Publication; Scenery; Sports and recreation; Summit

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Access Restrictions: Access to negatives is by appointment only

Language: English

Finding Aid: A detailed list is available for a portion of the material.

Related Material: Material is closely related to expedition material in Sous-fonds III. Personal papers and photographs (H. F. Lambart papers and photographs; W. W. Foster photographs). Related oversize display prints can be found in Series I.A.1.j. (AC 00P / 137-147 and AC 00P / 275-280).

Title Source: Title based on material

Content Details: Physically, the file is divided into 2 folders, 17a & 17b

Processing Status: Processed

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Comments on the provisional master plans for Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks

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

Published Date: 1971

Author: Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 13.112 Al7

Author: Alpine Club of Canada

Responsibility: offered to the National and Historic Parks Branch ... by the Alpine Club of Canada; David R. Fisher, President; Harry W. Habgood, Chariman, Conservation Committee

Published Date: 1971

Physical Description: 39p. : map

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

Accession Number: 1408

Call Number: 13.112 Al7

Collection: Archives Library

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The mountaineer and the artist : the Alpine Club of Canada centennial|The mountaineer and the artist : the Alpine Club of Canada centennial exhibition (DVD)

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Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Published Date: 2006

Author: Alpine Club of Canada

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Call Number: 06 W62m Pam; 06 W62m Pam Copy 2; 06 W62m DVD

Author: Alpine Club of Canada

Responsibility: Craig Richards, still photographer; Joseph Potts video photographer

Publisher: Canmore : Alpine Club of Canada

Published Date: 2006

Physical Description: 64p. : ill., ports; 1 digital video disc (35:00) : 1 sd., col

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Subjects: Artists; Mountaineering

Notes: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies collaboration with Alpine Club of Canada. Exhibition catalogue: Barry Blanchard, Brent R. Laycock; Lloyd "Kiwi" Gallagher, Donna Jo Massie; Richard and Louise Guy, Mary Lynne McCuthcheon; Nancy Hansen, Michael Peterson; Brad Harrison, Leona Amann; Marj Hind, Barbara J. West; Pat Morrow, Dominik Modlinski; Mike Mortimer, Glen Boles; Robert W. Sandford, Deborah Lougheed Sinclair; Chic Scott, Ed Bamling; Don Serl, Michael Binkley; Jim Tarrant, Susan Gottselig; Sharon Wood, Alice Saltiel; DVD recording pertains to each artist and mountaineer discussing the work for the exhibition