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Miscellany

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Robb Family Album – titled “Miscellany,” [ca. 1900 - ca. 1915]. Album contains 340 photographs, captioned throughout album. Photographs pertain to Houses, farms, family and friends, ruins, army parade, outdoor gardens and scenery, pictures of house interiors, furniture and plants, Sailboats, ladi…

Date Range: ca. 1900 to ca. 1915

Reference Code: V683 / IV / A / PD-3

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Photograph

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / IV / A : Robb / Morse family series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / IV / A / PD-3

GMD: Album; Photograph print; Photograph

Date Range: ca. 1900 to ca. 1915

Physical Description: Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (340 photographs; b&w, cyanotypes ). --

Scope & Content: Robb Family Album – titled “Miscellany,” [ca. 1900 - ca. 1915]. Album contains 340 photographs, captioned throughout album. Photographs pertain to Houses, farms, family and friends, ruins, army parade, outdoor gardens and scenery, pictures of house interiors, furniture and plants, Sailboats, ladies sewing, picnic games, picnic by the water, Edward Morse, Edith Morse and Russel Robb.

Subject Access: Family

Language: English

Title Source: Title as found on item

Content Details: Description and condition report: Black commercial cloth album. Album binding is intact and in good condition. Album contains 340 photographs; some cyanotypes. The album has gold embossing on the front cover. 105 pages. Captioned throughout album with written page numbers. One stamped silhouette image. Photo on page 104 has writing on the back and is made out to Edith Morse.

Processing Status: Processed

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Miss

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Robb Family Album [1910 – 1925] Black commercial album binding in good condition. ‘miss’ written in yellow across front of album. Album contains 254 photographs, 115 pages with written page numbers. Photographs pertain to Morse family, Edward Morse gardening, portraits of family and friends, dogs,…

Date Range: [1910 to 1925]

Reference Code: V683 / IV / A / PD - 5

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / IV / A : Robb / Morse family series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / IV / A / PD - 5

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Date Range: [1910 to 1925]

Physical Description: Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (254 photographs; b&w). --

Scope & Content: Robb Family Album [1910 – 1925] Black commercial album binding in good condition. ‘miss’ written in yellow across front of album. Album contains 254 photographs, 115 pages with written page numbers. Photographs pertain to Morse family, Edward Morse gardening, portraits of family and friends, dogs, cats, picnic by the water, sailing, bedroom, fireplace, dining room, hockey pictures, pole vaulting, track and field, football, tennis, baseball, cross-country skiing, army camp: drills, marching, swimming in backyard pool.

Subject Access: Family

Language: English

Title Source: Title as found on item

Content Details: The album has gold embossing on the front cover. Blank pages from 4 – 7. No captions

Processing Status: Processed

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C. + R jr.

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 121 b&w prints, pasted in, some tipped in. Prints pertain to Catahrine Robb Whyte and Russell Robb Jr. and their early childhood years. Prints document Catharine and Russell in the Robb home, on the Robb grounds, and posed for portraits alone and with family and friends. Prints also …

Date Range: [1902-1911]

Reference Code: V683 / IV / A / PD - 10

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / IV / A : Robb / Morse family series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / IV / A / PD - 10

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [1902-1911]

Physical Description: Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (121 b&w prints) --

Scope & Content: Album contains 121 b&w prints, pasted in, some tipped in. Prints pertain to Catahrine Robb Whyte and Russell Robb Jr. and their early childhood years. Prints document Catharine and Russell in the Robb home, on the Robb grounds, and posed for portraits alone and with family and friends. Prints also relate to the late Robb twins, Edward and Frederick.

Subject Access: Family; Portraits

Language: English

Title Source: Title as found on item

Content Details: Black commercial album with “Photographs” embossed on front cover. Written by hand on front cover is “C.+ R jr.” Album contains 104 pages (1 loose and 58 empty).

Processing Status: Processed

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White & Curren Family Cabinet Card Album

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 30 b&w cabinet cards, 4 b&w tin types, 3 b&w prints, slipped into apertures, some captioned. Prints, cabinet cards, and tintypes relate to portraits of family and friends of the White and Curren Families. Individuals pictured in the album include: John D. Curren, May Whyte Campbell, …

Date Range: ca.1895

Reference Code: V683 / V / A / PD - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / V / A : White/Curren Family Personal Series

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: 1152

Reference Code: V683 / V / A / PD - 6

GMD: Album; Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: ca.1895

Physical Description: Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (37 b&w prints) --

Scope & Content: Album contains 30 b&w cabinet cards, 4 b&w tin types, 3 b&w prints, slipped into apertures, some captioned. Prints, cabinet cards, and tintypes relate to portraits of family and friends of the White and Curren Families. Individuals pictured in the album include: John D. Curren, May Whyte Campbell, Annie Curren, the 2nd Mrs.John Curren, Mrs. Florence, Bill Peyto, Mary Lamb (I.Lamb's sister), Mike Kavanaugh, Bella Curren (sister of Annie White), Dave Whyte, Elizabeth White Jones (sister of Dave White), Fred W. Atkinson, and Jim McGravy. Photographic Studios noted on the cabinet cards include: Taylor and Sons, Kirkaldy, est. 1868; Trask, Philidelphia; R.H.Trueman & co., Vancouver, BC; Weese, Artist, Bellville; Wilbur M. Lee, Oconto, Wis; Byron Harmon, Banff; A.E.McDiarmid, Calgary, NWT; Trueman&Caple, Vancouver; A.Lamb, photographer.

Subject Access: Family; Friends; Portraits; Cabinet Cards

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of object.

Content Details: Commercial cabinet card album. Front and back covers are covered in velvet. The front cover features a botanical motif and the word ‘album’ in low-relief. The cover is stained and has been damaged. Some of the velvet on the front page and spine has been worn off. Velvet on back cover is mostly intact. Album has a metal clasp that no longer closes. Album contains 28 pages, 3 empty apertures. Two of the empty apertures contain sketches possibly by Peter Whyte (pages 1 and 17). Sketches are done in pencil on backing paper of the apertures. Sketches are profiles of unknown subjects.

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Photograph Album

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Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: Photograph: 1889. Album consists of 50 pages of 100 black and white photographs. Photographs also provides descriptions. Small amounts of silver mirroring starting to appear. V10 / PD - 1: 1- [721. Calgary from the E.] 2- [Slephen Clas. Calgary. From W.] 3- [716. Indigenous Camp, Winter.] 4- [Kan…

Date Range: 1889

Reference Code: V10 / PD -1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V10

Sous-Fonds: V10

Accession Number: 494

Reference Code: V10 / PD -1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1889

Physical Description: 1 photograph album

Scope & Content: Photograph: 1889. Album consists of 50 pages of 100 black and white photographs. Photographs also provides descriptions. Small amounts of silver mirroring starting to appear. V10 / PD - 1: 1- [721. Calgary from the E.] 2- [Slephen Clas. Calgary. From W.] 3- [716. Indigenous Camp, Winter.] 4- [Kananaskis Falls.] 5- [Rapids on the Bow at Kananaskis.] 6- [675. Kananaskis Falls from above. Winter.] 7- [676. The Bow at Kananaskis, Winter.] 8- [678. Mouth of Pit and Elevator, Anthracite.] 9- [608. C.P.R. At Banff.] 10- [663. Cascade Mountain. Banff.] 11- [740. Official Plan of the National Park.] 12- [641. C.P.R. Hotel. Banff.] 13- [720. Banff Hotel from N.] 14- [743. Lower Bow Park, from C.P.R. Hotel, Banff.] 15- [745. The Spray River, Banff.] 16- [751. Spray Bridge and Bow Falls, Banff.] 17- [750. Banff Avenue, looking N.] 18- [753. Cascade on the Bow, Banff.] 19- [719. The Sanitarium. Banff.] 20- [754. Upper Hot Springs, Banff.] 21- [755. Cascade Mountain from the Sanitarium, Banff.] 22- [756. Mount Edith, front Bow River, Banff.] 23- [824. The Bow River and Twin Peaks Mountain, Banff.] 24- [757. Bird’s Eye view of Banff, from Tunnel Mountain.] 25- [765. Bow Rapids and C.P.R. Hotel, Banff.] 26- [758. Vermilion Lakes, Banff.] 27- [760. Vermilion Lakes, Banff.] 28- [762. “The Pool,” Banff.] 29- [748. Interior of Cave, Banff] 30- [747. Cave and Basin Buildings, Banff.] 31- [766. Devil’s Head Canyon and Bridge, Banff.] 32- [767. Lake Minnewanka, (Devil’s Lake,) Banff.] 33- [769. Catch of Fish, Lake Minnewanka, Banff.] 34- [782. Lake Minnewanka. W. end, Rocky Mountain Park.] 35- [778. “Sundance Canyon,” Rocky Mountain Park.] 36- [815. “Canyon House” and the “Mountain Belle,” Banff] 37- [817. C.P.R. Transfer Co’s. Stables, Banff.] 38- [668. Bridge over the Spray. Banff] 39- [665. Tunnel Mountain. Banff.] 40- [664. “The Hoodoos.” Natural Monuments. Banff] 41- [657. Castle Mountain, from C.P.R.] 42- [599. Castle Mountain, Rockies.] 43- [596. C.P.R. At Castle Mountain] 44- [603. Castle Mountain, from C.P.R.] 45- [588. Mount LeFroy. Laggan.] 46- [598. Mount Hector. Laggan.] 47- [593. The Bow below Laggan.] 48- [Cathedral Mountain from the west.] 49- [586. Cathedral Mountain. 10,284 ft. high.] 50- [787. Field, B.C. from C.P.R. Hotel.] 51- [578. Field Hotel and Mount Stephen.] 52- [577. Mount Field. 8554 ft. high.] 53- [580. Mount Stephen and Glacier. 10,525 ft. high.] 54- [556. Field (?)] 55- [788. Mt. McMullen and Glaciers from the Summit of Boundary] 56- [790. Kicking Horse Pass and Van Home Range from summit of Boundary Peak, Rockies, height 9,000 feet.] 57- [791. Fairmont Hot Springs and Natural Basin, Kootenai, B.C.] 58- [807. “Wild Horse” Gold digging, Kootenai, B.C.] 59- [808. “D” Troop N. W.M.P. and pack train crossing the Rockies.] 60- [809. “Sam’s Landing” and Stage, Kootenai, B.C.] 61- [681. Falls on the Kicking Horse. Leanchoile 103ft. high. Winter.] 62- [682. Falls on the Kicking Horse. Leanchoile 103ft. high. Winter.] 63- [Winter scene in the Rockies.”] 64- [685. Winter Scene in the Rockies.] 65- [686. A Cascadec in Winter in the Kicking Horse Canyon.] 66- [687. The Kicking Horse in winter.] 67- [601. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 68- [579. Tunnel in Upper Kicking Horse Pass.] 69- [604. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 70- [605. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 71- [606. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 72- [607. The Bow River in the Rockies.] 73- [597. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 74- [595. C.P.R. In the Rockies.] 75- [592. In the Rockies.] 76- [562. Bridge over the Kicking Horse.] 77- [555. Bridge and Tunnel. Kicking Horse Pass.] 78- [568. The Beaverfoot Range.] 79- [554. Kicking Horse Pass.] 80- [553. Group of section men on hand-car.] 81- [552. The Moberly House.] 82- [549. Tunnel on C.P.R. west of Donald.] 83- [550. The Columbia and Moberly Peak.] 84- [612. The Beaver Canyon.] 85- [613. The Beaver Canyon.] 86- [614. “Hell Gate.” Beaver Canyon.] 87- [819. Donald, B.C., from Station yard.] 88- [821. Round House and Turntable, Donald, B.C.] 89- [610. C.P.R. Engines.] 90- [703. C.P.R. Engine 73 and train.] 91- [C.P.R. Engine 402 and train] 92- [705. C.P.R. Engine, 316 and train at Donald, B.C.] 93- [606. C.P.R. heavy grade Engine.] 94- [739. Official Plan of “The Loop.” C.P.R.] 95- [651. Mountain Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 164 ft. high, 1086 ft. long.] 96- [652. Stony Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 296 ft. high.] 97- [648. Surprise Creek Bridge. Selkirks. 180 ft. high.] 98- [647. Interior of Snow-shed.] 99- [643. Glacier House. Selkirks.] 100- [837. Dining Room, Glacier House, B.C.]