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Letters to Mother [January - August 1959]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 110 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to August 29, 1959. 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: 1959

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 144

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 / 144

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (145 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 110 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to August 29, 1959. 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], the 50th anniversary of the first flight in the Brittish Commonwealth in February, the 1959 Winter Carnival, construction on the back of the house, a trip to Concord in June for a friend's wedding, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip's visit in June, trips to Bow Lake during the summer, and the widening of the Icefield Parkway as far as the Saskatchewan River Crossing. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.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. 144 - 02 is a letter to Rusty 144 - 07 is a carbon copy of 144 - 06 144 - 31 is a carbon copy of 144 - 30 144 - 56 is a carbon copy of 144 - 55 144 - 62 mostly consists of a story titled "The Story of Penny Warren" 144 - 86 is a carbon copy of the first page of 144 - 85

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Vallance, Sydney; Vallance, Doris; Moore, Pearl; Castella, Verne; Whyte, Clifford; Kaquitts, Frank; Dempster, Harry; Paris, Cyril; Paris, Mary; Phillips, Walter J.; Harvie, Eric; Tasker, Peter; Kaquitts, George; Kaquitts, Tom; Whyte, Jon; Ward, Sam; Beil, Charlie; Rummel, Elizabeth; Luxton, Norman; McLean, George; Campbell, Gray

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; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Flowers; Glenbow Foundation; Home; Hot Springs; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Luxton Museum; Moose; Mountain; Mountains; Oldtimers; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Scenery; Skating; Ski areas; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Travel; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Columbia Icefield; Bow Lake; Saskatchewan River; 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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Luxton Museum interior and exterior views

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 15 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton and the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Norman Luxton posing with display items, exterior views of the museum and surrounding landscape, and taxidermy and mannequin displays inside the museum.

Date Range: 1959

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / ii / PA - 1 to 15

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Professional and Personal

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D3 : Organizations

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3e / ii / PA - 1 to 15

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 15 photographs : b&w prints ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of 15 photographs pertaining to Norman Luxton and the Luxton Museum. Includes images of Norman Luxton posing with display items, exterior views of the museum and surrounding landscape, and taxidermy and mannequin displays inside the museum.

Notes: Back sides of photographs stamped with “Glenbow Foundation Photograph” label and file numbers, each dated May 30, 1959.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Museums; History; Indigenous Peoples; Animals; Taxidermy; Mountain; Businesses; Landscapes

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Copyright status and restrictions unknown

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright status and restrictions unknown

Language: English

Category: Indigenous Peoples; Arts

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Luxton Museum

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Album contains 20 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum. Includes exterior views, interior views and various displays, and one image of Norman Luxton standing near the museum entrance.

Date Range: 1959

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / PD - 7

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Album

Responsibility: Photographs attributed to "WDM" [William David McDougall?]

Date Range: 1959

Physical Description: 1 album (20 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20 cm and 17 x 22 cm)

Scope & Content: Album contains 20 photographs pertaining to the Luxton Museum. Includes exterior views, interior views and various displays, and one image of Norman Luxton standing near the museum entrance.

Material Details: Label on front of album reads: "Luxton Museum Banff, Alberta. May 30/59. File #230 Photographer WDM"

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Museums; Education; History; Taxidermy; Luxton Museum; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Indigenous Peoples; Education

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [January - July 1958]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 92 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 14, 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 [mo…

Date Range: 1958

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 142

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

library that Steel would like to 01•m ?/ There are a lot that Father had ..,hich I can ' t imagine

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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 / 142

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1958

Physical Description: 2.7 cm of textual records (135 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 92 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 14, 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], errand trips to Calgary [mostly by car], new glasses for Peter, construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway, construction projects pertaining to Buffalo Block [including the installation of a restaurant on the second floor], the Seymour Narrows, B.C., controlled explosion (April 5, 1958), the opening of the new Morley Community Centre in April, a trip to Edmonton, mention of starting a Foundation in order to manage the block they live on [including ideas for an art gallery, library, and museum] and the proposed name Wa-Che-Yo-Cha-Pa supplied by George McLean, and travel around Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia between visits to Concord for the purpose of painting. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards.

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. 142 - 21 is a Valentine's Day card missing the front cover, not addressed to anyone and signed by Mildred. 142 - 44 is a copy of a letter written to Catharine and Peter from Rusty. 142 - 60 is a letter written from Edmonton on Corona Hotel Edmonton letterhead. 142 - 74 is the beginning of letters written on the road between Banff and Yarmouth, N.S., on the way to and after leaving Concord.

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; Moore, Pearl; Beil, Charlie; Phillips, Gladys; Francis, Paul; Luxton, Norman; Harvie, Eric; Cathcart, John George (Red); McLean, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Centre; Banff Elementary School; 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; Flowers; Glenbow Foundation; Home; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Luxton Museum; Moose; Mountain; Mountains; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Scenery; Skating; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Travel; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Maine; 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 [January - June 1956]

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Part Of: 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 Library in CalagJy wbicb Dr ~eeacbman is bead or. D on is quite young and we just

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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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [January - June 1955]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 51 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to June 29, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hock…

Date Range: 1955

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 136

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 136

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1955

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records (61 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 51 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to June 29, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary, Peter working on paintings for the Luxton Museum, the Winter Carnival [including Peter and Catharine judging the ice sculptures], Edith's companion Hanne moving in, the death of Ted Paris in April, replacing the oil furnace with a gas one in the house, Peter's mother Annie dying suddenly in May, and sketching trips, mostly around the Bow Lake area.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters 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; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Luxton, Norman; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Vallance, Sydney; Vallance, Doris; Moore, Pearl; Paris, Cyril; Lonsdale, Tom; Beil, Charlie; Harvie, Don; Harvie, Eric; Brewster, Pat; Cathcart, John George (Red); Paris, Ted; Phillips, Walter J.; White, Annie

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; 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; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Trans-Canada Highway; Travel; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Morley; 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 [January - June 1952]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 53 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 28, 1952. Topics include New Year's Eve events, day to day life, Banff events, visitis from friends, photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs, clear…

Date Range: 1952

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 130

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

to borrow some film and stayed a while to talk of the library etc . and then as he left Ronny Duke dropped

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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 / 130

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1952

Physical Description: 1.2 cm of textual records (72 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fond level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 53 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 28, 1952. Topics include New Year's Eve events, day to day life, Banff events, visitis from friends, photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs, clearing a new ski run on Norquay, Gray Campbell starting on his first book ["We Found Peace"], the death of King Geroge VI in February, the Winter Carnival [called "Silver City"], installing a new hot water tank in the house, Peter submitting a painting to a competition for ex-RCAF men to be sent to the Queen, clearing trees from their yard, buying a new Jeep, being interviewed by Ken Liddel in June, and camping/sketching trips to Lake Louise and Bow Lake. Also includes a postcard.

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 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. 130 - 16 has a section cut out from the middle of the page. 130 - 24 appears to be missing the first page of the letter. 130 - 28 contains a recreation by Catharine of a design Jon Whyte made of a Weaving School he thought his mother should start.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Campbell, Gray; Campbell, Eleanor; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; White, Annie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Luxton, Norman; Beil, Charlie; Whyte, Jon; Walls, Eldon

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Businesses; Camping; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Curling; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Mountain; Norquay Ski Hill; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Royalty; Scenery; Silver City; Ski areas; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Trans-Canada Highway; Travel; Winter; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Edmonton; 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 [January - June 1950]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 51 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2 to June 30, 1950. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, photography, painting, weather [including temperatures down to -50F (-45C) in January], the CPR test of the…

Date Range: 1950

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 126

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

from ijiss Barret offering to send us some books for the library, awfully good of her . and a nice letter

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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 / 126

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1950

Physical Description: 1.6 cm of textual records (93 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 51 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2 to June 30, 1950. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, photography, painting, weather [including temperatures down to -50F (-45C) in January], the CPR test of their new diesel engines, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the North American Ski Championship in February [for which Pete designed pins], the Banff Winter Carnival, installing fluorescent lights in the kitchen [prior to that they had "temporary" lights], purchasing a new Jeep stationwagon, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor visiting Banff in April, driving to Concord in May and back to Banff in June, plans for Banff Indian Days, a trip to Bow Lake, and Pete and Catharine's 20th wedding anniversary. Also includes postcards.

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.

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; Watson, Sir Norman; Encil, George; Beil, Charlie; Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Businesses; Camping; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Mountain; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Ranching; Royal tours; Royalty; Scenery; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiers; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Sunshine Ski Area; Sunshine Village; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Upper Hot Springs Hotel; Weather; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Montana; North Dakota; Ohio; Minnesota; 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 [June - December 1949]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 66 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 28 to December 29, 1949. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, trips to Moraine Lake throughout the summer [they stayed at the Lodge], photography, painting, weather, e…

Date Range: 1949

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 125

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

and Edna Vanek is on the Library hs ociation , the ones 1vho get out a magazine recommending books

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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 / 125

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1949

Physical Description: 1.4 cm of textual records (98 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 66 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from June 28 to December 29, 1949. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, trips to Moraine Lake throughout the summer [they stayed at the Lodge], photography, painting, weather, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian Days [Pete and Catharine managed the finances for Norman Luxton, who was organizing it that year], exhibiting their work at the Banff School of Fine Arts in August, day trips to Bow Lake, a track meet competition between the Banff and Canmore schools, Jimmy Simpson Jr getting married in October, installing a oil tanks for their house and for Annie White's house, Pete making pins and awards [models of skiers to be cast in bronze] for George Encil, working on the annual Christmas card, and various holiday activities.

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 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. 125-01 is an image, possibly part of a card, not noticeably attached to a letter. 125-60 - possible names written on page 02 in pencil, most likely by Edith Morse Robb.

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; Luxton, Norman; Twoyoungmen, Jacob; McLean, George; Jackson, A. Y.; Encil, George; LaCasse, Ulysses

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Centre; Banff Indian Days; Banff School of Fine Arts; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Bird watching; 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; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royalty; Scenery; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiers; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Weddings; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Bow Lake; 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 [January - December 1948]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 127 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to December 29, 1948. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, matters pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, hockey games [on the radi…

Date Range: 1948

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 123

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 123

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1948

Physical Description: 2.5 cm of textual records (157 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 127 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to December 29, 1948. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, matters pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, hockey games [on the radio and live], events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, photography, painting, the new Greyhound Station being built behind the Mount Royal Hotel, the Winter Carnival, errand trips to Calgary, the annual Ski Championships at Norquay [February], putting together sketches to send to Ontario for an exhibition [the pictures were later sent to Concord to be shown], concerts, the death and funeral of Mark Poucette, cleaning and household chores, business and issues pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, installing a new electric stove in the kitchen, flooding during the spring [mostly in BC], Elizabeth Rummel leaving Skoki Lodge, Banff Indian Days [which included a ceremony to induct Pearl and Phillip Moore as honourary Princess and Chief], the Calgary Stampede, concerns over Pete's health, a day trip to Lake O'Hara with George Noble in September [they were given permission to drive themselves up], the opening of the White Groceteria on October 1, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties. Also includes a pressed flower and the annual Christmas card, mounted on cardstock.

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. 123-09 has four small sketches of pictures made by Jon Whyte on the second page. 123-36 is a carbon copy of 123-35. 123-47 contains a sketch of the new electric stove.

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.); Rummel, Elizabeth; Vallance, Sydney; Whyte, Clifford; Kaquitts, Tom; Poucette, Mark; Mather, Allan; Greenham, Margaret; Mills, Ike; Luxton, Norman; Comfort, Charles; Harmon, Lloyd; Rungius, Carl; McLean, George; Walking Buffalo (George McLean); Noble, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Winter Carnival; Birds; Bird watching; Birthday; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Canadian Pacific Railway; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Curling; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Hockey; Home; Hospital; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Mountain; Mount Royal Hotel; Norquay Ski Hill; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Royalty; Scenery; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Ski racing; Skiers; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Weather; Weddings; White Grocery, The; Wildlife; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Banff; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Alberta; 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]

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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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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: Private record

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

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Letters to Mother [May - July 1932]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 28 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 1932 to July 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, more work on Peter and Catharine's home, Fern Brewster's engagement and marriage, land and lots along Bow Avenue, news in Concord [includin…

Date Range: 1932

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 88

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Private record

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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 / 88

GMD: Private record

Date Range: 1932

Physical Description: 1.3 cm of textual records (155 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to 28 handwritten letters by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from May 1932 to July 1932. Topics include daily life in Banff, more work on Peter and Catharine's home, Fern Brewster's engagement and marriage, land and lots along Bow Avenue, news in Concord [including the death of Catharine's Aunt Helen and Edith Morse Robb's health], conversations with Earl Spencer, the death of Ruth Carpenter Mather [and subsequent reactions of family and locals], visiting and sketching in Yoho, a trip with Barbara Carpenter White to Vancouver, a trip with Barbara Carpenter White and Mary Schaffer Warren to Yoho, Catharine trading a painting for a grizzly hide, Peter getting a commission to paint a pair of portraits, Peter and Catharine's work hanging at the Banff Springs Hotel, painting trips to Larch Valley, Lake O'Hara and other locations, attending the Calgary Stampede [and corresponding art exhibition and an invitation to participate from Gwen[?] Hutton], and interactions and house visits from locals and others [including Norman Luxton, Jackie White, Fern Brewster, Tex Woods, the Moore family, the Brewster family, Earl Spencer, Barbara Carpenter White, Allan Mather, Fred Armbrister, Betty Painter, Belmore Browne, Mary Schaffer Warren, Frances James, Vic Kutschera, Carl Rungius, Frances and Murray Adaskin, Charlie Beil, Lila White Stockand, Norman Knight, Rupe and Chessy Edwards, Cyril Paris, Ted Paris, Dorothy White, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Oakes [from Boston], Dan McCowan, Mr. Polenski, Mr. Kingsman, and Annie White].

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: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Mather, Allan; Brewster, Fern; Spencer, Earl; Crosby, Lou; Luxton, Norman; "Tex" Vernon Wood; Moore, Phil; Moore, Pearl; Moore, Edmee; Armbrister, Fred; Painter, Betty; Browne, Belmore; Warren, Mary Schaffer; Kutschera, Vic; Rungius, Carl; Adaskin, Murray; Stockand, Lila (White); McCowan, Dan

Subject Access: Art; Artists; Banff Springs Hotel; Calgary Stampede; Camps; Cinema; Community life; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Funeral; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp; Lake O'Hara region; Marriage; Mount Royal Hotel; Painting; Portrait; Property; Stoney Nakoda; Whyte House

Geographic Access: Banff; Concord; Calgary; Vancouver; Yoho National Park; Shadow Lake; Castle Mountain; Larch Valley; Moraine Lake; Lake O'Hara

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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Indigenous portrait given to Norman Luxton by W. Langdon Kihn

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Scope & Content: File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.

Date Range: 1922

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 17

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Drawing

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D1 : Personal and family life

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D1 / 17

GMD: Drawing

Responsibility: Produced by W. Langdon Kihn

Date Range: 1922

Physical Description: 1 drawing : portrait, pencil and ink ; 29 x 37.5 cm

History / Biographical: Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898-1957) was an American artist born in Brooklyn, New York. Kihn was best known for his illustrated portraits of American and Canadian Indigenous people, including members of the Blackfoot, Navajo, Pueblo and Tsimshian communities. The individuals in Kihn's portraits were most often depicted wearing traditional and ceremonial clothing rather than their typical clothes. Kihn's art career began in 1919 when he travelled to Montana and created some of his earliest portraits while visiting the Blackfeet Reservation. Throughout the 1920s, Kihn travelled extensively in Canada and the United States, creating portraits of individuals from a diverse range of Indigenous communities. Many of these portraits were put on display as part of a travelling exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1935, Kihn was commissioned by National Geographic to produce Indigenous portraits for publications; this ultimately led to a two-decade career with National Geographic.

Scope & Content: File consists of one signed copy of a portrait of an unidentified Indigenous man by artist W. Langdon Kihn. Portrait was gifted to Norman Luxton by Kihn in 1922.

Notes: Portrait is signed in the bottom left corner: "To "Norm" Luxton From his friend W. Langdon Kihn. 1922"

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kihn, W. Langdon

Subject Access: Portrait; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples; Art; Artist

Language: English

Category: Arts; First nations; Indigenous Peoples

Biographical Source Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/nyregion/art-indian-portraits-by-kihn-exhibited.html; https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/w-langdon-kihn-papers-7081

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Banff Indian Days, Calgary Stampede scrapbook

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasp…

Date Range: [1947 - 1952]

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

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Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: III.B.4. Georgina Luxton : Collected Material : Textual Records

Sous-Fonds: III. Luxton Family sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / III / B4 - 6

GMD: Textual record; Scrapbook; Newspaper clipping

Date Range: [1947 - 1952]

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: Scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings related to Banff Indian Days and the Calgary Stampede; various other newspaper clippings related to local and international news, including the opening of a new school in Morley and the Luxton Museum [now the Buffalo Nations Museum] in Banff, a fire at Jasper Park Lodge, and Canadian and international politics.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Georgina; MacKinnon, Rev. Robert H.; Crowchild, Chief David; Bearspaw, David; Hunter, Eva; Rider, Eli; Rider, Diane; Bearspaw, Rosie; Bearspaw, Harold

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Animals; Banff Indian Days; Luxton Museum; Calgary Herald; Calgary Stampede; Children; Commerce and industry; Community events; Community life; Cultural pluralism; Construction; Education; Fire; Government; Hotel; Indigenous Peoples; Horseback riding; Horses; Museums; Multiculturalism; Newspaper; Parade; Politics; Public events; Recreation; Music; Sanitarium Hotel; School; Stoney Nakoda; Taxidermy; Winnipeg Free Press

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff; Canmore; Calgary; Jasper National Park; Morley

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Cultural pluralism; Education; Politics; Sports, recreation and leisure

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Vancouver Island and Tilikum voyage photograph negatives

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white photograph negatives depicting coastal British Columbia, May - July 1901, and the Tilikum voyage, July - November 1901. Content includes photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia including unidentified sailors, Indigenous people, buildings, lighthouses [Cape…

Date Range: 1900-1901

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 12 / a / NG-1 to NG-127 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NG-1 to NG-17 and NG-20 to NG-49 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NA-18 to NA-19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / B1 :

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / B1 / 12 : Tilikum voyage

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 12 / a / NG-1 to NG-127 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NG-1 to NG-17 and NG-20 to NG-49 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NA-18 to NA-19

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1900-1901

Physical Description: 176 photographs : 172 gelatin dry plate negatives ; 10.2 x 12.7 cm : 2 cellulose nitrate negatives ; 10 x 7 cm

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white photograph negatives depicting coastal British Columbia, May - July 1901, and the Tilikum voyage, July - November 1901. Content includes photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia including unidentified sailors, Indigenous people, buildings, lighthouses [Cape Beale], canoes, sealing schooner, ships, boats, landscapes, and shorelines. Associated prints identify individuals as being Nootka [Nuu-chah-nulth], some taken in Port Alberni. File contains photographs of human skulls, cave burial, and potentially residential schools - access is restricted to select photographs. Content includes Tilikum voyage to Pacific Islands, with possible locations depicted including Cook Islands, Manihiki and Penhryn, Somoa, Fiji, and Tahiti. Photographs depict exterior and interior views of the Tilikum, unidentified Indigenous people, missionaries, sailors [in associated prints identified as Captain Winchester, Captain Dexter, Captain P'au on "Children of Tahiti" boat, and H.M.S. Torch officers], pearl boats, and scuba. Some photographs depict Norman Luxton and John Voss.

Notes: Description of negatives and contents found in binder of photocopied photographs, labelled on spine II.B.1.A / 7, but labelled on first page LUX / I / B1 / 7

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Voss, John

Subject Access: Travel; Seascapes; Shorelines; Residential schools; Personal and Family Life; Missionaries; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Vancouver Island; Victoria, British Columbia; Port Alberni; Cape Beale; Pacific Rim National Park; Tahiti; Manihiki; Penhryn; Somoa; Fiji

Access Restrictions: Access to negatives is by application due to fragile condition. (a) NG-4,5,6 depict human skulls, NG-13,14,15 possibly depict Port Alberni's residential school, NG-32 depicts a burial. These have been digitized but are not available online.

Language: English

Conservation: Most glass negatives have silver mirroring, accretions, flaking, and loss of the glass support. Some show signs of previous mould exposure. Prior poor quality storage and processing has degraded the quality, these are also apparent in the associated prints. Several glass negatives were broken. Two nitrate film show yellowing of the support.

Related Material: LUX / I / B1 / 12 contains prints from some negatives

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Negatives are arranged in two groups: a. Negatives for prints in "10,000 Miles in the Canoe Tilikum, 127 items, includes images identical or very similar to those in the printed account; b. Other negatives, 49 items

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Letters to Mother [January 1961 - February 1962]

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Scope & Content: File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2, 1961 to February 15, 1962; Edith passed away February 18, 1962. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, hockey and football games, the C…

Date Range: 1961-1962

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 148

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

to Peter and me and we have offered it to the Banff Public Library to use. They are nearly ten years old

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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 / 148

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1961-1962

Physical Description: 2.6 cm of textual records (ca. 185 pages ; 21.9 x 27.8 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 41 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2, 1961 to February 15, 1962; Edith passed away February 18, 1962. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, hockey and football games, the Calgary Stampede, weather, and the 1962 space launch. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Also includes postcards and notecards. M36 / 148 - 114 to 120 are not fully dated - unsure of order within other 1961 letters. All are postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. 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. M36 / 148 - 29 is missing its second half, indicated by Catharine to be a picture of Bow Lake.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Harvie, Eric; Brewster, Fred; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Twoyoungmen, Jacob; Beil, Charlie; Morant, Willie; Madsen, Ken; Currie, Flossie; Vallance, Doris; Fulmer, Alice; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, George K.K.; Vallance, Sydney; Whyte, Jon; Luxton, Norman; Moore, Edmee; Moore, Pearl; Ward, Sam

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Centre; Banff Indian Days; Banff Public Library; Banff School of Fine Arts; Bird watching; Birds; Birthday; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camping; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; David Thompson Highway; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Flowers; Glenbow Foundation; Glenbow-Alberta Institute; Home; Hot Springs; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Library; Leisure; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Prince of Wales Hotel; Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Moore Branch No.26; Scenery; Skating; Ski areas; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Columbia Icefield; Bow Lake; Jasper; Jasper National Park; Rocky Mountain House; Yoho National Park; Waterton National Park; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

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Group of men speaking to Norman Luxton (at centre in a suit)

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Scope & Content: [Group of men speaking to Norman Luxton (at centre in a suit)]

Date Range: ca.1910

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 14 / NA - 31

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Negative

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: LUX

Sous-Fonds: LUX

Accession Number: n/a

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3a / 14 / NA - 31

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: ca.1910

Physical Description: Negative

Scope & Content: [Group of men speaking to Norman Luxton (at centre in a suit)]

Name Access: Luxton, Norman

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; First Nations; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Alberta

Language: English

Title Source: Stoney Nakoda Elders provided naming and other culturally relevant information during interviews held for Recognizing Relations, an archives initiative active from 2014-2023. . No identification was possible.; The goal of this initiative was to name local Indigenous peoples in photographs held in the WMCR archives as well as encouraging access for Indigenous communities to these images.

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Banff Indian Days posters

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil pain…

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

18 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: I.D.3. Personal and professional : Organizations

Sous-Fonds: I. Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / I / D3 / 1 - 14

GMD: Textual record; Poster; Drawing; Published record

Responsibility: Published and artwork attributed to Ernie Kehr, W.L. Kihn, G.H.W. Ashley, Crag & Canyon Press, Palenske, Canadian Pacific and Multi Color Poster

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1950]; 1936; 1937; 1949

Physical Description: 14 posters : colour and b&w ; 35 x 56 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 14 colour and b&w oversized promotional posters and information boards for Banff Indian Days celebrations, promoted by Canadian Pacific. Posters largely feature identified and unidentified Indigenous people, notably Chief Spotted Eagle and Blind Eagle. Art medium includes oil paint process mounted on cardboard made in Canada and distributed by Exhibits Branch Canadian Pacific, lithographic prints, and a mounted drawing attributed to Palenske. Some have annotations or stamps on the back.

Notes: Possibly unassociated shipping packing material addressed to Norman Luxton at the Trading Post from E.A. Kehr found in box - this has not been assigned a number. D3-10, a lithographic promotional material from 1936 has an identical design to LUX / II / F1 / 47, an Indian Days poster from 1928 Items LUX / I / D3 / 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 were originally associated with LUX / I / D3a / 6, which contains brochures and a flyer from Banff Indian Days LUX / I / D3 / 8, Palenske may have potentionally used photograph LUX / I / D3a / PA-26 as reference

Material Details: Some posters have foldable cardboard stand at back to place upright on surface, adhesives, and perhaps mounting additives.

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Kehr, Ernie; Palenske, Reinhold H.; Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Activities; Advertising; Community events; Banff Indian Days; Indigenous Peoples; Tourism

Geographic Access: Banff; Alberta; Banff National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Buffalo Nations Musum and Banff Indian Days photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 30 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Buffalo Nations Museum and Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff. Includes images of events, including parades, and wildlife including a black bear. Some images show Eleanor [?] on a gurney alongside an ambulance.

Date Range: 1927; [1950-1959]

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 258 to NA - 287

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

30 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / II / E : Travel and home records

Sous-Fonds: LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds

Accession Number: LUX

Reference Code: LUX / II / E / NA - 258 to NA - 287

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: 1927; [1950-1959]

Physical Description: 30 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of 30 b&w negative photographs pertaining to Buffalo Nations Museum and Banff Indian Days celebrations in Banff. Includes images of events, including parades, and wildlife including a black bear. Some images show Eleanor [?] on a gurney alongside an ambulance.

Notes: Photograph prints are included in Eleanor Luxton's Banff album, LUX / II / E / PD / 1

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Luxton, Eleanor

Subject Access: Banff Indian Days; Community events; Events; Horses; Horseback riding; Indigenous Peoples; Cultural pluralism; Public events; Teepees; Performance; Music

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Category: Indigenous Peoples

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Vancouver Island and Tilikum voyage photograph prints

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white photograph prints depicting coastal British Columbia, May - July 1901, and the Tilikum voyage, July - November 1901. Content includes photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia including unidentified sailors, Indigenous people, buildings, lighthouses [Cape Be…

Date Range: 1900-1901

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 12 / PA - 1 to PA - 121

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Print

123 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / B1 :

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / B1 / 12 : Tilikum voyage

Reference Code: LUX / I / B1 / 12 / PA - 1 to PA - 121

GMD: Photograph; Print

Date Range: 1900-1901

Physical Description: 121 photographs : 121 prints ; 16 x 13.5 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of black and white photograph prints depicting coastal British Columbia, May - July 1901, and the Tilikum voyage, July - November 1901. Content includes photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia including unidentified sailors, Indigenous people, buildings, lighthouses [Cape Beale], canoes, ships, boats, landscapes, and shorelines. Some prints are annotated by Norman Luxton, identifying individuals as being Nootka [Nuu-chah-nulth], some taken in Port Alberni. File contains photographs of human skulls and potentially residential schools - access is restricted to select photographs. Content includes Tilikum voyage to Pacific Islands, with possible locations depicted including Cook Islands, Manihiki and Penhryn, Somoa, Fiji, and Tahiti. Photographs depict the Tilikum, unidentified Indigenous people, missionaries, sailors [two identified as Captain Winchester and Captain Dexter], pearl boats, and scuba. Some photographs depict Norman Luxton and John Voss. Most photographs have duplicate copies. One print is of a child potentionally identified as Hazel Baird.

Notes: Description of negatives and photograph contents found in binder of photocopied photographs, labelled on spine II.B.1.A / 7, but labelled on first page LUX / I / B1 / 7

Name Access: Luxton, Norman; Voss, John

Subject Access: Travel; Seascapes; Shorelines; Residential schools; Personal and Family Life; Missionaries; Indigenous Peoples

Geographic Access: Vancouver Island; Victoria, British Columbia; Port Alberni; Cape Beale; Pacific Rim National Park; Tahiti; Manihiki; Penhryn; Somoa; Fiji

Access Restrictions: PA-115,116,117 depict human skulls, PA-95, 98, 120 possibly depict Port Alberni's residential school. These have not been made available online.

Language: English

Related Material: LUX / I / B1 / 12 / a / NG-1 to NG-127 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NG-1 to NG-17 and NG-20 to NG-49 LUX / I / B1 / 12/ b / NA-18 to NA-19