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- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a photo album containing views of people, places and activities in Alberta and British Columbia. Included is extensive material on the Banff area; also Morley, Lake Louise, and the Yoho region. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facil…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1915-1930]
- Reference Code
- V465 / PD - 3
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V465
- Sous-Fonds
- V465
- Accession Number
- 6160, 6180
- Reference Code
- V465 / PD - 3
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Parallel Title
- Parallel title is orginal title given
- Date Range
- [ca. 1915-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (393 photographs : b&w ; 24.5 x 30.3 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of a photo album containing views of people, places and activities in Alberta and British Columbia. Included is extensive material on the Banff area; also Morley, Lake Louise, and the Yoho region. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people. Captions accompany many images. Images include: 1a 27286 - Indian mother and child. [Banff Indian Days] 1b 27287 - Indian mother and child. [Banff Indian Days] 2a 27288 - Indian mother and children. [Banff Indian Days] 2b 27289 - Indian mother and child. [Banff Indian Days] 2c 27290 - Indian mother and child. 2d 27291 - Indian mother and child. [Banff Indian Days] 3a 27292 - Indian mother and child. 3b 27293 - Indian mother and child. 3c 27284 - Spectators of the Indian sports. [Woman on horseback] 3d 27295 - Spectators of the Indian sports. [Indigenous people at fence] 4a 27296 - Spectators of the Indian sports. [People in touring carriage bus] 4b 27297 - Spectators of the Indian sports. [People in stands] 4c 27298 - Spectators of the Indian sports. [Man and woman on horseback] 4d 27299 - Spectators of the Indian sports. [Indigenous women at fence] 5a 27300 - Indians crowding up to buy ice cream at a refreshment stand. [Banff Indian Days] 5b 27301 - Indian Pow Wow House near Morley. [Sun Dance Lodge] 5c 27302 - Indians. John Englishman, age 110 years, oldest man of tribe. 5d 27303 - Indian Day. Spectators on the side lines. 6a 27304 - Indian Day. Spectators on the side lines. [People in touring carriage bus] 6b 27305 - Indian Day. Spectators on the side lines. [People on horseback] 6c 27306 - Indian Day. Spectators on the side lines. [Indigenous woman and children] 6d 27307 - Indian Day. Spectators on the side lines. [People in stands] 7a 27396 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths. 7b 27397 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths. 7c 27398 - Horse Back Party leaves Hotel. [Banff Springs Hotel] 7d 27399 - Horse Back Party leaves Hotel. [Banff Springs Hotel] 8a 27400 - Horse Back Party leaves Hotel. [Banff Springs Hotel] 8b 27401 - Horse Back Party leaves Hotel. [Banff Springs Hotel] 8c 27402 - Horse Back Party leaves Hotel. [Banff Springs Hotel] 8d 27403 - Icecream all around. 9a 27316 - Indian Boy on Pony. 9b 27317 - Indian Boy on Pony. 9c 27318 - Indian Boy on Pony. 9d 27319 - Indian Day. Bow and arrow shooting contest. 10a [Print missing] 27320 - Indian Day. Bow and arrow shooting contest. 10b 27321 - Two White boys negotiating with Indian lads for a pair of gloves. 10c 27322 - Indian boy willing to sell his gloves for $12.00 or his horse for $6.00. Horses are cheap here. 10d 27323 - Indian Parade, Banff. 11a 27324 - Indian Parade, Banff. 11b 27325 - Indian Parade, Banff. 11c 27326 - Indian Parade, Banff. 11d 27327 - Indian Parade, Banff. 12a 27328 - Indian Parade, Banff. 12b 27329 - A little Indian Maid. 12c 27330 - Indian Race [Horse race] 12d 27331 - Indian Races [Boys race starting line] 13a 27332 - Indian Races [Horse race] 13b 27333 - Indian Races [Horse race] 13c 27334 - Indian Races [Horse race] 13d 27335 - Indian Races [Horse race] 14a 27336 - Indian Races [Horse race] 14b 27337 - Jack Lait and old Chief Horse Foot at Morley. 14c 27338 - Jack Lait in bed as usual at 9 A.M. 14d 27339 - Jack Lait shaves. 15a 27344 - Washing dishes on the trail. 15b 27345 - Washing dishes on the trail. 15c [Print missing] 27346 - Washing dishes on the trail. 15d 27347 - Washing dishes on the trail. 16a 27340 - Jim Brewster, starter of races and master of ceremonies. [Banff Indian Days] 16b 27341 - Jim Brewster, starter of races and master of ceremonies. [Banff Indian Days] 16c 27342 - A chief of the stoney tribe. [Stoney Nakoda] 16d 27343 - A chief of the stoney tribe. [Stoney Nakoda] 17a 27348 - Washing dishes on the trail. 17b 27349 - Washing clothes in a stream. 17c 27350 - Washing clothes in a stream. 17d 27351 - Mrs. Wheeler and old chief Horse Foot. 18a 27352 - Old Chief Horse Foot. 18b 27353 - Mrs. Wheeler and Old Chief Horse Foot. 18c 27354 - Mrs. Wheeler and Old Chief Horse Foot. 18d 27355 - Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Rice drinking from brook. 19a 27356 - Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Rice drinking from brook. 19b 27357 - Bill the guide. 19c 27358 - Bill the guide. 19d 27359 - Bill the guide. 20a 27360 - On the platform at Morley, Mr. Gibbon, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Rice. 20b 27361 - On the platform at Morley, getting into the cars. 20c 27362 - Mr. Clark's shoes. 20d 27363 - Porter Browne. 21a 27364 - Scenes in the Sulphur Pool, Banff Springs Hotel. [Group on pool deck] 21b 27365 - Scenes in the Sulphur Pool, Banff Springs Hotel. [Group on pool deck] 21c 27366 - Scenes in the Sulphur Pool. [Woman diving off board] 21d 27367 - Scenes in the Sulphur Pool. [Woman sitting on pool edge] 22a 27368 - Scenes in the Sulphur Pool, Banff Springs Hotel. [Group on pool deck] 22b 27369 - Scenes in the Sulphur Pool, Banff Springs Hotel. [Woman posed on diving board] 22c 27370 - Scenes in the Sulphur Pool. [Woman posed on pool edge] 22d 27371 - Scenes in the Sulphur Pool. [Woman sitting on diving board] 23a 27372 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Person diving] 23b 27373 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. 23c 27374 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Group of children in pool] 23d 27375 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Woman and baby in pool] 24a 27376 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Person diving] 24b 27377 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Group of children in pool] 24c 27378 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Group of people in pool] 24d 27379 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Woman posed on diving board] 25a 27380 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Woman sitting on diving board] 25b 27381 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Woman sitting on diving board] 25c 27382 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Person diving] 25d 27383 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [People in pool] 26a 27384 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Woman and baby in pool] 26b 27385 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Woman sitting on diving board] 26c 27386 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Woman posed on diving board] 26d 27387 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Girl posed on pool deck] 27a 27392 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths. [Person diving] 27b 27393 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths. [Woman posed on diving board] 27c 27394 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths. [Person diving] 27d 27395 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths. [Person diving] 28a 27388 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Woman sitting on diving board] 28b 27389 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. [Two women posed on diving board] 28c 27390 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths, Banff. 28d 27391 - Scenes in Government Sulphur Springs Baths. [Person diving] 29a 27312 - Indian Day. Indians visit Banff Spring Hotel. 29b 27313 - Indian Day. Indians visit Banff Spring Hotel. 29c 27314 - Indian Day. Indians visit Banff Spring Hotel. 29d 27315 - Indian Day. Indians visit Banff Spring Hotel. 30a 27308 - Indian Day. Spectators on the side lines. 30b 27309 - Indian Day. Spectators on the side lines. 30c 27310 - Indians visit Banff Springs Hotel. 30d 27311 - Indian Day. Indians visit Banff Springs Hotel. 31a 27404 - Icecream all around. 31b 27405 - J.M.G. Fishing. 31c 27406 - J.M.G. Fishing. 31d 27407 - J.M.G. Fishing. 32a 27408 - Trout Fishing. [Three people behind fallen log] 32b 27409 - Trout Fishing. [Close-up] 32c 27410 - Trout Fishing. [People on both sides of stream] 32d 27411 - Trout Fishing. [Woman holding up line with fish] 33a 27412 - Trout Fishing. [Four people behind fallen log] 33b 27413 - Trout Fishing. [Woman fishing] 33c 27414 - Trout Fishing. [Three men sitting on fallen log] 33d 27415 - Trout Fishing. [Two people standing on side of stream] 34a 27416 - Trout Fishing. [Three people behind fallen log] 34b 27417 - Trout Fishing. [Two people standing on riverbank] 34c 27418 - Trout Fishing. [Three people fishing on riverbank] 34d 27419 - Trout Fishing. [Two people fishing] 35a 27420 - Trout Fishing. [Two people fishing] 35b 27421 - Trout Fishing. [Two people fishing - close-up] 35c 27422 - Trout Fishing. [Two people fishing] 35d 27423 - Trout Fishing. [Man fishing] 36a 27424 - Trout Fishing. [Two people fishing] 36b 27425 - "How the Noble Redman has fallen" Brave blows in all of his money on icecream cones. [Banff Indian Days - young man in headdress eating icecream] 36c 27426 - "How the Nobel Redman has fallen" Brave blows in all of his money on icecream cones. [Banff Indian Days - young man in headdress eating icecream] 36d 27427 - Joseph Rabbit, Jr., the gingerale champion of the tribe's favorite pose. 37a 27428 - Towser, the touring dog, has made 1200 mile trip from Montana to Banff on running board as is seen here. 37b 27429 - Towser, the touring dog, has made 1200 mile trip from Montana to Banff on running board as is seen here. 37c 27430 - "I wish I had a Kewpie." [Banff Indian Days - Woman carrying a child outside a shop window] 37d 27431 - "I wish I had a Kewpie." [Banff Indian Days - Woman carrying a child outside a shop window] 38a 27432 - Mrs. Two Bears collects $4.00 prize money after winning the women's race. 38b 27433 - Mrs. Two Bears collects $4.00 prize money after winning the women's race. [Possibly mis-identified] 38c 27434 - Talking it over. [Two men standing, one higher up than the other] 38d 27435 - Talking it over. [Three men sitting by bush talking] 39a 27436 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days] 39b 27437 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - two RCMP officers posed on horseback] 39c 27438 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - one RCMP officer posed on horseback] 39d 27439 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - three RCMP officer posed on horseback] 40a 27440 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days] 40b 27441 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - horse rearing up] 40c 27442 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - officer standing beside horse] 40d 27443 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - one RCMP officer posed on horseback] 41a [Print Missing] 27444 - Mounted Police. 41b [Print Missing] 27445 - Mounted Police. 41c 27446 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - one RCMP officer posed on horseback, close-up] 41d 27447 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - one RCMP officed posed on horseback] 42a 27448 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days] 42b 27449 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - one RCMP officer posed on horseback] 42c 27450 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days] 42d 27451 - Mounted Police. [Banff Indian Days - one RCMP officer posed on horseback] 43a [Print Missing] 27452 - Mounted Police. 43b 27453 - A. Wright. Game Warden and announcer of events. 43c 27454 - A. Wright. [Remainder of label missing] 43d 27455 - Our party fords a river. 44a 27456 - Our party fords a river. [Entering the river] 44b 27457 - Our party fords a river. [Mid-river] 44c 27458 - Our party fords a river. [Walking up-stream] 44d 27459 - Our party fords a river. [Entering the river] 45a 27460 - Our party fords a river. [Entering the river] 45b 27461 - Our party fords a river. [Gathered on the riverbank] 45c 27462 - Our party fords a river. [Mid-river] 45d 27463 - Our party fords a river. [Pack train mid-river] 46a 27464 - Our party fords a river. [Mid-river] 46b 27465 - Our party fords a river. [Mid-river] 46c 27466 - Our party fords a river. [Crossing the river] 46d 27467 - Our party fords a river. [Mid-river] 47a 27468 - Our party fords a river. [Man on horseback mid-river] 47b 27469 - Our party fords a river. [Mid-river] 47c 27470 - Our party fords a river. [Mid-river] 47d 27471 - Our party fords a river. [On the riverbanks] 48a 27472 - Our party fords a river. [Exiting the river] 48b 27473 - Our party fords a river. [Mid-river] 48c 27474 - The beginning of the Camping Trip. Train leaves Banff. 48d 27475 - The beginning of the Camping Trip. Train leaves Banff. 49a 27476 - The beginning of the Camping Trip. Train leaves Banff. 49b 27477 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Man in fringed leather jacket] 49c 27478 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Two men packing horse] 49d 27479 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Only blanket on horse] 50a 27480 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Man holding horse's reins] 50b 27481 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Man standing beside horse] 50c 27482 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Two men packing horse] 50d 27483 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Two men packing horse] 51a 27484 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Two men packing horse] 51b [Scan missing] 27485 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. 51c 27486 - Putting Pack on a Pack Horse. [Man tightening ropes] 51d 27487 - Our horses standing around smudge fire to keep flies away. 52a 27488 - Riding Wild Horses. [Banff Indian Days] 52b 27489 - Riding Wild Horses. [Banff Indian Days] 52c 27490 - Riding Wild Horses. [Banff Indian Days] 52d 27491 - Riding Wild Horses. [Banff Indian Days] 53a 27492 - Motor Party at Banff Springs Hotel. 53b 27493 - Motor Party at Banff Springs Hotel. 53c 27494 - Motor Party at Banff Springs Hotel. 53d 27495 - Harmon makes a movie at White Man's Pass. 54a 27496 - Harmon makes a movie at White Man's Pass. 54b 27497 - Camping party in a grove near Banff. 54c 27498 - Buffalo in Park near Banff. 54d 27499 - Buffalo in Park near Banff. 55a 27500 - Boating on the Bow River, Banff. [Woman in rowboat] 55b 27501 - Boating on the Bow River, Banff. [Two men in canoe] 55c 27502 - Boating on the Bow River, Banff. [Motor boat] 55d 27503 - Boating on the Bow River, Banff. 56a 27504 - Boating on the Bow River, Banff. 56b 27505 - Boating on the Bow River, Banff. 56c 27506 - Scenes across Canada. [People on city street] 56d 27507 - Scenes across Canada. [Buildings along a dirt road, rural town] 57a 27508 - Scenes across Canada. [Small park with train line in the background] 57b 27509 - Scenes across Canada. [Train station, Edmonton?] 57c 27510 - Scenes across Canada. [Lake scene from a moving train] 57d 27511 - Scenes across Canada. [Man and girl on train platform] 58a 27512 - Scenes across Canada. [Log float] 58b 27513 - Scenes across Canada. [Group of people on train platform] 58c 27514 - Scenes across Canada. [Train station] 58d 27515 - Scenes across Canada. [Buildings along a dirt raod, rural town] 59a 27516 - Scenes across Canada. [People boarding a train] 59b 27517 - Scenes across Canada. [People on a train platform] 59c 27518 - Scenes across Canada. Moose Jaw. 59d 27519 - Scenes across Canada. [Men and a dog on a train platform] 60a 27520 - Scenes across Canada. [Two men posed on a train platform] 60b 27521 - Scenes across Canada. [People on a train platform] 60c 27522 - Where our forest fire started. 60d 27523 - Where our forest fire started. 61a 27524 - Our Party on the trail. [Two people on horseback] 61b 27525 - Our Party on the trail. [Waterfall] 61c 27526 - Our Party on the trail. 61d 27527 - Our Party on the trail. 62a 27528 - Our Party on the trail. [Leading a pack horse] 62b 27529 - Our Party on the trail. 62c 27530 - Our Party on the trail. [Horse train on narrow trail] 62d 27531 - Our Party on the trail. [Two cowboys with pack horses] 63a 27532 - Our Party on the trail. [Man posed beside horse] 63b 27533 - Our Party on the trail. [Horse train in burnt forest] 63c 27534 - Our Party on the trail. [Horse train on narrow trail] 63d 27535 - Our Party on the trail. [One cowboy leading a pack horse] 64a 27536 - Our Party on the trail. 64b 27537 - Our Party on the trail. [Woman posed beside horse] 64c 27538 - Our Party on the trail. [Man posed beside horse] 64d 27539 - Our Party on the trail. 65a 27540 - Our Party on the trail. [Man on horseback] 65b 27541 - Our Party on the trail. 65c 27542 - Our Party on the trail. 65d 27543 - Our Party on the trail. [Horse train on narrow trail] 66a 27544 - Our Party on the trail. [Woman on horseback] 66b 27545 - Our Party on the trail. [Woman posed beside horse] 66c 27546 - Our Party on the trail. 66d 27547 - Our Party on the trail. 67a 27548 - Our Party on the trail. [Pack horse] 67b 27549 - Our Party on the trail. [Two women on horseback] 67c 27550 - Our Party on the trail. 67d 27551 - Our Party on the trail. [Woman on horseback] 68a 27552 - Our Party on the trail. [Group of people posed on horseback] 68b 27553, 27555 - Our Party on the trail. [Woman on horseback crossing log bridge] 68c 27554 - Our Party on the trail. [Group of people posed on horseback] 68d 27556 - Our Party on the trail. [Man posed on horseback] 69a 27557 - Our Party on the trail. [Man posed on horseback] 69b 27558 - Our Party on the trail. 69c 27559 - Our Party on the trail. [Pack train] 69d 27560 - Our Party on the trail. [Riders posed on horseback] 70a 27561 - Our Party on the trail. 70b 27562 - Our Party on the trail. [Horses grazing] 70c 27563 - Our Party on the trail. [Woman posed beside horse] 70d 27564 - Our Party on the trail. [Horse train on narrow trail] 71a 27565 - Our Party on the trail. 71b 27566 - Stephanson, Arctic Explorer at Banff. [Correction: Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962)] 71c 27567 - Jack Lait washes dishes 71d 27568 - Our Party on the Trail. [Fording a river] 72a 27569 - Play teepee for Indian children. Children of Enos Hunter, Morley Alberta. Julia, girl age five, Laurier, boy age three. 72b 27570 - Play teepee for Indian children. Children of Enos Hunter, Morley Alberta. Julia, girl age five, Laurier, boy age three. 73a 27571 - Mrs. Wheeler with two Indian women. 73b 27573 - A chief of the stony tribe. [Correction: Stoney Nakoda] 74a [Print missing] 27572 - A chief of the stony tribe. [Correction: Stoney Nakoda] 74b 27574 - Mrs. Wheeler with Indian mothers. [Banff Indian Days] 75a 27575 - Horses in our camp. 75b 27576 - Horses in our camp. 76a 27578, 27580 - Bow and arrow contest at the finish. The winner points out his arrow. They shoot twenty-five yards at a quarter set up on the ground. Winner gets the quarter. [Banff Indian Days, archers in a row] 76b 27577 - Bow and arrow contest at the finish. The winner points out his arrow. They shoot twenty-five yards at a quarter set up on the ground. Winner gets the quarter. [Banff Indian Days, man pointing out his arrow] 77a 27582 - Bow and arrow contest at the finish. The winner points out his arrow. They shoot twenty-five yards at a quarter set up on the ground. Winner gets the quarter. [Banff Indian Days, archers in a row] 77b 27580 - Bow and arrow contest at the finish. The winner points out his arrow. They shoot twenty-five yards at a quarter set up on the ground. Winner gets the quarter. [Banff Indian Days, archers in a row] 77c 27581 - Bow and arrow contest at the finish. The winner points out his arrow. They shoot twenty-five yards at a quarter set up on the ground. Winner gets the quarter. [Banff Indian Days, archers in a row] 78a 27583 - Mounted police snapping handcuffs on bad man. [Staged] 78b 27584 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged] 78c 27585 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, pointing gun at man - both on horseback] 78d 27586 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged. pointing gun at man - both on horseback] 79a 27587 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, officer following bad man - both on horseback] 79b 27588 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, pointing gun at man - both on horseback] 79c 27589 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, pointing gun at man - both on horseback] 79d 27590 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, officer on horseback] 80a 27591 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged] 80b 27592 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, pointing gun at man - both on horseback] 80c 27594 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, pointing gun at man - both on horseback] 80d 27595 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, bad man on horseback] 81a 27596 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, arresting him, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him, and marching along road with bad man. [Staged, pointing gun at man - both on horseback] 81b 27597 - Lake Louise. View from Hotel Porch. [People standing] 81c 27598 - Lake Louise. View from Hotel Porch. [People sitting] 81d 27599 - Lake Louise. View from Hotel Porch. [Exterior shot looking towards the entrance] 82a 27600 - R. R. Station. Lake Louise. 82b 27601 - R. R. Station. Lake Louise. 82c 27602 - R. R. Station. Lake Louise. 82d 27603 - Trolley which goes up the hill from R.R. Station to Hotel Lake Louise. Has a Rolls Royce Auto Engine. 83a 27604 - Trolley which goes up the hill from R.R. Station to Hotel Lake Louise. Has a Rolls Royce Auto Engine. 83b 27605 - Trolley which goes up the hill from R.R. Station to Hotel Lake Louise. Has a Rolls Royce Auto Engine. 83c 27606 - Natural Bridge on River. Bitween [sic] Field and Emerald Lake. 84a 27608 - Natural Bridge on River. Bitween [sic] Field and Emerald Lake. 84b 27609 - Natural Bridge on River. Bitween [sic] Field and Emerald Lake. [River rapids] 84c [Print missing] 27610 - A Raft on the Lake Alpine Camp. Yoho Valley. 84d 27611 - A Raft on the Lake Alpine Camp. Yoho Valley. 85a 27612 - A Raft on the Lake Alpine Camp. Yoho Valley. [One woman on raft] 85b 27613 - A Raft on the Lake Alpine Camp. Yoho Valley. [Man and woman on raft] 85c 27614 - Mr. Mitchell, Manager of the Alpine Camp. [Repairing raft] 85d 27615 - Mr. Mitchell, Manager of the Alpine Camp. [Seated] 86a 27616 - Louise of Lake Louise. Lake in background. 86b 27617 - Drive by Stage from Field to Emerald Lake. Scene in Pine forest. Mountains with glacier ahead. 86c 27618 - Drive by Stage from Field to Emerald Lake. Scene in Pine forest. Mountains with glacier ahead. 87a 27620 - Drive by Stage from Field to Emerald Lake. Scene in Pine forest. Mountains with glacier ahead. 87b 27621 - A Huskie Esquimo dog part wolf, owned by manager at Lake Louise. 87c 27622 - [Chateau Lake Louise manager's dog] 87d 27623 - R.R. Station, Banff. 88a 27624 - R.R. Station, Banff. 88b 27625 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [People posed on porch of tea house, lake in the background] 89a 27626 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Man sitting on railing of tea house, looking out] 89b 27627 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Lake Agnes] 90a 27628 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Tea House and bridge] 90b 27629 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Tea House and waterfall] 91a 27630 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Two people posed on tea house porch, lake in background] 91b 27631 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Two people posed on tea house porch, lake in background] 92a 27632 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Waterfall] 92b 27633 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [View from the Tea House porch] 93a 27634 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Tea House and waterfalls] 93b 27635 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Tea House and waterfalls] 94a 27636 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [View from top of waterfalls] 94b 27637 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [View from top of waterfalls] 95a 27638 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Lake Agnes] 95b 27639 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [View from top of waterfalls] 96a 27641 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Waterfalls] 96b 27642 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Tea House and waterfalls] 96a 27642 - The Bee Hive Tea Room, Lake Agnes, and Valley of ten peaks, and scenes looking out form this Tea House, a short climb up from Lake Louise. [Tea House and bridge] 97b 27643 - Miss P. M. Innes, 9363 Strathcona Rd. Edmonton, Alberta. Alpine Club Scenes. [Posing with mirror] 98a 27644 - Miss P. M. Innes, 9363 Strathcona Rd. Edmonton, Alberta. Alpine Club Scenes. [Posing with mirror] 98b 27645 - Miss P. M. Innes, 9363 Strathcona Rd. Edmonton, Alberta. Alpine Club Scenes. [At wash basin] 99a 27646 - Miss P. M. Innes, 9363 Strathcona Rd. Edmonton, Alberta. Alpine Club Scenes. [Posing with mirror] 99b 27647 - Miss P. M. Innes, 9363 Strathcona Rd. Edmonton, Alberta. Alpine Club Scenes. [At wash basin] 100a 27648 - Miss P. M. Innes, 9363 Strathcona Rd. Edmonton, Alberta. Alpine Club Scenes. [Outside tent] 100b 27649 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 101a [Print missing] 27650 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 101b [Print missing] 27651 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 102a 27652 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. [Man and woman outside tent] 102b 27653 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 103a 27654 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. [Man and woman outside tent] 103b 27655 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 104a 27656 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. [Men on lakeshore, tents in the background] 104b 27657 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. [Campfire] 105a 27658 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. [Dining table] 105b [Print missing] 27659 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 106a 27660 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 106b 27661 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 107a 27662 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 107b 27663 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. 108a 27664 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. [People on lakeshore] 108b 27665 - A. O. Wheeler, head of Alpine Club & camera used for mapping work in mountains by Canadian Government. 109a [Print missing] 27666 - A. O. Wheeler, head of Alpine Club & camera used for mapping work in mountains by Canadian Government. 109b [Print missing] 27667 - A. O. Wheeler, head of Alpine Club & camera used for mapping work in mountains by Canadian Government. 110a 27668 - Alpine Club Camp Scenes. Summit Lake, Yoho Valley. [Dinner scene] 110b 27669 - A. O. Wheeler, head of Alpine Club & camera used for mapping work in mountains by Canadian Government. 111a 27670 - A. O. Wheeler, head of Alpine Club & camera used for mapping work in mountains by Canadian Government. [Camera packed up on his back] 111b 27671 - Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old. 112a 27672 - Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old. 112b [Print missing] 27673 - Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old. 113a 27674 - Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old. [Posed standing beside horse] 113b [Print missing] 27675 - Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old. 114a 27676 - [Four Mounted Police officers, Rundle Mountain in the background] 114b [Print missing] 27677 - Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old. 115a 27678 - Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old. [Posed standing beside horse] 115b 27680 - Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old. [Posed standing beside horse] 116a 27681 - Takakkaw Fall, Yoho Valley. [Hiker in foreground] 116b [Print missing] 27682 - Takakkaw Fall, Yoho Valley. 117a 27683 - Banff, Mounted Police Building. [Officers posed in front] 117b 27684 - Banff, Mounted Police Building. 118a 27685 - Banff, Mounted Police Building. 118b 27686 - [Mounted Police Stable, Banff] 119a 27687 - Mounted Police Stable, Banff. [Two officers on horseback in front] 120a [Print missing] 27688 - Mounted Police Stable, Banff. 120b 27689 - Banff, Mounted Police. Summer Uniform, Red Coat, Blue trousers, these men are constables. F. W . Wood - Riding "Pete." W. Neish - Riding "Crazy." W. Hile - [Riding] "Kitchner." E. L. Stapleton - [Riding] "Brownie." Enfield Carbine is used and colts 45-6 shooter. 121a [Print missing] 27690 - Banff, Mounted Police. Summer Uniform, Red Coat, Blue trousers, these men are constables. F. W . Wood - Riding "Pete." W. Neish - Riding "Crazy." W. Hile - [Riding] "Kitchner." E. L. Stapleton - [Riding] "Brownie." Enfield Carbine is used and colts 45-6 shooter. 121b 27691 - [Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old] 122a 27693 - [Mounted Police officer] 122b 27694 - [Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old.] 123a 27695 - Banff, Mounted Police. Summer Uniform, Red Coat, Blue trousers, these men are constables. F. W . Wood - Riding "Pete." W. Neish - Riding "Crazy." W. Hile - [Riding] "Kitchner." E. L. Stapleton - [Riding] "Brownie." Enfield Carbine is used and colts 45-6 shooter. 123b [Print missing] 27696 - Banff, Mounted Police. Summer Uniform, Red Coat, Blue trousers, these men are constables. F. W . Wood - Riding "Pete." W. Neish - Riding "Crazy." W. Hile - [Riding] "Kitchner." E. L. Stapleton - [Riding] "Brownie." Enfield Carbine is used and colts 45-6 shooter. 124a 27697 - [Mounted Police officer] 124b 27698 - [Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old.] 125a 27699 - [Mounted Police officer] 125b 27700 - [Mounted Police. Wm. Neish. Riding "Crazy" 7 yrs. old.] 126a [Print missing] 27701 - Sergt. Oliver in Charge, Mounted Police, Banff. 126b 27702 - Sergt. Oliver in Charge, Mounted Police, Banff. 127a [Print missing] 27703 - Mounted Police, Banff. WInter Uniform. F. W. Wood riding "Pete" 11 years old. 127b [Print missing] 27704 - Mounted Police, Banff. WInter Uniform. F. W. Wood riding "Pete" 11 years old. 128a [Print missing] 27705 - Mounted Police, Banff. WInter Uniform. F. W. Wood riding "Pete" 11 years old. 128b [Print missing] 27706 - Mounted Police, Banff. WInter Uniform. F. W. Wood riding "Pete" 11 years old. 129a [Print missing] 27707 - Mounted Police, Banff. WInter Uniform. F. W. Wood riding "Pete" 11 years old. 129b 27710 - Mounted Police, Banff. WInter Uniform. F. W. Wood riding "Pete" 11 years old. [Officer posed standing beside horse] 130a 27711 - Mounted Police, Banff. WInter Uniform. F. W. Wood riding "Pete" 11 years old. [Officer posed on horseback] 130b 27712 - Mounted Police, Banff. WInter Uniform. F. W. Wood riding "Pete" 11 years old. [Officer posed on horseback] 131a 27593 - Mounted police at work. Showing a policeman questioning a bad man, covering him with gun and putting handcuffs on him and marching him along road. [Officer pointing a gun at a man, both on horseback] 131b [Print missing] 27597 - Wm. Neish riding "crazy" 7 yr. old. 131c 27679 - Wm. Neish riding "crazy" 7 yrs. old. [Officer posed standing beside horse]
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- Offensive or harmful terms are retained for historical accuracy or to document the issues and social context of a specific time and the attitudes and opinions of the people who created the material.
- Blank pages not scanned
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Animal Paddock
- Archery
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Indian Grounds
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff Upper Hot Springs
- Bison
- Boats
- Bow River
- Buffalo
- Buildings
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Cave and Basin
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Children
- Clothing and dress
- Community events
- Community life
- Cowboys
- Dogs
- Emerald Lake Lodge
- Entertainment
- Environment and Nature
- Events
- Fire
- First Nations
- Fishing
- Government
- Guides
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Hot Springs
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Agnes Teahouse
- Landscapes
- Military
- Mountains
- Outfitters
- Outfitting
- Pack trains
- Packing
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Portrait
- Railways
- RCMP
- Rodeo
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Scenery
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Stoney Nakoda
- Swimming
- Takakkaw Falls
- Teahouses
- Teepees
- Tourism
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Wild Horses
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Alberta
- Yoho National Park
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Each page individually housed in mylar sleeves
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Photograph album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions14745
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of 114 unbound pages from a photo album. Album contains views of people, places and activities from across Canada from Hudson Bay and Ontario to the Canadian Rockies. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, ev…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1915-1930]
- Reference Code
- V465 / PD - 4
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V465
- Sous-Fonds
- V465
- Accession Number
- 6160, 6180
- Reference Code
- V465 / PD - 4
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Parallel Title
- Parallel title is orginal title given
- Date Range
- [ca. 1915-1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (108 photographs : b&w ; 24.4 x 29.9 cm)
- Scope & Content
- Item consists of 114 unbound pages from a photo album. Album contains views of people, places and activities from across Canada from Hudson Bay and Ontario to the Canadian Rockies. Views pertain to visitors and local personalities, sports and recreation, camping, facilities and buildings, trips, events, scenic views. Many views include people. Captions accompany many images Includes: 1 38887 - Canada. Hudson Bay. The Nastapoka Falls. 2 38886 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Cape Dufferin. Esquimos trading their white foxes at a Revillon Freres Post. 3 38885 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Esquimo family building their igloo. The man and woman on the roof are filling in with snow the chinks between the blocks of ice. Below, the boy is closing the door. 4 38884 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Esquimos eating in the interior of their igloo. Notice the soap stone kettle hanging over the soap stone dish full of burning blubber. 5 38883 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo child with his bow and arrow. 6 Hudson Bay: A very old Esquimo / 38882 7 38881 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Cape Dufferin. The Revillon Freres trading station at Cape Dufferin. Notice the banks of snow against the walls of the house to keep the drifts away. In the foreground are two Esquimo igloos which the natives who came to trade furs built as their stay, may last several days. 8 38880 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo drilling a large piece of soap stone to make a kettle. 9 38879 - Canada. Hudson Bay. Father and son. This Esquimo has taken his child out to sea in his kayak (canoe made of seal hides) to teach him how to jig for rock cod. 10 38878 - Canada. Hudson Bay. An Esquimo mother and child. 11 CN285 - Mt. Ishbel, Canadian Pacific Rockies. 12 CN83 - Canada. Lake Superior. Drying fishing nets. 13 CN110 - Canada. Ontario, Brampton. Main street of Brampton. 14 CN121 - Canada. Ontario, Port Arthur. Great Lakes Cruise, Thunder Cape. 15 CN106 - Canada. Ontario. Flowerpot Island off Tobermorry. 16 CN202 - Canada. Ontario. Georgian Bay. Beansoleil Park. 17 CN201 - Canada. Ontario. Lake of Bays. Yachting at Bigwin Inn. 18 CN108 - Canada. Ontario. Kirkland Lake district. 19 CN107 - Canada. Ontario. North Bay. Street scene. 20 CN253 - Canada. Ontario. The highway bridge over the Welland Canal opening to permit a steamer to pass. 21 CN250 - Canada. Ontario. A steamer passing through the Well and Canal. 22 CN252 - Canada. Ontario. A steamer in the Welland Canal passing a bridge which has been opened to permit its passage. 23 CN251 - Canada. Ontario. A set of locks on the Welland Canal. 24 CN192 - Canada. The Welland Ship Canal. General view of the lower entrance, Lock No. 1, looking south. 25 CN170 - Canada. Ontario. Welland Canal, shipping at Lock No. 3. 26 CN191 - Canada. Ontario. The "Naronic" at the Soo Locks. 27 Untitled : [unidentified building] / "1 X 46 R" 28 CN181 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. These little Ottawa people know their business already. Refusing to be harnessed for "mushing" along the hillside near Canada's capital and winter carnival city. Bozo nevertheless does not object to helping out with what is neither dog-back riding nor skiing 29 CN162 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Rockcliffe Park. 30 CN175 1 x 46 R - Rideau Hall, Ottawa, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada. 31 CN179 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Skating champion. 32 CN184 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa. Skiing on Dome Hill. 33 [Print missing] / CN109 - Canada. Ontario. Ottawa Parliament Buildings. 34 CN104 - Canada. Ontario. Toronto. Big buildings of Toronto. 35 CN105 - Canada. Ontario. Toronto. Bay Street. 36 CN23 - Canada. Toronto. Bathing in the Humber River. 37 CN23 - Canada. Ontario. 38 [Page missing] / CN45 - Canada. Ontario. Niagara in bloom. 39 CN52 - Canada. Ontario. Niagara. 40 CN51 - Canada. A Niagara fruit orchard in blossom time. 41 CN58 - Canada. Ontario Province. Schumacher Canaurum Mine. 700 foot level. 42 CN88 - Canada. A railroad engineer at his post. 43 CN139 - Canada. Beaver felling a tree. 44 CN21 - Canada. Ontario. Fishing at Devil's Hole, Algonquin Park. 45 CN50 - Canada. Ontario. Washagami Section. Bass fishing. 46 CN137 - Canada. Beavers at work 47 [Print missing] / CN49 48 CN28 - Canada. Harvest time. 49 CN25 - Canada. Harvesting in western Canada. 50 CN29 - Canada. Harvesting. 51 CN27 - Canada. Harvesting in western Canada. 52 CN102 - Canada. Alberta, Leduc. Raccoon on the Grathside Farm. 53 CN126 - Canada. Alberta, Jasper National Park. Squirrel at Jasper Park Lodge. 54 CN127 - Canada. Alberta. "A cat and dog existence" has its pleasures. according to Bowser, the faithful household canine of Caretaker Andrews at Jasper Park Lodge, who looks after this famous hostelry in the heart of the Canadian Rockies during the months when its grounds are no longer thronged with tourists, and to prove it, Bowser has adopted a homeless kitten which he found on the streets of Jasper town and took home with him. Here he is rocking his chum to sleep in front of the Andrew's home 55 CN26 - Canada. Alberta, Rockford. Gathering stooks. 56 CN180 - Canada. Alberta. Bear in Jasper National Park. 57 CN182 - Canada. Alberta. Buffalo and elk in Wainwright (Buffalo) National Park. 58 CN178 - Canada. Alberta. Bear up a tree in Jasper National Park. 59 CN138 - Canada. Alberta. Beaver house near Jasper. 60 [Print missing] / CN148 - Canada. The Rockies. Lakes in the Clouds seen from Little Beehive. 61 CN145 - Canada. The Rockies. View of Chalet Lake Louise from the top of Little Beehive. 62 CN147 - Canada. The Rockies. Scene at Lake Louise. 63 CN144 - Canada. The Rockies. Early morn at Lake Louise. 64 Canada. the Rockies. Lake Louise. The Lake Louise Hotel seen from the air 65 CN157 - Canada. Alberta. Banff. (The Rockies) A view showing the Springs Hotel and a Grayline Bus. Banff Springs Hotel. 66 CN156 - Canada. Alberta, Banff. (the Rockies) Indian Days. The Springs Hotel. Banff Springs Hotel. 67 CN146 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake Louise. Chalet Lake Louise, the Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel. 68 CN87 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. Feeding the swans in the park. 69 CN84 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. A dove cot in the garden of a Victorian home, a real English touch. 70 56860 - Canada. Br. Columbia. Victoria. Trimmed shrubbery on an estate. It has been the hobby of the owner for over 30 years to trim these trees (yew, barberry, white thorn, and golden holly.) into the shape of animals, birds, and figures. -- Owner: W. J. Pendray. 71 [Print missing] / CN82 72 48470 - Canada. British Columbia near Westminster. Salmon fishing fleet on the Fraser River near Westminster. 73 CN81 - Canada. British Columbia. Spence's Bridge. Indian graveyard. 74 CN48 - Canada. British Columbia. Kelowna. Apple orchard in bloom. 75 CN141 - Canada. British Columbia. Inside passage. 76 CN221 - Canada. British Columbia. Kitwanga. A dog totem. 77 CN120 - Canada. Western Canada. Old shepherd watching flock of sheep. 78 CN128 - Canada. Sheep grazing. 79 CN287 - Lake Louise, Mount Saddleback. 80 CN291 - Lake Louise, The Chalet of the Swiss Guides, in midwinter. 81 CN285 - Mt. Ishbel, Canadian Pacific Rockies. 82 CN151 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake 0' Hara, Victoria Glacier and the Seven Sisters Falls in the background. Date: 1927 83 56861 - Canada. Drive by stage from Field to Emerald Lake. Scene in pine forest, mountains with glacier ahead. 84 CN149 - Canada. The Rockies. Emerald Lake Chalet. 85 CN150 - Canada. The Rockies. Emerald Lake seen from the Chalet veranda. 86 CN153 - Canada. The Rockies. Morraine Lake in the Valley of Ten Peak. [Correction: Moraine Lake] 87 [Print missing] / CN154 - Canada. The Rockies. Lake Morraine and the Tower of Babel. 88 CN152 - Canada. The Rockies. Sinclair Canyon. 89 48871 - Canada. Royal Mounted Policeman. 90 CN85 - Canada. The Rockies. "Bad man" of the Kananaskis. 91 CN86 - Canada. The Rockies. A Cowboy and his steed. 92 CN78 - Canada. Lake Louise at sunset. 93 CN12 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) Mt. Robson. 94 CN10 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) Mt. Robson showing the glaciers and Berg Lake. 95 [Print missing] / CN7 - Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies). Mt. Robson showing the two glaciers and Berg Lake. 96 Canada. British Columbia (Canadian Rockies) One of the glaciers of Mt. Robson. 97 CN6 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. 98 CN79 - Canada. A beautiful scene in the Canadian Rockies. 99 CN79 - Canada. Stoney Indians of the Canadian Rockies 100 [Print missing] / CN6 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies - Modern ways are slow in creeping upon this small settlement of Stoney Indians 101 CN18 - Canada. Reindeer of the Canadian Rockies. [Correction: bull elk] 102 CN3 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. Pack-train on the Badge Pass at twilight 103 CN5 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. Mountain sheep "posing" for the camera. 104 CN13 - Canada. A scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Twin Falls, Yoho National Park] 105 CN11 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Three Sisters, Canmore] 106 CN18 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Lake Louise with Mt. Lefroy] 107 CN19 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Maligne Lake, Samson Peak on left] 108 CN17 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Bow River and Mount Rundle, Alberta] 109 CN16 - Canada. A scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Suspension bridge over Eraser River Canyon, B.C. Hell's Gate] 110 CN15 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [Bow River looking east from Banff Springs Hotel area] 111 CN14 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies : [view from Mount Victoria, above Lake Oesa, looking north toward Ringrose Mountain] 112 CN4 - Canada. Scene in the Canadian Rockies. The mirror-like surface of Lake Louise serves to reflect the riot of nature's splendor prevailing on all sides. 113 24419 - Canada. Sheep grazing. 114 PD65 - [Man seeding a field, possibly Ontario].
- Notes
- This material is presented as originally created, it contains outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content.
- Materials in historical collections reflect the attitudes, ideas, and norms of the era and culture in which they were created or collected.
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- Subject Access
- Inuit
- Activities
- Agriculture
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bears
- Bison
- Black Bears
- Boats
- Buffalo
- Buildings
- Carvings
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Children
- Coal and coal mines
- Commerce and industry
- Communities
- Description and travel
- Dockyard
- Dogs
- Elk
- Environment
- Farmland
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Holidays
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Industry
- Labour
- Landscapes
- Leisure
- Mines and mineral resources
- Mining
- Mountains
- Municipal views
- Personal and Family Life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Raccoon
- Recreation
- Regalia
- Scenery
- Ship
- Stoney Nakoda
- Swimming
- Tourism
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Waterfalls
- Wildlife
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Ottawa
- Toronto
- Ontario
- Jasper National Park
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Emerald Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Victoria
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Letters to Mother [February - July 1935]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7444
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, wa…
- Date Range
- 1935
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 97
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
one' s mind works .
The Library sounds lovely, and after all it is used
more to sit in,and for parties,than
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1 Electronic Resource
- 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 / 97
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (89 pages ; 21.5 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, watching hockey games and curling matches, weather, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, going to Skoki to ski, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first child Gale in late February [Edith's first grandchild], watching ski races at Norquay, converting an outbuilding from a garage/one bedroom into a garage/darkroom, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], sketching/painting, discussions of operas Edith has seen, Pete going to Vancouver for a few days in mid-April to help his parents [Dave was advised to go to sea level by doctors to help with ailments he'd been having], wildlife, developing photos and print-making, various holidays [both Canadian and American], descriptions of meals and various recipes, yardwork and redoing the driveway, Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-May to mid-June], construction of a new road to Norquay ski camp, Pete constructing a cover for the back of their truck to be used for camping, going to Calgary for the Stampede, Banff Indian Days, and camping trips around Lake Louise and Yoho National Park.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed - typed letters often have hand-written post scripts. A few letters written on lodge/hotel letterhead. Most 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. Some letters have numbers written in pencil or red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project. 97 - 16 contains a sketch of the garage outbuilding and the plans to convert half of it into a darkroom.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Robb, Gale (Guild)
- Caird, Jean
- Owen, Mildred
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Peter
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Whyte, Barbara
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Paris, Cyril
- Mather, Allan
- Strom, Erling
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Carson, Bill
- Adaskin, Frances
- Adaskin, Murray
- Vaux, Mary
- Vaux, George, X
- Vaux, Henry, Jr.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Ski Club
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bears
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Guides
- Home
- Hockey
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Swiss Guides
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Emerald Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Assiniboine
- Alberta
- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Letters to Mother [April - October 1936]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7447
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…
- Date Range
- 1936
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 / 100
- Date Range
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. 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. The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- White, Cliff Jr.
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- Owen, Mildred
- Campbell, Gray
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Mather, Allan
- Mather, Grace
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Emmeline
- Noble, George
- Poucette, Mark
- Adaskin, Murray
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Rungius, Carl
- Smith, Adelaide
- Castle, Alfred
- Castle, Donald
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Phillips, Gladys
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Beach
- Birthday
- Boats
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hockey
- Hiking
- Holidays
- Hospital
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Paris Tea Room
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Skoki Lodge
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Little Yoho Valley
- Yoho National Park
- Victoria
- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- Maui
- Hawaii
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Misc. Photographs
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- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of Rudolf Aemmer; Bruno Engler; Donald Smith driving in the last spike at Craigellachie; early view of the Banff High School; log structure at Cave & Basin (first "hotel" 1883); panoramic views of Lake Louise Chalet, 2 items ; views by J.H. Clarke, West Selkirk, Manitob…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1883-1949]
- Reference Code
- V90 / V / PA - 602 to 695
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Jim Brewster family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M436 / V90
- Series
- V. Other
- Sous-Fonds
- V90
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V90 / V / PA - 602 to 695
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1883-1949]
- Physical Description
- ca.100 photographs : prints; some oversize or framed
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to photographs of Rudolf Aemmer; Bruno Engler; Donald Smith driving in the last spike at Craigellachie; early view of the Banff High School; log structure at Cave & Basin (first "hotel" 1883); panoramic views of Lake Louise Chalet, 2 items ; views by J.H. Clarke, West Selkirk, Manitoba, 5 items; Banff townsite; masquerade party; Joe Smith, Silver City; hunting scenes and trophy heads; scenic views, some from Banff area; Banff Winter Carnival queen and events; portrait of Edward Whymper with James Hector; scenic views and First Nations portraits by Walter Wilcox, includes portrait of Tom Wilson with Chief John Hunter; members of Rotary International commemorative ceremony at Waterton Lakes National Park. Framed photographs are formal portrait of the Duke of Connaught and portrait of Duke of Connaught in Indigenous regalia on the patio of the Banff Springs Hotel, both 1916, and view of Rudolf Aemmer at Lake Louise, 1949.
- Name Access
- Aemmer, Rudolf
- Engler, Bruno
- Smith, Donald
- Clarke, J.H.
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Cave & Basin
- Brewster Transport Company Ltd.
- Hunting
- Ceremony
- Photography
- Portrait
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Guides
- Guiding
- Transportation
- Royal Family
- Royal Visit
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [July 1930 - October 1930]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brews…
- Date Range
- 1930
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 84
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 / 84
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 47 letters and postcards written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1930 to October 1930. Topics include the trip back to Banff after marriage, day to day life, meeting and visiting Pete's friends, the Banff community and artists [including Bill Brewster, Jim Brewster, Guy Davenport, Sid Graves, Sid Brewster, Mary Vaux Walcott, Jimmy Simpson, Byron Harmon, Fern Brewster, Wayne Palmer, Fred McCauley, Mrs. Brett, Julia Raymond, Pearl Moore, Edmee Moore, Philip Moore, J.E.H. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Link, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, George Brewster, Jessie McLean, Buddy van Dyke, Dorothy Whyte, John Murray Gibbon, Carl Rungius, Fred Arbrister, Neil Begg, Rudolph Aemner,] painting outdoors, people in Concord, meeting Noel Odell of the 1924 Everest Expedition, a fire at a tea house in town, plans for building their home [including a sketch of the lots along Bow River], visiting Castle Mountain Camp and Kicking Horse Tea House, description of Skoki Lodge building plans [with Cliff White, Cyril Paris, and Ike Mills], and builders Earl Spencer and Spud White, and painting in Morley [Mrs. Twoyoungmen, John Simian or Black Buffalo, Jonas Richson [?], Dan Wildman and other illegible names], the climb to Abbot Pass, Lake Oesa, and Lake O'Hara Camp.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples, people of colour, and those of the Jewish faith used throughout is outdated and offensive. Some items were stapled together and therefore scanned together as one document. Letters are all handwritten and include some hotel and camp letterheads. 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. Some letters also have numbers written in pencil crayon, believed to be from when originally processed.
- Name Access
- Brewster, Bill
- Brewster, Fern
- Brewster, Jim
- Brewster, George
- Davenport, Guy
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Harmon, Byron
- Graves, Syd Brewster
- Paris, Cyril
- Mills, Ike
- Rungius, Carl
- Spencer, Earl
- Link, Adeline
- Link, George K.K.
- MacDonald, J. E. H.
- Browne, Belmore
- Mather, Allan
- Wildman, Dan, Sr.
- Curren, John Donaldson
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- White, Clifford
- Aemmer, Rudolf
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Armbrister, Fred
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Bow River
- Camps
- Castle Mountain
- Climbing
- Community events
- Community life
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Hiking
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Japanese
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp
- Lake O'Hara region
- Log structures
- Moore House
- Mountains
- Pack trips
- Painting
- Paris Tea Room
- Personal and Family Life
- Property
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Summit
- Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp
- Geographic Access
- Abbot Pass
- Alberta
- Banff
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Castle Mountain
- Concord
- Lake Louise
- Yoho National Park
- Field
- Lake O'Hara
- Skoki
- Morley
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to seven diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1957-1967 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 4 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 57 58 59 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of the summer 1957 trip …
- Date Range
- 1957-1967
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 4 - 1 to 4 - 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
7 images
8 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 4 - 1 to 4 - 7
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1957-1967
- Physical Description
- 7.8 cm of textual records (7 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to seven diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1957-1967 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 4 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 57 58 59 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of the summer 1957 trip carried over from M67 / 3 - 6, a trip in 1958 involving travel to Banff, the annual Alpine Club of Canada hike, staying at the Chateau Lake Louise, hiking in Lake O'Hara, and travel back to Pennsylvania. Trip details for 1959 include travelling by train from the United States to Montreal before continuing on to Banff where she took trips to Lake O'Hara and Skoki - entries for 1959 seem to end abruptly. Also includes lists of people met over the three years, equipment used for various trips, and a list of events since Sept. 1958 including the opening of the new Sulphur gondola on July 28, 1958, the tearing down of the Brewster stables on Spray Ave, and the conversion of the ski lodge to the Post Hotel in Lake Louise. M67 / 4 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 59 in red paint and end 1959-1962 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of August 1959 (carried over from M67 / 4 - 2), and summer trips taken during 1960-1962 consisting of time spent around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and Bow Lake areas, annual organized hikes with the Alpine Club of Canada, as well as travel to and from Pennsylvania - usually by train. Also includes lists of people she met, new additions to staff at hotels Lillian Gest stayed at, luggage details, and events pertaining to Banff like construction projects, births, marriages, and deaths (including the death of Jack White in 1962, his house now being a library, and the fate of the grocery store he ran). M67 / 4 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 1962-1964 in red paint on the cover. Pertains to the end of Lillian Gest's 1962 summer trip (carried over from M76 / 4 - 2) and trips taken during the summers of 1963 and 1964. The 1963 summer consists of travel from Pennsylvania to Banff by train, stays at various hotels (including the Club House [possibly the Alpine Club of Canada Club House], Moraine Lake Lodge, and Emerald Lake Lodge), hiking trips in Revelestoke Park and Lake O'Hara, the annual Sky Line Trail Hikers trip, and alternating between stays in Lake O'Hara and at the Club House before returning home. The 1964 summer followed a similar pattern, with stays at various hotels, hikes (both with and without organizations like the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the ACC), and travel between Pennsylvania and Banff by train. Also includes lists of people met during all three summers, equipment left in Banff (1963), a poem titled How To Die in the Mountains, evelvation of Golden, milages, and rates at the Lake O'Hara Lodge and Chateau Lake Louise. Pertains to trip to the Canadian Rockies during the summer of 1965. Includes stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, and Icefield Chalet areas as well as hikes with and without organizations such as the Alpine Club of Canada and the Skyline Trail Hikers. Also includes details about booking information throughout Yoho National Park, a list of mileages, and a list of events. M67 / 4 - 4 : gold embossed red plastic spiral bound diary titled Can R. 1965 on adhesive paper on front cover. Pertains to the summer of 1965 and includes time spent in Banff, trips to and around Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, the Icefiled Parkway, and Mt. Robson areas as well as stays at the The Club House (possibly the Alpine Club of Canada Club House), a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers in Little Yoho (Aug 1-5) and the annual ACC Camp (Aug 23 - Sept 3). The trip back to Pennsylvania was completed by train as far as Winnipeg, from where Gest took a plane. Also includes Lake O'Hara register notes, details on Yoho National Park, lists of mileages, books at the ACC Club House and its staff that year, 1965 events (unclear if entirely dedicated to Banff), and people met. M67 / 4 - 5 : gold embossed red plastic spiral bound diary. Pertains to a trip to Alaska during the summer of 1966 and a trip to Expo 67 in Montreal from June 21-26. Also includes details on animals and birds spotted in Alaska, people met, and names of staff at places Lillian Gest stayed. M67 / 4 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 1966 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of Lillian Gest's summer 1966 travels throughout the Canadian Rockies (an extension of the Alaska trip detailed in M67 / 4 - 5). Also includes lists of items left in Banff and items purchased in both Alaska and Canada, reminders about correspondence, notes about Lake O'Hara, and events from Banff. M67 / 4 - 7 : brown cardstock diary with black fabric tape on spine. Pertains to a trip to the Canadian Rockies in the summer of 1967 and includes hiking trips with and without organizations like the Alpine Club of Canada and the Sky Line Trail Hikers, as well as stays in Banff, Lake Louise, Glacier, Lake O'Hara, and the [probably ACC] Club House. Also mentions Expo 67 (details of that trip in M67/ 4 - 5), and contains lists of staff at the Lake O'Hara Lodge, Chateau Lake Louise, and the Club House, as well as events from around Banff, including the Mount Royal Hotel burning down. Also includes loose items consisting of a brochure for the 1965 Sky Line Trail Hikers and address list, a letter from Caroline HInman regarding a 1959 trip plan, notes written by Lillian Gest [possibly reminders], a postcard, a Chirstmas letter from Peter and Catharine Whyte, and newspaper clippins.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned. To read M67 / 4 - 7 start on the right-hand pages to the end, return to the front, flip the book upside-down and continue back to front.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Community
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Expo 67
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Parks Canada
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Vancouver
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Alaska
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- M67 / 4 - 2 : remove adhesive tape holding paper to front cover and properly replace.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies. Includes: M67 / 5 - 1 : black leather diary. Pertains to summer trips taken during the summers of 1968 and 1969. Summer 1968 includes travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by airplane and …
- Date Range
- 1968-1975
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 5 - 1 to 5 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
6 images
7 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 5 - 1 to 5 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1968-1975
- Physical Description
- 7.5 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 10.8 x 17.7 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies. Includes: M67 / 5 - 1 : black leather diary. Pertains to summer trips taken during the summers of 1968 and 1969. Summer 1968 includes travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by airplane and hiking and visiting around Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara and the Icefields Parway areas. Summer 1969 time spent in Banff, along the Icefields Parkway, and in the Golden and Lake O'Hara areas as well as various club activities as part of the Alpine Club of Canada. Also includes lists of birds seen, reservation details, people met and staff of various places, events from Banff (including the death of Fred Brewster and Catharine Whyte receiving an honourary degree), song lyrics, and [what is possibly] a joke. M67 / 5 - 2 : black leather diary, dated 1970 in white ink (possibly white out) on the front cover. Pertains to a 1970 trip to the Canadian Rockies and includes hikes with and without organizations like the Alpine Club of Canada and the Sky Line Trail Hikers as well as stays at the Banff Springs Hotel, the ACC Club House, Lake O'Hara, and the Bugaboo Lodge, BC. Also includes transcriptions from the Abbot Pass Hut Register from 1926-1939 (presumably only of people Lillian Gest knew personally), reservation details, lists of people met, and a list of events from 1970, including the sale of the ACC Club House for $70, 000 (does not mention to who). M67 / 5 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 1971 in ink on masking tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to a summer visit in 1971 to the Canadian rockies and includes stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, hiking trips with and without organizations like the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada, and travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by air. Newspaper clipping on page 125 pertaining to the death of Edmee Brewster. Also includes lists of people met and staff (Lake O'Hara Lodge, Chateau Lake Louise, ACC Club House), events from Banff, list of birds, details for a Bow Valley Naturalists trip, and the plaque dedication ceremony for Lawrence Grassi at Lake O'Hara, June 26, 1971. M67 / 5 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 1972 in black ink on fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the summer of 1972 spent in the Canadian Rockies time spent in and around the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, Jasper, and Tonquin Valley areas as well as travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by air. Insert pertains to diary entries for the final few days of September as the book ran out of pages. Also inlcudes lists of people met, birds spotted at Lake O'Hara, and list of events from Banff (including the move of the Moore house to its current location). M67 / 5 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 1973-1974 To July 20 in ink on a piece of masking tape adhered to the front cover (1973 to 7-20 1974 in faint red paint directly on leather of cover). Pertains to the summers of 1973 and 1974 spent in and around the Canadian Rockies. Summer 1973 includes stays in the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Bow Lake areas as well as hiking trips with and without organizations like the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada. Summer 1974 includes stays at various hotels around Banff and in the Lake Louise and Lake O'Hara areas, a helicopter trip to and from Mt. Assiniboine and region, and organized hiking trips with the Sky Line Trail Hikers. Also includes lists of staffs and people met, birds spotted at Lake O'Hara, distances, and a list of events from 1973. M67 / 5 - 6 : black leather diary, titled Sat July 20 1974 to 1975 - Thurs July 14 in ink on fabric [possibly plastic] adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1974 trip (July-September) continued from M67 / 5 - 5 and details from June and July, 1975. The summer 1975 trip included travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by train [heading west] and plane [headed east], stays around Banff, Lake O'Hara, and Lake Louise, and hiking trips with and without organizations like the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada. Also includes lists of people met, reservation details, ACC Camp details for 1975, Sky Line Hikers trip dates and locations, and events from Banff 1975 including the ACC Club House being completely torn down. Also includes loose items consisting of notes (to Lillian Gest from others and to herself), reminders, invoices, itineraries, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Moore, Edmee
- Gest, Lillian
- Grassi, Lawrence
- Hinman, Caroline
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Community
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Expo 67
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Parks Canada
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Secure title piece for M67 / 5 - 6.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies. Includes: M67 / 6 - 1 : black leather diary, titled July 15 - 1975: 1976 - July 25-76 on fabric adhered to the cover with tape. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1975 trip (carried o…
- Date Range
- 1975-1981
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 6 - 1 to 6 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
6 images
7 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes
- Sous-Fonds
- M67
- Sub-Series
- i. Diaries
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 6 - 1 to 6 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1975-1981
- Physical Description
- 7.5 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1968-1975 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies. Includes: M67 / 6 - 1 : black leather diary, titled July 15 - 1975: 1976 - July 25-76 on fabric adhered to the cover with tape. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1975 trip (carried over from M67 / 5 - 6) and the first few months of the summer 1976 trip to the Canadian Rockies. Includes stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas as well as hiking trips with and without the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada. Also includes a list of Lake O'Hara staff for 1975, reservation details for 1976, song lyrics, and lists of people met. M67 / 6 - 2 : black leather diary, dated July 26-1976 - Sept 8-1976 on fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the remainder of the summer 1976 trip (carried over from M67 / 6 - 1) and contains details about club activity as part of the Alpine Club of Canada, various hikes, travel around the Canadian Rockies, and travel back to Pennsylvania. Also includes reservation details for 1977, names and phone numbers, people met, and information from a letter sent to Dr. Link from Edward Feuz in 1960 that included details about the Feuz family (including when they came to Canada and when they retired) and other matters relating to Lake O'Hara. M67 / 6 - 3 : black leather diary, titled June [illegible] - Sept 2-1977 on badly damaged fabric tape adhered to the front cover. Pertains to the summer 1977 trip to the Canadian Rockies with stays around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, hikes with and without the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Alpine Club of Canada, and between Banff and Pennsylvania. Also includes birds seen at Lake O'Hara, lists of staffs and people met, and events from Banff in 1977 (including the construction of the Sundance Mall and Elizabeth Rummel's 80th birthday that March). M67 / 6 - 4 : black leather diary, titled June 21, 1978 to June 26, 1979 to Aug 5, 1979 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the summer trips of 1978 and 1979 to the Canadian Rockies. Summer 1978 includes stays in the Banff, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Field BC areas as well as many hiking trips with and without organizations like the Alpine Club of Canada and the Sky Line Trail Hikers. Summer 1979 includes stays in the Banff and Lake O'Hara areas, hiking trips, and travel between Banff and Pennsylvania by air. Also includes lists of staff names, phone numbers, and people met, histories and timelines for the Lake Louise area and Simpson's Ranch, distances, and events (including the marriage of Carole Harmon to Stephen Hutchings, summer 1978). M67 / 6 - 5 : black leather diary, titled August 5-25 1979 - Sun July 6-1980 to Aug 2 1980 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover. Pertains to the last few weeks of the summer 1979 trip (carried over from M67 / 6 - 4) and the summer 1980 trip. The summer 1980 trip included time spent in and around the Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara areas, as well as hiking trips and details pertaining to travelling between Banff and Pennsylvania. Also includes detailed lists of equipment for 1980 &1981, a small list of notes (including selling prices for a book called "Mt. Assiniboine" written by Lillian Gest), and lists of people met. M67 / 6 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 1981 on an adhesive paper label torn in half. Pertains to first two weeks of July 1924 summer trip and summer 1981. Summer 1924 consists of early details for a trip organized by Caroline Hinman and mainly of lists of names of those included. Summer 1981 consists of time spent predominantly in and around the Lake Louise and Lake O'Hara areas, with shorter stays in Banff at the beginning and end of the trip. Also includes details of a climbing trip two people took over Wenkchemna Pass on Aug 9, lists of people met, staff of businesses around Banff, and telephone numbers. Also includes loose items consisting of notes to self, a postcard, a photograph, guest lists and itineraries for the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Feuz, Edward
- Feuz, Edward, Jr.
- Feuz, Ernest
- Harmon, Carole
- Hinman, Caroline
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, George K.K.
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Community
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Parks Canada
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Pipestone Pass
- Saskatchewan River
- Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine
- Jasper
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- M67 / 6 - 1 : find alternative for adhesive tape on front cover.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [July - December 1955]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
- Date Range
- 1955
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 137
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 / 137
- Date Range
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (71 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary, Catharine's nephew Rusty arriving [he worked at Bow Lake helping with hunting parties in July], trips to Bow Lake, Banff Indian Days, a climbing tragedy on Mt. Temple in July wherein several young boys died, visits to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, attending a Sun Dance ceremony near Fort Macleod, camping and sketching trips around Banff National Park, the Alberta Jubilee celebrations, a trip to Concord in October [they took the train down and drove back in a newly purchased Jeep], construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway through Banff, working on the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas parties. Also includes postcards and notecards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. 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. Some letters written on Num-Ti-Jaw Lodge letterhead, one written on Banff Shell Station letterhead.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Gmoser, Hans
- Tasker, Peter
- Amos, Amos
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Airplanes
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Shell Station
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Ranches
- Ranching
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Icefields Parkway
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Cowley
- Fort MacLeod
- 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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People - Portraits & Groups
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57412
- 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
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
- 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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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
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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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Letters to Mother [July - December 1945]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7466
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, B…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 120
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 / 120
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (77 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 1 to December 31, 1945. Topics include Pete and Catharine's 15th wedding anniversary, day to day life, errand trips to Calgary [usually by bus], wildlife, Ski Club meetings, the Calgary Stampede, Banff events, visits from friends, attending a Sun Dance in Morely in July [held to celebrate the end of the war], painting, photography, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], World War II officially ending August 15 and its various celebrations, cleaning and household chores [including renovations to the chimney], going to the movies, day trips around Banff National Park [usually to Lake Louise/Moraine Lake, Bow Lake, and the immediate Banff town area] to paint/sketch and take pictures, Major Fred Bagley's funeral in October, strikes in the US and Canada [primarily butchers and coal miners], d'Arcy Baker-Carr being released from a Japanese POW camp and coming back to Canada, Catharine mounting slides, skiing, watching curling games, putting together the annual Christmas card, and various other holiday activities.
- 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 written on RCAF letterhead.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- Kaquitts, Tom
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
- Bagley, Frederick A.
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Mather, Allan
- Sanson, Norman
- Ward, Sam
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Ski Club
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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Letters to Mother [March - August 1942]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on …
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 113
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- 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 / 113
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 69 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 23 to August 29, 1942. Topics include day to day life, weather, Catharine's Home Nursing classes, cleaning and household chores, news pertaining to the war, updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], visits from friends, Kay Baker-Carr and her kids moving to Banff in April [D'Arcy is stationed in Hong Kong], uncertainties surrounding Pete's volunteer status in the war effort, matters pertaining to the store and apartments on Banff Ave [including the construction of new apartments], a visit from the Governor General in late April, errand trips to Calgary [mostly to see the dentist], going to the movies, bike riding and hiking, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], wildlife, books Catharine and Edith are reading, events and people in Concord [including Russel's activities in the US Army], various holidays [both Canadian and American], Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, slide making and presentations, Pete and Catharine participating in an art show at [possibly] the Mount Royal Hotel, Jean Caird coming to visit for July, sightseeing trips around Banff National Park [including the Lake Louise area, Temple, and Bow Lake], going to the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days, participating in the annual Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies hike in the Sunshine area [late July], Pete becoming the acting Quartermaster [for the Airforce?] in early August, painting/sketching, and various other Banff community activities.
- 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.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- 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
- Greenham, Margaret
- Baker-Carr, Kay
- Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
- Caird, Jean
- Noble, George
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Bicycles
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Aid
- First Nations
- Hiking
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- King Edward Hotel
- 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
- Sightseeing
- Ski areas
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sunshine Lodge
- Sunshine Village
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Canmore
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [June - October 1937]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7449
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep …
- Date Range
- 1937
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 102
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
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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 / 102
- GMD
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- Date Range
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (108 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 45 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 11 to October 3, 1937. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, world news [often pertaining to politics and the British Royal family], maintenance and upkeep of the house and property [mostly landscaping], cleaning and household chores, weather, gifting a stove to the Simpsons for use at Bow Lake [currently a camp], events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake], making frames and prepping canvas for painting, books Catharine and Edit are reading, dinner parties, rearranging the kitchen [including getting a new refrigerator and a new table with two bench seats], trips to Bow Lake to paint throughout the summer, hiking, wildlife [often in the yard], updates on the new trail being built from Moraine Lake to Taylor Lake, Banff Indian Days, photography and cameras, print-making, descriptions of meals, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first son in July [Russle Jr. aka Rusty], the annual Sky Line Trail Hikers trip in early August [Pete' s last year as President], trips to Lake O'Hara and Assiniboine to paint and hike throughout August and September [the trip to and from Assiniboine was carried out on horseback], painting/sketching, activities and people at various camps, descriptions of the weather and conditions riding in and out of Assiniboine, developing and colouring photographs, working on a portrait of Mark Poucette, and news of Margaret and Mary Simpson going to Boston to skate.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. 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. 102 - 07 contains a sketch of the main floor of the Whyte home illustrating the placement of the new dining table.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
- Caird, Jean
- Owen, Mildred
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Peter
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Whyte, Barbara
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Margaret
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Shepler, Dwight
- Ward, Sam
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Brewster, Pat
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Strom, Erling
- Feuz, Edward
- Baker-Carr, d'Arcy
- Poucette, Mark
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bears
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Guides
- Guiding
- Home
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Swiss Guides
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Assiniboine
- Calgary
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - July 1939]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7452
- 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
they are having this year .
�I am quite sure that I have inherited
Grand- Pa ' s "Library Table habits" our desk
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- 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
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- 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
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Letters to Mother [January - December 1947]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7468
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
- Date Range
- 1947
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 122
- 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 / 122
- GMD
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- Date Range
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 2.4 cm of textual records (142 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, painting [including making sketches for a show in Montreal next year], Jim Brewster's death and funeral in February, ski races and ski jumping at Norquay, the Winter Carnival, Catharine working with the local Red Cross, business pertaining to the shop and apartments on Banff Ave, cleaning and household chores, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, gardening, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, Banff Indian Days [including helping Norman Luxton by handling the financials], the Calgary Stampede, going to Calgary for a few days in August for Pete to see an ear specialist [they stay at the Hotel Paliser], beginning construction of a ski lift at Norquay and of the new Banff Art School [Banff School of Fine Arts], Gray & Eleanor Campbell moving to their ranch in Cowley, minor renovations to the house [mostly pertaining to water lines and the roof], expansion of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [adding the dining room, entrance hall, and second floor], construction of the new Hudson's Bay Store and a new hotel on Banff Ave [possibly the King Edward], the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, errand trips to Calgary, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday 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. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete. 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. 122-01 contains quotes from two letters [September 12 & August 7, 1947] written by an unknown author. 122-57 contains a few interesting anecdotes about life in Anthracite.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Brewster, Jim
- Luxton, Norman
- Greenham, Margaret
- Greenham, Henry
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Strom, Erling
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Bearspaw, David
- Poucette, Mark
- Goon, Yuk Soy
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Funeral
- Garden
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Anthracite
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [July - November 1952]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7477
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 34 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 3 to November 3, 1952. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visitis from friends, photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs, installing electrical outlet…
- Date Range
- 1952
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 131
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
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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 / 131
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- Date Range
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1.2 cm of textual records (63 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
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- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 34 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 3 to November 3, 1952. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visitis from friends, photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs, installing electrical outlets in the living room, trips to Bow Lake, Banff Indian Days [including having David and Peggy (Rider) Bearspaw stay the night with Peter and Catharine during a bad storm], the Jasper Park Lodge burning down [July 15], the funeral for John Murray Gibbon, camping/sketching trips to Yoho National Park, several visits by Rockwell and Betty Kent, and leaving for a road trip to Concord for Christmas [Peter and Catharine left in late October and drove to Massachusetts]. Also includes an airmail card.
- 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 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. 131 - 07 [dated July 24, 1952] describes making a sound recording with Jacob Twoyoungmen and family. See S37 / 73 for actual recording 131 - 08 appears to have been cut 3/4 up the page prior to accession.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Ward, Sam
- Moore, Pearl
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Philpott, Cecil
- Whyte, Jon
- Bearspaw, David
- Bearspaw, Peggy
- Gibbon, John Murray
- Kent, Rockwell
- Kent, Betty
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Winter
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - June 1956]
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 71 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to June 29, 1956. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mo…
- Date Range
- 1956
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 138
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
and is to build a museum and
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and we just
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- 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 / 138
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (87 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 71 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to June 29, 1956. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], construction of the Trans-Canada Highway through Banff to Lake Louise, Pete giving Frank Kaquitts painting lessons, the death and funeral of David Bearspaw in February, the Winter Carnival, opening the new post office, a visit to Gray and Elanor Campbell's ranch in Cowley, a trip to Bow Lake, Catharine's 50th birthday, and her nephew Rusty arriving for a visit. Also includes one notecard.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. 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. 138 - 08 is a carbon copy of the first page of 138 - 07
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Harvie, Eric
- Tasker, Peter
- Lonsdale, Tom
- Bearspaw, David
- Luxton, Norman
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Ranches
- Ranching
- Scenery
- Ski jumping
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [August - December 1958]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 5 to December 30, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs …
- Date Range
- 1958
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 143
- 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 / 143
- Date Range
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1.8 cm of textual records (104 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 5 to December 30, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], a road trip from north-eastern United States through Canada back to Banff in early August [written mostly on postcards], a trip to Lethbridge in late August, various construction projects [the new Sulphur Mountain gondola, the chimney and basement furnace of their house, and the Trans-Canada Highway], a trip to Concord in late November, and preparation of Chirstmas cards. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards and a Christmas card.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. 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. 143 - 39 includes a sketch of a shelving unit Catharine hoped to have installed in their bedroom. 143 - 64 is the 1958 Christmas card made by Catharine and Peter
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Browne, Belmore
- Browne, Tibby
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, George K.K.
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Feuz, Walter
- Moore, Pearl
- Twoyoungmen, Jacob
- Beaver, Anna
- Leighton, A. C.
- Beil, Charlie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bird watching
- Birds
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camping
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Glenbow Foundation
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Oldtimers
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Saskatchewan River
- Great Lakes
- Ontario
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
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