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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Catalogue Number
CuJ.01.01
Description
General colour: pink, green on gold. A pink vase with a thin handle on either side and three yellowish pansies in front. Five stalks of red, rose and orange blossoms at the back. A few green leaves in the front and in the back.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Dimensions
28 x 45.7 cm
Description
General colour: pink, green on gold. A pink vase with a thin handle on either side and three yellowish pansies in front. Five stalks of red, rose and orange blossoms at the back. A few green leaves in the front and in the back.
Subject
still life
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.01.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Catalogue Number
CuJ.01.02
Description
General colour: pink on gold. A vase with two decorative stripes running around the top. Has two yellow fowers, one mauve and one pink in front and four stalks of pink flowers in the back.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Vase of Flowers
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Dimensions
39.7 x 29.5 cm
Description
General colour: pink on gold. A vase with two decorative stripes running around the top. Has two yellow fowers, one mauve and one pink in front and four stalks of pink flowers in the back.
Subject
still life
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.01.02
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Catalogue Number
CuJ.01.03
Description
General colour: blue, rose on gold. A blue vase with one yellow rose in the front and six pink roses behind with five buds.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Vase of Flowers
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Dimensions
50.4 x 34.5 cm
Description
General colour: blue, rose on gold. A blue vase with one yellow rose in the front and six pink roses behind with five buds.
Subject
still life
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.01.03
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Catalogue Number
CuJ.01.04
Description
General colour: deep rose, green. One rose branch with leaves, two blooms and six buds.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Roses
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Dimensions
47.7 x 24.5 cm
Description
General colour: deep rose, green. One rose branch with leaves, two blooms and six buds.
Subject
still life
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.01.04
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Cascade Mountain 1908

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Cascade Mountain 1908
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.3 x 43.2 cm
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.02
Description
General colours: green, brown. Rock cliffs with dead tree logs propped up on them, come down to meet a narrow waterway at center. Trees grow on top of the cliffs and a mountain side rises up from them on the right. Two peaks can be seen up center. The sky is blue and pink with a few horizontal clou…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Devil's Canyon
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
49.3 x 59.8 cm
Description
General colours: green, brown. Rock cliffs with dead tree logs propped up on them, come down to meet a narrow waterway at center. Trees grow on top of the cliffs and a mountain side rises up from them on the right. Two peaks can be seen up center. The sky is blue and pink with a few horizontal clouds across it.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Dave White, Winnipeg, 1969
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.02
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First Cabin at Lake Louise

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.03
Description
General colour: green, brown. Across the bottom is green water. The rocky beach has a rowboat on it at the left side. It has one oar in it and the name Dave White painted on the side. At center is a small log cabin - logs scattered at the left side of it - smoke coming out the top. The background i…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
First Cabin at Lake Louise
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
39.4 x 54.6 cm
Description
General colour: green, brown. Across the bottom is green water. The rocky beach has a rowboat on it at the left side. It has one oar in it and the name Dave White painted on the side. At center is a small log cabin - logs scattered at the left side of it - smoke coming out the top. The background is trees.
Subject
architecture, rural
cabin
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Dave White
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.03
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.04
Description
General colour: brown, green. Water runs up from the lower edge to center banked on both sides by steep cliffs. A row of trees grows by the waters edge on the left side. Trees grow on top of the cliffs. Two bridges cross the water at center and in the distance. Above left is cloudy sky.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Johnson's Canyon
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
44.6 x 34.5 cm
Description
General colour: brown, green. Water runs up from the lower edge to center banked on both sides by steep cliffs. A row of trees grows by the waters edge on the left side. Trees grow on top of the cliffs. Two bridges cross the water at center and in the distance. Above left is cloudy sky.
Subject
landscape
river
bridge
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.04
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Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1923
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.05
Description
General colour: blue, green. Bottom third is water. The edge of the left shore is in the lower left corner. Tree branches come out from the edge of the left side. Across the middle is the far shore of trees. In the upper part in the center is one mountain and sky beyond.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake
Date
1923
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51 x 30.5 cm
Description
General colour: blue, green. Bottom third is water. The edge of the left shore is in the lower left corner. Tree branches come out from the edge of the left side. Across the middle is the far shore of trees. In the upper part in the center is one mountain and sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.05
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.06
Description
General colour: green, blue, brown. The lower half is green water with an island of shrubs sitting in the middle. Bushes and then trees mark the far shore. A blue mountain rises up from center. The blue and pink sky has a few clouds.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
29.8 x 37.9 cm
Description
General colour: green, blue, brown. The lower half is green water with an island of shrubs sitting in the middle. Bushes and then trees mark the far shore. A blue mountain rises up from center. The blue and pink sky has a few clouds.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of D. Armistead Moore, 1971
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.06
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Mount Rundle in Snow

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.07
Description
General colour: green, white. Green water in the lower part with a patch of snow in lower left corner. Trees rise up on both sides. There is an island of snow in the center of the water. In the background center is a single mountain. Sky above.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle in Snow
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
35.5 x 29.2 cm
Description
General colour: green, white. Green water in the lower part with a patch of snow in lower left corner. Trees rise up on both sides. There is an island of snow in the center of the water. In the background center is a single mountain. Sky above.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Dave White, Winnipeg, 1970
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.07
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.08
Description
General colour: greens. A mountain range goes off into the distance left. A lake reflecting evergreens and scrub on opposite shore divides the painting horizontally one third up from the bottom.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
The Three Sisters
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61 x 86.5 cm
Description
General colour: greens. A mountain range goes off into the distance left. A lake reflecting evergreens and scrub on opposite shore divides the painting horizontally one third up from the bottom.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.08
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.09
Description
General colour: green. Central image is log building with a chair and table sitting outside it. Hotel is written on the door. To the left of the cabin are logs and an axe in a stump. To the right, a fence and a ladder coming out of a hole in the ground. Trees surround the hut and green mountains ri…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.4 x 60.5 cm
Description
General colour: green. Central image is log building with a chair and table sitting outside it. Hotel is written on the door. To the left of the cabin are logs and an axe in a stump. To the right, a fence and a ladder coming out of a hole in the ground. Trees surround the hut and green mountains rise up behind. The sky is blue with small white clouds. Small shrubs grow across the bottom.
Subject
landscape
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Dave White, Winnipeg, 1970
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.09
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1909
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.10
Description
General colour: green. In the lower left corner there is a road and a cabin with a woman in the doorway and smoke coming out of the chimney. The road goes over a bridge over a stream. To the right is a lake with two men on the shore and a sailboat in the center. The hills rise up beyond and mountai…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1909
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51.2 x 81.4 cm
Description
General colour: green. In the lower left corner there is a road and a cabin with a woman in the doorway and smoke coming out of the chimney. The road goes over a bridge over a stream. To the right is a lake with two men on the shore and a sailboat in the center. The hills rise up beyond and mountains behind them. Small clouds drift across the sky.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.10
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.11
Description
General colour: turquoise, blue, forest green. Lower canvas is water except in the right corner is a brown shore with stones and logs. A cliff rises up the right side topped with trees. In the distance to the left is a treed slope and snowy peak beyond. The sky fills the upper half, it is blue with…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
46.7 x 35.5 cm
Description
General colour: turquoise, blue, forest green. Lower canvas is water except in the right corner is a brown shore with stones and logs. A cliff rises up the right side topped with trees. In the distance to the left is a treed slope and snowy peak beyond. The sky fills the upper half, it is blue with a pink horizon and clouds.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.11
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.12
Description
General colour: green. A road runs up from the lower edge to center where there is a fence and behind a lake, and further left a bridge which the road goes over. On the left are trees. On the right an embankment with trees on top. In the background are yellow green fields and hills across the pictu…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.8 x 56 cm
Description
General colour: green. A road runs up from the lower edge to center where there is a fence and behind a lake, and further left a bridge which the road goes over. On the left are trees. On the right an embankment with trees on top. In the background are yellow green fields and hills across the picture from the left to right of center. The sky has a few clouds.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.12
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.13
Description
General colour: green, brown. Railway tracks go up from the bottom center and disappear behind a bank on the left side with a fence and three trees on top. Two telegraph poles can be seen on the right side of the tracks. In the lower right corner is water. The far shore of trees gives way to mounta…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.7 x 30.5 cm
Description
General colour: green, brown. Railway tracks go up from the bottom center and disappear behind a bank on the left side with a fence and three trees on top. Two telegraph poles can be seen on the right side of the tracks. In the lower right corner is water. The far shore of trees gives way to mountain side and peak in the upper right corner. In the upper left corner is another peak in the distance and pink and blue sky.
Subject
landscape
railway
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.13
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Photocopied Summit Registers

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Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Scope & Content
File consists of three photocopied pages (b&w) of summit registers from Mount Bell from July 2001 - July 2002.
Date Range
2001
2002
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 2014.8322
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M235
Sous-Fonds
M235
Accession Number
2014.8322
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 2014.8322
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Responsibility
Whyte Museum
Date Range
2001
2002
Physical Description
3 textual records: photocopied pages
Scope & Content
File consists of three photocopied pages (b&w) of summit registers from Mount Bell from July 2001 - July 2002.
Notes
Accessioned by Margaret Weller.
Subject Access
Summit
Mountain
Geographic Access
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Access Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Reproduction Restrictions
Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
Language
English
Conservation
Items must be stored flat and kept away from potentially harmful materials.
Creator
Unknown
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Mt. Willingdon Summit Register

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Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Date Range
1983
1985
1991
1994
1996
1998
2003
2005-2013
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 2014.8377
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M235
Sous-Fonds
M235
Accession Number
2014.8377
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 2014.8377
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Responsibility
Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
1983
1985
1991
1994
1996
1998
2003
2005-2013
Physical Description
4 Textual records: 1 notebook and 3 loose pages of notes, handwritten
Notes
Accessioned by Jennifer Rutkair on December 1, 2014
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Register
Summit
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Language
English
Conservation
Items must be stored flat. keep notebook in mylar to prevent contact between metal / water damaged material and other items. Consider removing metal spiral if rust causes further damage to notebook pages.
Creator
Unknown
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Summit Note from Unnamed Mountain

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Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Scope & Content
Handwritten record of mountain ascent (unnamed mountain located 2.2 km NNE of Mount Folk), written on scrap piece from coconut biscuit box. Author unknown, dated 1964(?). Provides multiple names of climbers, and references Alpine Club and Vancouver. Names written include: Paddy Sherman(?), Werner H…
Date Range
ca. 1964 (?)
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 8121
Description Level
6 / Item
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Part Of
First ascent and summit note collection
Description Level
6 / Item
Fonds Number
M235
Sous-Fonds
M235
Accession Number
8121
Reference Code
M235 / accn. 8121
GMD
Private record
Textual record
Responsibility
Whyte Museum
Date Range
ca. 1964 (?)
Physical Description
1 Textual record: handwritten on cardboard in pencil
History / Biographical
Recovered July 17, 2011 by David P. Jones of Golden, B.C.; original author/owner unknown. Was originally stored upside down in old rusty sardine can and punctured with several holes caused by lightning.
Scope & Content
Handwritten record of mountain ascent (unnamed mountain located 2.2 km NNE of Mount Folk), written on scrap piece from coconut biscuit box. Author unknown, dated 1964(?). Provides multiple names of climbers, and references Alpine Club and Vancouver. Names written include: Paddy Sherman(?), Werner Himmelsbach, Ralph Hutchinson, Don MacLaurin, Joe Hutton, and Bren Moss.
Subject Access
Summit
Mountain
Alpine Club of Canada
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Language
English
Conservation
Item must be stored separate from other materials and kept in carefully controlled physical conditions to prevent further damage.
Creator
Unknown
Biographical Source Notes
Notes provided in accession record (2011) by Lena Goon
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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