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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse …

Date Range: 1856-1980

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Drawing; Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Ambrotype; Cased photograph; Daguerreotype; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Tintype; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Plan; Poster; Private record; Published record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Sous-Fonds: TBD

Accession Number: 3069 and various

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683

GMD: Drawing; Motion picture; Film; Photograph; Album; Ambrotype; Cased photograph; Daguerreotype; Negative; Photograph print; Postcard; Tintype; Transparency; Sound recording; Cassette; Reel to reel; Textual record; Plan; Poster; Private record; Published record

Other Title Info: Also known as the Whyte family fonds

Date Range: 1856-1980

Physical Description: 25 m of textual records. -- ca.46,000 photographs : prints, albums, postcards, cased photographs, transparencies, negatives. -- 178 sound recordings : audio tape reels, audio tape cassettes. -- 6 motion pictures (and film strips)

History / Biographical: Peter and Catharine Whyte were artists, photographers, outdoor enthusiasts, travelers, philanthropists and cultural workers at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Peter Whyte, 1905-1966, was born at Banff in 1905 to pioneer merchant Dave White and Annie (Curren) White. He was an accomplished skier and ski jumper and one of the region's first native-born painters with an intimate knowledge of the mountains and was an active photographer from ca.1920 until the 1950s. Peter Whyte studied art at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1923-1924, and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925, where he met Catharine Robb. Catharine Robb Whyte, 1906-1979, was born in 1906 at Concord, Massachusetts and grew up amongst the wealth and creativity of the Robb and Morse families. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, 1925-1929.; Following their marriage in 1930, the Whytes pursued a life of painting, photography, hiking, skiing and travelling. Their log home and studio in Banff became a focal point for their artist friends, Stoney Indians and local pioneers. Catharine shared Pete's involvement in skiing and hiking organizations and together they managed Skoki Lodge from 1932-1934. In following years, the Whytes travelled extensively. During the Second World War, Peter served in the reserve army, with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer and, briefly, as an official war artist. Catharine continued to paint and maintain their home and, when possible, accompanied Pete to his military postings. In civilian life, Pete resumed his art career, explored new photographic techniques and sculpted.; Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Whytes formulated plans for a foundation to preserve the art and history of the Canadian Rockies. Plans for a building to house an archives, public library and gallery were in preparation when Pete died in 1966. The Peter Whyte Foundation was named in his honour. Catharine immersed herself in the development of what is now the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, in the cultural community, painting, outdoor activity, travel and work with the Stoney First Nations. She became a more active photographer, recording her travels and outdoor pursuits. She served in an official capacity with numerous cultural and charitable organizations, was a patron to individuals studying art and music, and supported numerous causes relating to the Stoney First Nations. Catharine also supported causes related to multiculturalism, regional culture and recreation, and cancer research. Despite her modesty and often anonymous patronage of causes, Catharine was recognized with numerous awards and honours, including the Order of Canada in 1978. She died in Banff in 1979.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of papers, photographs and sound recordings of Peter and Catharine Whyte and the papers and photographs of their respective families. Consists of three sous-fonds: V683, S37 and M36. M36 and S37 consists of three series. Series I: Peter and Catharine Whyte, Series II: Robb and Morse families, Series III: White and Curren families. Within Series I, there are four Sub-series: Series: A. Catharine Robb Whyte papers; B. Peter Whyte papers; C. Peter and Catharine Whyte papers accessioned after 2017; D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings.

Name Access: Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Arts; Communications; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; sous-fonds, series and file description for textual; sub-series and group description for photographs; item description, subject/proper name index, and summaries for sound recordings; reference copies for sound recordings

Creator: Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

Category: Arts; Communications; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; First nations; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1976

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.12

Description: Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.

Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1976

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.

Subject: portrait; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.12

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1975

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.08

Description: Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.

Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1975

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 15.8 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.

Subject: portrait, male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.08

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History Photos

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 120 b&w prints of various historical topics, some photos taken by Bruno Engler, others collected [presumably] by him. Includes various Canadian Pacific Railway events, community events and celebrations, Skoki Lodge's 60th anniversary, the Norquay Ski Hill rope-tow, the 1968 Winter …

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1993]

Reference Code: V190 / VI / H / iv / b / PA - 01 to PA - 120

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

11 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, H : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iv : History, b : Photos

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / H / iv / b / PA - 01 to PA - 120

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: [ca. 1886-1993]

Physical Description: 120 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 120 b&w prints of various historical topics, some photos taken by Bruno Engler, others collected [presumably] by him. Includes various Canadian Pacific Railway events, community events and celebrations, Skoki Lodge's 60th anniversary, the Norquay Ski Hill rope-tow, the 1968 Winter Olympics bid, Princess Margarite's [sic] visit in 1958, the Cosmic Ray Observatory operations, a Kiwanis Club event, ranching and ranch lands, portraits, and more.

Name Access: Perren, Walter; Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Jon; White, Cliff Jr.; Locke, Charlie; Jones, Ken; Rungius, Carl; Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Aerial photography; Animals; Banff townsite; Banff Upper Hot Springs; Buildings and facilities; Cave and Basin; Centennial; Ceremony; Chairlifts and gondolas; Climbing; Community events; Construction; Dogs; Entertainment; Festival; Helicopters; Military; Mount Norquay Chairlift; Mount Norquay Ski Area; Mountains; Parades; Parks Canada; Parks Canada Warden; Portrait; Public events; Roads; Roger's Pass; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Scenery; Tourism; Trains; Travel; Winter; Winter Carnival; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Alberta

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / H / iv / b / NA - 01 to NA - 04 V190 / VI / H / iv / b / NS - 01 to NS - 02

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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People - Portraits & Groups

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 114 b&w prints of various people, usually posed either on their own or in a group. Includes portraits of movie stars, mountain guides, Banff locals, various clubs and boards, Miss Australia, Princess Margaret, Piere Chretien, skiers, and more. Also includes 1 negative depicting a g…

Date Range: 1952-1987

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / ii / a / PA - 01 to PA - 114

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

25 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: ii : People, a : Portraits & Groups

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / ii / a / PA - 01 to PA - 114

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1952-1987

Physical Description: 114 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 114 b&w prints of various people, usually posed either on their own or in a group. Includes portraits of movie stars, mountain guides, Banff locals, various clubs and boards, Miss Australia, Princess Margaret, Piere Chretien, skiers, and more. Also includes 1 negative depicting a group of skaters, probably a club.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Beil, Charlie; Vroom, Bill; Anderson, Andy; Gallagher, Lloyd (Kiwi); Strom, Erling; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; O'Brien-ffrench, Conrad; Princess Margaret; White, Cliff; Wood, Sharon; Chretien, Jean; Gertsch, Rudi; Gmoser, Hans; Greene, Nancy; Lougheed, Peter

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Banff National Park; Banff Skating Club; Banff Ski Club; Children; Community events; Community life; Cowboys; Family; First Nations; Guides; Helicopter skiing; Helicopters; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Mountaineers; Movie Stars; Norquay Ski Hill; Parks Canada; Parks Canada Warden; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; Ski areas; Skiers; Sulphur Mountain; Sunshine area; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / P / ii / a / NA - 01

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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Personalities

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 178 b&w & colour prints of mostly posed portraits of people. Includes close-ups, professionally staged portraits in a studio setting, shots of actors from various film projects, candid shots of people, and more. Includes shots of people swimming, hiking, climbing, and at parties; P…

Date Range: 1950-1993

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / iii / PA - 01 to PA - 178

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

24 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order

Sous-Fonds: V190

Sub-Series: iii : Personalities

Accession Number: 7436 5507

Reference Code: V190 / VI / P / iii / PA - 01 to PA - 178

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1950-1993

Physical Description: 178 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 178 b&w & colour prints of mostly posed portraits of people. Includes close-ups, professionally staged portraits in a studio setting, shots of actors from various film projects, candid shots of people, and more. Includes shots of people swimming, hiking, climbing, and at parties; Park Wardens, artists, politicians, musicians, businessmen, and more.

Name Access: Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Brewster, Jim; de Grandmaison, Nicholas (Nick); Rolston, Shauna; Peyto, Paul; Anderson, Andy; Marty, Sid; Costigan, Pat; O'Brien-ffrench, Conrad; de Grandmaison, Sonia; Wood, Sharon; Watson, Sir Norman; Davies, Jim; Jones, Ken; Brewster, Dell; Perren, Walter; Greene, Nancy; Hess, George; Encil, George; Gertsch, Rudi; Whyte, Catharine

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Children; Community events; Community life; Family; Helicopters; Hiking; Horses; Lake Minnewanka; Personal and Professional Life; Portrait; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiers; Sulphur Mountain; Sunshine Village; Swimming; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Canmore; Seebe

Language: English

Related Material: V190 / VI / P / iii / NA - 01 to NA - 03 V190 / VI / P / iii / NS - 01 to NS - 03

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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A view of Boston

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1957

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.01

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Artist: Unknown

Title: A view of Boston

Date: 1957

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.3 x 48.0 cm

Subject: architecture, urban

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.01

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Buffalo Hunt

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Buffalo Hunt

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 51.0 cm

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Subject: figure; male; animal; buffalo; horse

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

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Moose Kneeling

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1958 – 1968

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.06

Description: From a side view we can see this moose kneeling down on the ground eating grass. Behind this moose in the foreground, two other moose are walking and eating in the background. Around the feet on the closest moose there is some grass drawn at the ground level.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Moose Kneeling

Date: 1958 – 1968

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 28.0 cm

Description: From a side view we can see this moose kneeling down on the ground eating grass. Behind this moose in the foreground, two other moose are walking and eating in the background. Around the feet on the closest moose there is some grass drawn at the ground level.