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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

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

Date Range: 1856-1980

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

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

– 1978 i. Foundation – 1958 – 1978 (M36/1093-1104) ii. Archives – 1953 – 1978 (M36/1105-1121) iii

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Sous-Fonds: TBD

Accession Number: 3069 and various

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683

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

Other Title Info: Also known as the Whyte family fonds

Date Range: 1856-1980

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

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

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

Name Access: Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

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

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

Language: Language is English

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

Creator: Whyte, Peter; Whyte, Catharine

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Mary Schaffer fonds

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Personal, literary and research papers, 1907-ca.1935; II. Mary Schaffer photographs, 1893-ca.1920; II. Other, 1895-1928. I. Papers series consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1908-1922; B. Literary manuscripts (original and published), 1907-ca.1925; …

Date Range: 1893-[ca.1935]

Reference Code: M79 / V527

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: V527

Sous-Fonds: V527

Accession Number: 275, 439, 573, 2685, 2764, 2933, 2996, 3284, 3302, 5248, 7202, 7731, 7737

Reference Code: M79 / V527

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Other Title Info: Also known as Mary Schaffer Warren fonds

Date Range: 1893-[ca.1935]

Physical Description: 35 cm of textual records. -- ca.2025 photographs (ca.1550 transparencies, ca.400 negatives, 75 prints). -- 7 photograph albums (ca.1760 prints)

History / Biographical: Mary Schaffer, 1861-1939, also known as Mary Schaffer Warren, was an American explorer, photographer and artist who visited the Canadian Rockies and Selkirk Mountains frequently beginning in 1888, finally settling in Banff, Alberta in 1912. Born Mary Townsend Sharples to moderately wealthy Quaker parents at West Chester, Pennsylvania, she first visited the Canadian Rockies and Selkirk Mountains in 1888 with her friend Mary Vaux. She returned the following year with her husband, Dr. Charles Schaffer, and until Charles died in 1903, the Schaffers travelled annually to the mountains to study botany. Using Dr. Schaffer's data and her drawings and photographs, Mary Schaffer and Stewardson Brown completed "Alpine flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains" in 1907.; Schaffer continued to travel in the Canadian mountains, often through remote regions. In 1908, she reached Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, and returned in 1911 to survey the region. "Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies," 1911, recounts her adventures of 1907 and 1908. Schaffer settled in Banff in 1912 and married her guide, Billy Warren, in 1915.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Personal, literary and research papers, 1907-ca.1935; II. Mary Schaffer photographs, 1893-ca.1920; II. Other, 1895-1928.; I. Papers series consists of four sub-series: A. Correspondence, 1908-1922; B. Literary manuscripts (original and published), 1907-ca.1925; C. Maps of Maligne Lake; D. Other, 1905-ca.1935. Literary manuscripts pertain to the Athabasca River, Maligne Lake, Howse, Yellowhead and Athabasca passes; hunting; Dr. Gilbert Atkin and Nurse Fulcher's medical mission to Ya Ha Tinda Ranch; Banff, Revelstoke BC, Saskatchewan River; Stoney Nakoda; Palliser Expedition; and Mary Schaffer life and activities.; II. Photographs series consists of four sub-series: A. Lantern slides; B. Photograph albums; C. Negatives; D. Prints. Lantern slides pertain to Mary Schaffer's trips to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead Pass, mountain scenics, nature subjects (animals, birds, flowers); and includes Mary Schaffer's lantern slide presentations "In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies", accompanied by scripts; Philip Moore's Indigenous lecture series, mainly copies from books and other graphic sources; and Mary Schaffer's slides of China and Japan. Photograph albums, 1908-ca.1921, pertain mainly to trips in the Canadian Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, especially expeditions to the Yoho and Ptarmigan Valleys, Nakimu Caves, North Saskatchewan River, Wilcox Pass and Maligne Lake. Two albums pertain to travels in Mexico and Asia. Negatives pertain mainly to Schaffer's trips and explorations, Glacier House and environs, alpine flora and fauna, mountain views, portraits, Sampson Beaver family, 1902-1911.; III. Other material series consists of diaries of Molly Adams, 1908, and Mrs. H. H. Sharples, 1911, and original manuscripts and published reports by other writers, 1895-1928.

Name Access: Adams, Molly; Schaffer, Mary

Subject Access: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Access Restrictions: Some restrictions on access to originals; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description for processed material; electronic finding aid; item list for lantern slides; copies of literary manuscripts; modern reference prints for lantern slides

Related Material: Accompanied by books, artifacts and art works

Creator: Schaffer, Mary

Category: Arts; Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Published reports by others

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Scope & Content: Published articles are by A. P. Coleman, James McEnvoy, Jean Habel, A. O. Wheeler and Joseph Keele; also Department of the Interior and other reports. Articles pertain to Mount Brown; Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; Yellowhead Pass, Mackenzie Mountains; national parks. The Mountains of the…

Date Range: 1895-1928

Reference Code: M79 / 14 - 15

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: III.B. Other papers: manuscripts, reports by others.

Reference Code: M79 / 14 - 15

Date Range: 1895-1928

Physical Description: 10 textual records

Scope & Content: Published articles are by A. P. Coleman, James McEnvoy, Jean Habel, A. O. Wheeler and Joseph Keele; also Department of the Interior and other reports. Articles pertain to Mount Brown; Athabasca, Mackenzie and Yukon Rivers; Yellowhead Pass, Mackenzie Mountains; national parks. The Mountains of the Yellowhead Pass / A. O. Wheeler, 1913 is annotated with critical margin notes by Mary Schaffer

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Travels to Maligne Lake and Yellowhead area

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Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The t…

Date Range: 1891-1911, predominant 1907-1911

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1 to 228

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 1 to 228

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1891-1911, predominant 1907-1911

Physical Description: 228 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides by Mary Schaffer, mainly resulting from her exploratory wilderness trips between 1907 and 1911 to Maligne Lake and the Yellowhead area. The regions involved are primarily Jasper National Park and northern Banff National Park. The transparencies depict mountain travel and activities, landscape views and Stoney Nakoda.; Also includes transparencies of mountain flora and fauna, close-up botanical photographs, and views from Glacier, B.C. and vicinity

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Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #1 - She who colored slides [Mary Schaffer] / [Mollie Adams?]; #2 - [Mary Schaffer on horseback, Kootenay Plains (1906?)] / [Mollie Adams?]; #3 - [Mary Schaffer? with horse] / [Mollie Adams?]; #4 - Frances Louise Beaver '06; #5 - Sampson Beaver's family '06 (p.181); #6 - Pinto Lake from summit of [Sunset] pass '06; #7 - Crowfoot Glacier [1907?]; #8 - On Bow Lake .07; #9 - On Bow Summit [1907?]; #10 - Howse Peak & Pyramid [Chephren] - Bear Creek [Mistaya River, (1907?)]; #11 - Pyramid [Chephren] on Bear Creek [Mistaya River (1907?)]; #12 - Mt. Forbes [1907?]; #13 - At the mouth of the north fork [North Saskatchewan River (1907?)]; #14 - North Fork Saskatchewan [1907?]; #15 - [Panther Falls 1907?]; #16 - Snowing on Wilcox Pass [1907?]; #17 - A hard bit in the bush [1907?]; #18 - [Endless chain (1907?)]; #19 - Athabasca Gorge [Falls] [1907?]; #20 - Mt. Quincy [1907]; #21 - Fortress Lake [1907]; #22 - [Fortress Lake (1907)] (unmounted); #23 - Fortress Mt. [1907]; #24 - Fortress Lake at Head of Athabasca R[iver] [1907]; #25 - Forest fire on the Athabasca [1907]; #26 - [Sid Unwin with burnt tent 1907]; #27 - [Mary Schaffer cooking over campfire (1907?)] / [Mollie Adams?]; #28 - Athabasca, Columbia in distance [camp scene 1907?]; #29 - Columbia from the North [1907]; #30 - [Packtrain near north side of Mt. Columbia 1907]; #31 - [Mt. Columbia from the north 1907?]; #32 - [Alexandra River and Glacier 1907; #33 - Gable Peak, Alexandra Glacier, Nahan-esen [Alexandra] Valley [1907]; #34 - [Watchman's Lake, 1907?]; #35 - On Thompson Pass Nashan-esen [Watchman's] Peak & Lake [1907]; #36 - Nashan-esen [Watchman's] Peak fr. Thompson Pass '07; #37 - [Horses at Watchman's Lake, 1907]; #38 - Bush Valley [from Thompson Pass, 1907]; #39 - [Packtrain] On the Brazeau [1907]; #40 - [Snowscene] On the Brazeau [1907]; #41 - [Tepee poles (on the Brazeau River?) 1907]; #42 - On Jonas Pass [1907]; #43, 44 - [Packtrain on Jonas Pass, 1907?]; #45 - [Packtrain on unidentified pass, 1907?]; #46 - Mt. Coleman [1907?]; #47 - Cataract Creek at junction with Saskatchewan [1907?]; #48 - A smudge where our horses were soon at peace in the choking smoke (p.167) [Packhorses in smudge on Kootenay Plains, 1907]; #49 - Kadoona Mountain [Elliott Peak] at the western limitation of the Kootenai Plains (p.172), 1907; #50 - [Stoney Indigenouss at Kootenay Plains, 1907]; #51 - The Indigenous Madonna (p.177) 1907; #52 - Mr. [Elliott] Barnes crossing Sask. River in canvas canoe [1907?]; #53 - Sampson's Map '08 [1907] (p.183); #54 - Climbing salt lick banks at Glacier Lake [1907?]; #55 - Outfit of 1908 (p.203); #56 - Mr. Muggins [1908] (p.210); #57 - On the High Hill below Wilcox Pass [1908] (p.221); #58 - Mt. Athabasca [1908] (p.223); #59 - Fourth of July on Poboktan 1908; #60 - Poboktan Pass [1908]; #61 - Lake Maligne fr. summit of Unwin 1908 (p.241) / [Sid Unwin]; #62 - Beaver cuttings on Maligne L. [1908]; #63 - Beaver cuttings on Maligne L. [uncoloured]; #64 - Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #65 - Above the Narrows in Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #66 - Looking back at the "Narrows" of Lake Maligne [1908]; #67 - Mt. Charlton at Head of Maligne [Lake, 1908] (p.255); #68 - Mt. Unwin from Camp [Maligne Lake, 1908]; #69, 70 - [Camp at Maligne Lake, 1908]; #71 - Maligne [Lake] Evening Reflections [1908]; #72 - Looking for goat while baking bread. Camp at lower end of Maligne Lake [1908]; #73 - Swimming the horses at the mouth of Maligne [Lake, 1908]; #74 - [Building a raft at mouth of Maligne Lake, 1908]; #75 - [Rafting equipment at mouth of Maligne Lake, 1908]; #76 - Maligne Valley - East 1908; #77 - Poboktan Pass [1908]; #78 - Looking down the Athabaska near Mt. Hardisty [1908]; #79 - Mt. Hardisty and Athabaska River [1908]; #80 - Mt. Hardisty [1908] (p.291); #81 - Mt. Hooker (p.292); #82 - Committee's Punchbowl (p.295); #83 - [Packtrain on the (Athabasca?) (1908?)]; #84 - Over a 20 ft. Bluff [on the Athabasca, 1908]; #85 - Over a 20 ft. Bluff [on the Athabasca [uncoloured]; #86 - [Horse going over bluff on the Athabasca] 1908; #87, 88 - [Horse going over bluff on the Athabasca 1908]; #89 - [Crossing the Athabaska (in a canoe) 1908] (p.321); #90 - Horses swim Atha[basca] 1908; #91 - Swimming the Athabaska [1908]; #92 - [(Lewis Swift)? 1908]; #93 - The Swift Family [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children 1908]; #94 - [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children in front of their home, 1908]; #95 - [One of the Swift children, 1908]; #96 - [Mrs. Lewis Swift and four children, 1908]; #97 - Swift's mill for flour [1911] / [Byron Harmon]; #98 - Cows at Swifts' [1908]; #99 - Looking toward Yellowhead Pass Athabaska River - Miette Valley 1908] (p.302); #100 - A bad bit of trail on Miette [1908]; #101 - Miette R[iver] Looking West [1908]; #102 - Moose Lake [1908]; #103 - A bit of trail on the Fraser [1908]; #104 - [Mount Robson, 1908] (p.337); #105 - [Mount Robson, 1908]; #106 - Mt. Robson from Mt. near Tete Jaun Cache 1909; #107 - Near the head waters of the Fraser [1908] (p.339); #108 - Sunset on Fraser near [Tete Jaune] Cache [1908]; #109 - The Fraser at Tete Jaune Cache [1908]; #110 - - 111 Tete Jaun Cache [1908]; #112 - At the Fraser in 1908 [Indigenous in dugout canoe] (cover & p.346); #113 - At the Fraser in 1908 [Indigenous in dugout canoe] [uncoloured]; #114 - [Worn out boots, 1908] (p.360); #115 - [Worn out boots, 1908] [uncoloured]; #116 - Outline map of section of Canadian Rocky Mountains visited during 1907 and 1908; #117 - Section map of Canadian Rocky Mountains by J. Norman Collie, FRGS; #118 - [Map of] Headwaters Of The Athabaska; #119 - Athabaska near Hinton looking towards Smoky R. [1911]; #120 - In the foothills of the Athabaska [1911]; #121 - The "Rocky Road" in the Yellowhead, 1911; #122 - Crossing Athabaska Ferry. 1911; #123 - Teamsters on G.T.P. highway at Jasper House 1911; #124 - On the line of the G.T.P. 1911; #125 - Colliery House at Fiddle Creek 1911; #126 - Jasper House ruins Roche Miette 1911; #127 - [Graveyard at Jasper House, 1911]; #128 - On Shovel Pass [1911]; #129 - [Shovels on Shovel Pass, 1911] [unmounted]; #130 - Making a trail in spring [on Shovel Pass] 1911; #131 - Jonas & the boat on Shovel Pass 1911; #132 - Crossing Shovel Pass 1911; #133 - Trouble on Shovel Pass 1911; #134 - Maligne Gorge 1911; #135 - [Paul Sharpless with dead goat at Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #136 - [Three people in boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #137 - [Man rowing boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #138 - [Boat on Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #139 - The Opal Hill. [Mrs. Carrie Sharpless and Paul Sharpless with boat on the shore of Maligne Lake, 1911]; #140 - Outlet of Maligne, 1911; #141 - [Mt.] Unwin in mist [1911]; #142 - Mts. Unwin & Charlton from lower end of lake, 1911; #143 - Mount Unwin [with boat on Maligne Lake], 1911; #144 - In Pixie Valley, 1911; #145 - [Paul Sharpless and Sid Unwin?] Looking up Pixie Valley [1911]; #146 - A glimpse of Mt. Charlton at the head of Pixie Valley, Maligne [1911]; #147 - The "Statue" at Maligne Lake, 1911; #148 - Summit of "Statue" [1911]; #149 - [Paul Sharpless, Carrie Sharpless & tepee at Maligne Lake, 1911] [unmounted]; #150 - - 151 [Mary Schaffer with horse, n.d.] / [ ? ]; #152 - [Mary Schaffer crossing makeshift bridge, n.d.] / [ ? ]; #153 - "Joe" and his big trout, n.d.; #154 - [1 person and dog fording stream on horseback, n.d.] [b & w]; #155 - [Camp in burnt timber, 1907 or '08]; #156 - [Camp in downed timber, 1907 or '08]; #157 - Real trail life Jumping a high trunk [1907 or '08]; #158 - [Packtrain on the trail, 1907 or '08]; #159 - [Person on top of unidentified mountain, n.d.]; #160 - - 161 [Unidentified mountain panorama, n.d.]; #162 - [Unidentified mountain scene, n.d.]; #163 - [Person beside unidentified mountain lake, n.d.]; #164 - [Unidentified river, n.d.]; #165 - [Unidentified mountain pass, n.d.]; #166 - [View from unidentified glacier, n.d.]; #167 - [Mountain reflections in unidentified lake, n.d.]; #168 - [Unidentified canyon, n.d.]; #169 - [Unidentified mountain and valley, n.d.]; #170 - Peyto Glacier [n.d.]; #171 - [Unidentified river, n.d.]; #172 - [Unidentified mountain scene, n.d.] [unmounted]; #173 - [Forest fire, n.d.] [unmounted]; #174 - [Unidentified mountain snow scene, n.d.] [unmounted]; #175 - [Unidentified mountain & lake, n.d.] [unmounted]; #176 - [Large rock in unidentified lake, n.d.] [unmounted]; #177 - Forest fire [n.d.]; #178 - [Forest fire, n.d.]; #179 - [Tepee, n.d.]; #180 - [Tepee in darkness, n.d.]; #181 - [Packer unloading drowned horse, n.d.]; #182 - [Packer unloading drowned horse, n.d.]; #183 - [Packtrain in large boulders beside river, n.d.]; #184 - - 185 [Packtrain silhouetted on ridge at dusk, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #186 - [Packtrain in snow, n.d.]; #187 - Feeding in a snowstorm [n.d.]; #188 - [Saddlehorse on ridge, n.d.]; #189 - [Packtrain fording river, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #190 - [Packtrain in snow, n.d.]; #191 - [Trail camp, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #192 - [Jim Simpson & unidentified man packing a horse, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #193 - [Horses at Kootenay Plains, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #194 - [Man herding horses, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #195 - [Packtrain on road through forest, n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #196 - [Group of trail riders in (Yoho Valley?), n.d.] / [Mary Schaffer?]; #197 - [Man on horseback beside falls, n.d.] / [Canadian Pacific Railway]; #198 - Dead mountain sheep. [n.d.]; #199 - Collection of sheep heads [n.d.]; #200 - Jims [Simpson's] shack on Bear Creek [Mistaya River] [n.d.]; #201 - Jim's [Simpson's] outfit - sables [n.d.]; #202 - Birch leaved spiraea; #203 - Primula McCallian MacCalla's Primula; #204 - Saxifraga oppositifolio; #205 - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; #206 - Pink Heather Phyllodoce intermedia; #207 - Eleagnus argentea; #208 - Androsace; #209 - Lutkea pectinata; #210 - Romanzoffia Sitchensis / [William H. Rau]; #211 - Phacelia; #212 - Alene aeoulis Yoho 7.21.05; #213 - Coming storm on Lake Louise - C.P.R. 7/29/95 / M.T.S.; #214 - Lake Louise photog. party mounting / 99 / M.T.S.; #215 - Fem & Rubus pedatus / 98 Glacier; #216 - Sir Donald & Illecillewaet Glacier fr. Mt. Abbott 9/5/98; #217 - Mount Stephen & Cathedral Peak from Kicking - Horse Flats, [n.d.]; #218 - Sunlight beyond Cougar; fr. 30 S.S. 9/11/95; #219 - Ross Peak Glacier [n.d.]; #220 - Fern Glacier 9/14/96; #221 - Glacier Mountain and Hotel, from 19 snowshed / William H. Notman; #222 - Ross Peak [n.d.] / [ ? ]; #223 - Panoram of Sir Donald etc. fr. Glacier Crest 9/8/98; #224 - Cheops & Hermit range fr. W. end of 2nd bridge Mai's position Glacier 9/15/92; #225 - Trout. Glacier, B.C. Canada. [n.d.] / [Dr. Chas. Schaffer]; #226 - Cheops: Glacier: CPR 9.13.91; #227 - "Trail" Glacier; Foot Illecillewaet Glacier, 1898; #228 - Along the Blaeberry [n.d.]

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Lecture slides

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Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House

Date Range: 1883-1912

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Part Of: Mary Schaffer fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M79 / V527

Series: II.A. Photographs: lantern slides

Sous-Fonds: V527

Reference Code: V527 / PS 1 - 229 to 261

GMD: Photograph; Lantern slide; Transparency

Date Range: 1883-1912

Physical Description: 33 photographs : transparencies; glass

Scope & Content: Transparencies are hand-coloured and black and white lantern slides, mostly copied from prints from a lecture on the early history of Banff town development and Canadian Pacific Railway hotels, including the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Glacier House

Finding Aid: Copy prints are available for reference use

Location (Copy): Reference prints are available

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF LANTERN SLIDES - V527 / PS 1 :; #229 - [George Stewart's log building at Siding 29]; #230 - [McCardell with the first "hotel" at the Cave and Basin, 1883]; #231 - [General store at Siding 29 / Bingham]; #232 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886]; #233 - [Man with cow on Banff Avenue, 1886] - hand-coloured; #234 - [NWMP at police barracks in Banff]; #235 - [Group of people in front of Moulton Park Theatre]; #236 - [Bathhouse at Upper Hot Springs]; #237 - [Log bath house at Upper Hot Springs]; #238 - [Early bathers in basin pool at Cave and Basin]; #239 - [Early Banff from Beaver Street]; #240 - Banff Hotel and the mountain drive from Summit Mt. [view from Tunnel Mountain by Mary Schaffer]; #241 - [Jim Brewster with tally-ho in Banff Springs Hotel courtyard]; #242 - Hotel & Hermit fr. Glacier Trail. Snow. 9/20/95; #243 - [Early chalet at Lake Louise / Trueman & Caple]; #244 - Lady Aberdeen at Chalet sketching Lake Louise, Rockies, CPR, Oct 18/94; #245 - [Banff Springs Hotel, construction of center tower, ca.1912]; #246 - [Swimmers at Cave and Basin]; #247 - Winter bathing at the hot srings; #248 - [Early Banff Ave.]; #249 - [Group in front of unidentified Banff building]; #250 - [D.C. Baynes; Banff school class, ]; #251 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mt. Norquay]; #252 - [View of Banff in winter from rooftop, looking towards Mount Rundle]; #253 - [Banff Livery with sleighs in front]; #254 - [Banff Springs Hotel]; #255 - [Banff Springs Hotel and Bow Valley]; #256 - [Unidentified Indigenous man on Banff Ave.]; #257 - [Two Unidentified Indigenous people on horseback at Banff Indian Days camp near Cascade Mountain]; #258 - [Curling on backwater of Bow River]; #259 - Cutting ice on Bow River at Banff; #260 - Upper Hot Springs [in winter]; #261 - Tobogganing at Banff

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White and Curren families papers and photographs

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following series: A. Dave White Sr. papers, 1887- 1942; B. Annie White papers, 1875-1955; C. Dave (Jack) White papers, 1911- 1955; D. Clifford White notebook, ca.1915; E. John D. Curren papers, 1886- 1940; F. White-Curren family photographs, 1885-1953. Papers consist of pers…

Date Range: 1869 - 1958

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / III

Description Level: 2 / Sous-fonds

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 2 / Sous-fonds

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: III. White and Curren families

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: 3069

Reference Code: M36 / S37 / V683 / III

Date Range: 1869 - 1958

Physical Description: ca. 2 m of textual records (and 36 oversize items). -- ca.3100 photographs (ca.1800 negatives, ca.1300 prints, 5 albums of ca.400 prints).

History / Biographical: The White and Curren families of Banff, Alberta were the maternal and fraternal relatives of Peter Whyte. Dave McIntosh White, 1864- 1940, Peter Whyte's father, came to the Canadian Rockies in 1885 with the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1894 he opened a general merchandise business, the Park Store, in Banff. The success of this business resulted in expansions in 1908-1909 and in 1912-1913. For a short time, Whyte operated a similiar business in Bankhead. White was a long-time friend of the Stoney Nakoda, Annie (Curren) White, 1879-1955, emigrated to Canada from Scotland with her father, John Donaldson Curren, and a brother in 1886. They settled in Anthracite, east of Banff, where J. D. Curren operated a small coal mining business. Annie Curren married Dave White in 1901. Their children, all born in Banff, were Clifford, 1902-1964, Lila, 1903-1961, Peter, 1905-1966, and Dave Jr. (Jackie), 1908-1961. Clifford and Jack worked for the family business, Dave White and Sons.

Scope & Content: Series consists of the following series: A. Dave White Sr. papers, 1887- 1942; B. Annie White papers, 1875-1955; C. Dave (Jack) White papers, 1911- 1955; D. Clifford White notebook, ca.1915; E. John D. Curren papers, 1886- 1940; F. White-Curren family photographs, 1885-1953. Papers consist of personal, legal and financial papers; and records of Dave White, General Merchant, Dave White and Sons and White and Bayne Store. Pertains to Stoney Nakoda First Nations, Banff Indian Days, Highland gatherings, buildings, churches, skiing, coal and coal mines and Lake Minnewanka. Photographs consist largely of negatives and prints produced by various members of the White family, including Dave, Annie, Clifford and Jack White, pertaining to the White family members, travels, activities; the Banff-Lake Louise area; Banff events, places and people; winter sports; social events and friends, 1910- 1953, and glass negatives by J. D. Curren pertaining to Curren and White families and activities, Mount Assiniboine pack trip and Bow Valley scenes; ca.1885-1905. Also includes collected prints of family and friends, family businesses and buildings and winter sports, and albums pertaining to White and Curren families, 1885-1919 and Clifford White photographs, 1917-1921.

Subject Access: Banff V; Banff - Events V; Banff National Park; CURREN FAMILY; Stoney Nakoda First Nations; White, Annie M; White, Clifford Sr.; WHITE, DAVE SR.; White, Jack (Dave White Jr.); WHITE FAMILY

Access Restrictions: Access to photographs requires permission in advance from the Head Archivist.

Finding Aid: Series-level outline available. Electronic database available. Photographs are described at the sub-series level only (printed inventory provides more detail than the computer inventory).

Related Material: Consitutes Sous-fonds III of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Forms part of Sous-fonds III of the Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds. Photographs in this section begin with the early family portraits of David McIntosh White taken in New Brunswick and those of Annie Curren White taken in Scotland. The earliest negatives attributable to David and Annie White date ca.1908, or approximately the time they moved to their new home between Lynx Street and Bow Avenue. Most of the negatives from the first two decades of family photography are sized 8.3 x 11 cms., with the exception of what appears to be occasional experimentation with other formats, such as vest pocket and 4 x 5 Graflex, and images generated by other family members, such as J.D. Curren and the White children. This body of photography was undoubtedly initiated through the acquisition of a roll film camera on or about 1908. Judging from subject arrangement and other evidence, including shadow images of the photographer, most White family photography is attributable to Annie Curren White. There are several photographs from the collection showing her holding a camera or photographing family members, while no such photographs exist of Dave White. There can be little doubt, however, that Dave White participated in the photographic process, particularly in the period from 1910 to 1917, when there are numerous photographs of Annie and the children. On family motor trips, which began around 1917 and lasted until ca.1923, Dave and Annie's son Clifford appears to have shared photographic responsibilities. From this period on, Clifford and Annie, either one or the other, are the only family members who do not appear in group photographs. From this it is assumed that Dave White played a very minor roll as family photographer after 1918. Photographs attributable to Peter Whyte begin to appear around 1920, but most of his photography appears to be more personal than of a family record variety. None of the photographs in the early part of the collection have been attributed to Lila or Jack (Dave Jr.) White. After 1923, the point when the White children were grown and beginning to move away from home, Annie White becomes the primary family photographer. In the late 1920s she appears to have experimented with a Graflex camera for a time, but by 1930 had returned to a smaller format roll film camera. She continued to take numerous family photographs, usually group poses of her children and grandchildren, after Dave White's death in 1940 until shortly before her own passing in 1955. Also included in this section of the collection are a number of personal photographs generated by Clifford and Jackie (Dave Jr.) White. Around 1918, Clifford appears to have acquired his own camera which produced a 3 x 5 inch negative, and from that period until ca.1923, he produced many images of activities shared with friends and brothers, including a number of photographs of early ski tours and ski jumping in the Banff area. One album bears Clifford's initials on nearly all photographs, and these images match with many of the 3 x 5 inch negatives found elsewhere in the collection. Photographs attributed to Jackie (Dave Jr.) date from the late 1940s and early 1950s and may have entered the collection prior to the death of Annie White. Much of the dating of this collection from 1908 to 1920 was done by estimating the ages of various White children. Beyond that, the usual techniques were utilized, i.e. identification and dates noted on prints by family members, the depiction of specific historical events, changes in physical and cultural features, model dating of automobiles, reading of license plates, etc.

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[Letters]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Letters to Frances Newbury Bagley (Frank or Frankie) from various people including Kate S. Robb and Russell Robb Sr. Frances is the sister of Kate Robb and the aunt of Russell Robb.

Date Range: 1864-1894

Reference Code: M36 / II / D / 1964

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: II.D. Robb/Newbury/Bagley family correspondence

Reference Code: M36 / II / D / 1964

Date Range: 1864-1894

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters to Frances Newbury Bagley (Frank or Frankie) from various people including Kate S. Robb and Russell Robb Sr. Frances is the sister of Kate Robb and the aunt of Russell Robb.

Name Access: Bagley, Frances Newbury

Subject Access: Robb, Catherine Sedgwick Newbury; Robb, Russell Sr.

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[Notes]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Misc. notes and business cards. Includes list of Robb home domestic staff, list of apple blossom dates in Concord, Mass. and notes on Edward Sylvester Morse as a young boy.

Date Range: 1872-1924

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 1 / b / 1972

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: II.E. Russell Robb Sr. papers

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 1 / b / 1972

Responsibility: Responsibility: Russell Robb Sr.

Date Range: 1872-1924

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Misc. notes and business cards. Includes list of Robb home domestic staff, list of apple blossom dates in Concord, Mass. and notes on Edward Sylvester Morse as a young boy.

Subject Access: Robb, Russell Sr.; Morse, Edward Sylvester

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[Letters]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Letters to cousin Paul Bagley from Russell Robb.

Date Range: 1880-1893

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 2 / 1975

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: II.E. Russell Robb Sr. papers

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 2 / 1975

Responsibility: Responsibility: Russell Robb Sr.

Date Range: 1880-1893

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters to cousin Paul Bagley from Russell Robb.

Subject Access: Robb, Russell Sr.; Bagley, Paul

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[Letters]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Letters to various people from Russell Robb.

Date Range: 1875-1926

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 2 / 1976

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: II.E. Russell Robb Sr. papers

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 2 / 1976

Responsibility: Responsibility: Russell Robb Sr.

Date Range: 1875-1926

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters to various people from Russell Robb.

Subject Access: Robb, Russell Sr.

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[Letters]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Letters to Russell Robb from various people including his mother Kate Robb, his sister Marian Robb, his father-in-law Edward Sylvester Morse and his son Russell Robb Jr.

Date Range: 1872-1925

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 2 / 1977

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: II.E. Russell Robb Sr. papers

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 2 / 1977

Date Range: 1872-1925

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters to Russell Robb from various people including his mother Kate Robb, his sister Marian Robb, his father-in-law Edward Sylvester Morse and his son Russell Robb Jr.

Subject Access: Robb, Russell Sr.; Robb, Catherine Sedgwick Newbury; Robb, Marian; Morse, Edward Sylvester; Robb, Russell Jr.

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[Notes]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Notes regarding history of Robb, Newbury and related families, kept by Russell Robb Sr. Includes obituary certificate for John F. Bagley who is the husband of Kate Robb's sister Frances. John F. Bagley is the uncle of Russell Robb Sr.

Date Range: 1881-1927

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 4 / a / 1979

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: II.E. Russell Robb Sr. papers

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 4 / a / 1979

Date Range: 1881-1927

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records : includes 1 oversize item

Scope & Content: Notes regarding history of Robb, Newbury and related families, kept by Russell Robb Sr. Includes obituary certificate for John F. Bagley who is the husband of Kate Robb's sister Frances. John F. Bagley is the uncle of Russell Robb Sr.

Subject Access: ROBB FAMILY

Content Details: Obituary Certificate: John F. Bagley, 1881. held in oversize"B"

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[Letters]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Letters to Russell Robb from various people regarding his published writings.

Date Range: 1896-1897, 1922-1926

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 4 / c / 1981

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: II.E. Russell Robb Sr. papers

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 4 / c / 1981

Date Range: 1896-1897, 1922-1926

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters to Russell Robb from various people regarding his published writings.

Subject Access: Robb, Russell Sr.

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[Letters]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Letters and contract from the Macmillan Co. Publishers regarding book written by Russell Robb: Electrical Wiring - for the use of Architects, Underwriters, and the Owners of Buildings.

Date Range: 1895-1896

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 4 / c / 1982

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: II.E. Russell Robb Sr. papers

Reference Code: M36 / II / E / 4 / c / 1982

Date Range: 1895-1896

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope & Content: Letters and contract from the Macmillan Co. Publishers regarding book written by Russell Robb: Electrical Wiring - for the use of Architects, Underwriters, and the Owners of Buildings.