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Letters to Mother [September - December 1942]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to th…

Date Range: 1942

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 114

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; 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 / 114

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1942

Physical Description: 1.2 cm of textual records (56 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 50 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from September 2 to December 31, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, cleaning and household chorse, a 3-day trip to the Columbia Icefields to paint/sketch in early September, news pertaining to the war, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], day trips around Banff National Park to sketch/paint [mostly to Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, and Lake Minnewanka], going to the movies, wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities and promotions in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], making frames, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross [including first aid training], Pete being hired by Sir Norman Watson to create letterhead and a Christmas card for Mount Temple Chalet, skiing, slide making and presentations, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], and Christmas activites/parties. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.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. 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.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Phil; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; White, Annie; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); White, Bubby; Whyte, Dorothy; Stockand, Cameron; Stockand, Lila (White); Ward, Sam; Ward, Louise (Cis); Brewster, Fern; Brewster, Jack Walker; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Watson, Sir Norman; Rummel, Elizabeth; Rummel, Lizzie; Rungius, Carl; Noble, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Books; Bow Lake; Businesses; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Columbia Icefield; Columbia Icefield Chalet; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hospital; 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; Red Cross; Royal Canadian Airforce; RCAF; Scenery; Skiing; Ski areas; Trains; Transportation; Travel; War; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports; World War II; WWII

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Icefield Parkway; 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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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

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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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Round Mystery Mountain : a ski adventure

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

Published Date: 1935

Author: Watson, Sir Norman, bart

Publisher: London : Arnold

Call Number: F1089 C7 W3

Author: Watson, Sir Norman, bart

Responsibility: by Sir Norman Watson and Edward J. King

Publisher: London : Arnold

Published Date: 1935

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

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: F1089 C7 W3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Round Mystery Mountain : a ski adventure

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

Published Date: 1935

Author: Watson, Sir Norman

Publisher: London : E. Arnold

Call Number: 01.4 C63w

Author: Watson, Sir Norman

Responsibility: Sir Norman Watson and Edward J. King

Publisher: London : E. Arnold

Published Date: 1935

Physical Description: xii, 246p. : ill., ports, maps

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

Subjects: Waddington, Mount

Accession Number: 220 - weed; 411 - missing?; 1039 - keep

Call Number: 01.4 C63w

Collection: Archives Library

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Trophy

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Canadian National [illegible] Glacier Trophy Presented to Ski Club of Canadian Rockies by Sir Norman Watson - a silver cup with handles on both sides and a skier on top

Date Range: [ca. 1947-1978]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 64

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph

1 image

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 64

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1947-1978]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Canadian National [illegible] Glacier Trophy Presented to Ski Club of Canadian Rockies by Sir Norman Watson - a silver cup with handles on both sides and a skier on top