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Royal Visit Photographs

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Part Of: Boon family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 17 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to royal visit, 1939.

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V73 / PA - 11 to 26

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph, print

Part Of: Boon family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M92 / V73

Sous-Fonds: V73

Accession Number: 7693

Reference Code: V73 / PA - 11 to 26

GMD: Photograph, print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: Photographs: 17 prints, b&w

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of 17 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to royal visit, 1939.

Storage Range: V57 to V79

Language: English

Creator: Charles Boon

Title Source: Title supplied by archival assistant

Processing Status: Processed

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Elizabeth Aleen Aked Travel Album

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Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff …

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V74 / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Album; Postcard; Print

Part Of: Elizabeth Aleen Aked fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V 74

Sous-Fonds: V74

Accession Number: 7850

Reference Code: V74 / PD - 1

GMD: Photograph; Album; Postcard; Print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph album: 140 b&w prints; postcards; col.

History / Biographical: See fonds level description for biographical history.

Scope & Content: Album contains 140 b&w prints and colour postcards, tipped in. Photograph and memorabilia album documents Aleen Aked's trip to the Rocky Mountains with her parents in 1939. Photographs and postcards include images of Stoney Nakoda First Nations at Morley and Banff Indian Days, Town of Banff, Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, Snowsqualmie Pass, Columbia River, Chukanut Drive (Washington), Puget Sound, Aked and her parents. Album also includes newsclippings and pamphlet pertaining to Banff Indian Days, pamphlets from Radium Hotsprings lodge and hot springs, and the Banff Springs Golf course pamphlet.

Name Access: Elizabeth Aleen Aked

Subject Access: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Creator: Aked, Elizabeth Aleen

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Alpine Club Ski Camp in the Tonquin Valley

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the April 1939 ACC Ski Camp to the Tonquin Valley, Jasper.

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 1

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the April 1939 ACC Ski Camp to the Tonquin Valley, Jasper.

Name Access: Chapman, Kathleen; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Hind, Rob; Walker, Hazel

Subject Access: Mountaineers; Banff Jasper Highway; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Glaciers

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

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Trail Ride of 1939

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Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

33 images

Part Of: Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M573 / V797 / S60

Series: V797 / II : Lantern Slides

Sous-Fonds: V797

Accession Number: 2019.111

Reference Code: V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60

GMD: Transparency; Photograph; Lantern slide

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 33 photographs : col. slides

Scope & Content: File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).

Notes: Each slide is labelled.; Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures; Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."

Name Access: Hembroff MacDonald, Jean; Wardle, James M.; McCowan, Dan; Sanson, Norman; MacDonald, Jack; Cran, Anna; Savatard, Emmeline; Struthers, Betsy; Fisher, George; Wheeler, John Oliver

Subject Access: Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trails; Trail guides; Tourism; Travel; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Horses

Geographic Access: Banff National Park; Canada; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Lake Louise; Skoki

Language: English

Related Material: M573 / I / 18; The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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ACC Camp in the Ice River Valley

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Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the July 1939 ACC Camp at the Ice River Valley

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph print

1 image 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Jean Knox Petrie fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M237 / V281

Series: II : Albums

Sous-Fonds: V281

Accession Number: 7694

Reference Code: V281 / II / PD - 4

GMD: Album; Photograph print

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 32 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album depicting the July 1939 ACC Camp at the Ice River Valley

Notes: Albums with black pages were likely originally bound together as a single album, however gaps in page numbers imply that pages are missing from the complete work.

Name Access: Chapman, Kathleen; McDonald, Jean; Petrie, Jean; Gibson, Rex; Feuz, Edward; Gest, Illian; Hind, Rob; Walker, Hazel

Subject Access: Mountaineers; Banff Jasper Highway; Alpine Club of Canada; Camps; Glaciers

Geographic Access: Jasper National Park; Banff; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Jean Knox Petrie

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [January - July 1939]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are read…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 106

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 / 106

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 2.3 cm of textual records (138 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 65 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to July 31, 1939. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, Christmas presents, radio programs [mostly operas and the news, but also plays], books Catharine and Edith are reading, day to day life, weather, slide-making, skiing at Norquay, visits from friends and visitors, descriptions of meals, wildlife [often in the yard], print-making, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, day trips to Lake Louise, the Winter Carnival, construction of the Mount Temple Chalet finishing and subsequent trips to Temple to ski, cleaning and household chores, trips to Skoki to ski, painting/sketching, photography, updates on Dave White's health, errand trips to Calgary, various holidays [both Canadian and American], planning a new additon to the back of the house, going to Victoria and back in April-May [they stayed in Lethbridge, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kamloops, and Vancouver before arriving in Victoria by car and then took the train back to Banff from Prince George through Revelstoke and Golden], preparing the house for renovations [includes deep cleaning and having the floors sanded], the King and Queen visiting in late May, the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, Russ' health concerns, short trips around the mountains to paint/sketch [mostly up to Bow Lake/Saskatchewan River Crossing and into Yoho National Park], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, progress on the construction of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow Lake, and preparing for the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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. 106 - 47 contains details of the 1939 Royal Visit.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Peter; White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Mackenzie, Kate; Paris, Cyril; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Feuz, Edward; Mather, Allan; Castle, Donald; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Service, Robert; McGee, Sam; King George VI; Brewster, Jim; Bearspaw, David; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Rungius, Carl; Vaux, George, X

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Cave and Basin; Children; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Mount Temple Chalet; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Royalty; Scenery; Skating; Skiing; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skoki Lodge; Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Swiss Guides; Trains; Transportation; Travel; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Lake Minnewanka; Bow Lake; Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Kamloops; Nelson; Prince George; Vancouver; Victoria; Revelstoke; Golden; British Columbia; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [August - December 1939]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and…

Date Range: 1939

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 107

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 / 107

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1939

Physical Description: 1.7 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 20 x 24.9 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 56 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to December 30, 1939. Topics include going on the annual Skyline Trail Hike to the Ptarmigan Valley in early August, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [a mix of personal projects and commissions done both at home and out in the Park], visits from friends and visitors, slide making, photography and cameras [including colour photography], events and people in Concord, minor repairs/projects to the house and property [including installing a new water heater on the second floor], updates on Dave White's health, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], the declaration of war on Germany in early September [as well as details pertaining to local recruitment efforts and general preparations], day trips to Lake Louise, wildlife, descriptions of meals, Edith going to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City [September], construction on the new addition to the house throughout October [including a new furnace room, bathroom, and dark room on the ground floor, extending the studio on the second floor, and facing the side of the house in stone], cleaning and household chores, errand trips to Calgary, books Catharine and Edith are reading, a large blizzard at the end of October, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], attending first aid classes at the school, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other Christmas activities and parties.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. All typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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. 107-19 contains a sketch of a mushroom on the back of the first page. 107-36 contains a sketch of the Whyte compound and details of the new extention to Pete and Catharine's house.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Clifford; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; White, Clifford J., Sr.; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Mary (Hallock); Simpson, Margaret; Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Rungius, Carl; Noble, George; Pocette, Mark; Bagley, Frederick A.; Watson, Sir Norman; Vaux, Mary; Reid, Charles

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Automobiles; Backcountry skiing; Banff; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Birthday; Books; Businesses; Children; Christmas; Cinema; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Home; Hospital; Hiking; Indigenous Peoples; Leisure; Literature; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; North West Mounted Police; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; RCMP; Scenery; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Tunnel Mountain; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; World War II; WWII; World's Fair

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Ptarmigan Valley; Yoho National Park; Banff National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Walcott Trip, 1938

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to the Walcott family trip, 1938. The photographs document camp life, hiking, climbing, pack trains, horses and landscapes. Locations of photographs include Panorama Peak, Savannah Creek, Beehive Mountain, the "Gap" district, …

Date Range: 1938

Reference Code: V26 / III / A20 / PA - 1 to 24

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M376 / V26

Series: III. Professional Photography: Guiding and Hunting Trips

Sous-Fonds: V26

Reference Code: V26 / III / A20 / PA - 1 to 24

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1938

Physical Description: Photographs: 24 prints, b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 b&w photographs, some captioned. Photographs pertain to the Walcott family trip, 1938. The photographs document camp life, hiking, climbing, pack trains, horses and landscapes. Locations of photographs include Panorama Peak, Savannah Creek, Beehive Mountain, the "Gap" district, Oldman River, and Racehorse Creek.