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Letters to Mother [July - December 1955]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7483
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [m…
- Date Range
- 1955
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 137
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 137
- Date Range
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (71 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 43 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 2 to December 27, 1955. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary, Catharine's nephew Rusty arriving [he worked at Bow Lake helping with hunting parties in July], trips to Bow Lake, Banff Indian Days, a climbing tragedy on Mt. Temple in July wherein several young boys died, visits to the Campbell's ranch in Cowley, attending a Sun Dance ceremony near Fort Macleod, camping and sketching trips around Banff National Park, the Alberta Jubilee celebrations, a trip to Concord in October [they took the train down and drove back in a newly purchased Jeep], construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway through Banff, working on the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas parties. Also includes postcards and notecards.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters written on Num-Ti-Jaw Lodge letterhead, one written on Banff Shell Station letterhead.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Vallance, Sydney
- Vallance, Doris
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Gmoser, Hans
- Tasker, Peter
- Amos, Amos
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Airplanes
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Shell Station
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camping
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Home
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Luxton Museum
- Moose
- Mountain
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Ranches
- Ranching
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Trans-Canada Highway
- Travel
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Icefields Parkway
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Cowley
- Fort MacLeod
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Professional Portraits
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions22914
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to portaits of Hans Gmoser used for professional purposes. Includes also images of Gmoser climbing, skiing, and filming, friends and colleagues, scenic views.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960-1970]
- Reference Code
- V68 / V / PA 12 - 436 to 492
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
6 images
- Part Of
- Hans Gmoser fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M224 / S49 / V68
- Series
- V. Photograph Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V68
- Accession Number
- 7361
- Reference Code
- V68 / V / PA 12 - 436 to 492
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1960-1970]
- Physical Description
- 56 photographs: prints, b&w; col.
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to portaits of Hans Gmoser used for professional purposes. Includes also images of Gmoser climbing, skiing, and filming, friends and colleagues, scenic views.
- Notes
- From "Hans 1960s" folder. IMAGES : 436. “Edi Newcombe, Franz Dopf, Hans Gmoser, 1953, Golden to Glacier Station Trip to climb Sir Donald NW ridge”, [Young men leaning over, loading trunk of car], 12.75 x 9 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 437. “Aug 1969 1959? H. Gmoser, Brian Greenwood, Fred Beckey, near Emperor Falls”, [Three men cooking/eating in woods, near woodpile], 17.8 x 12.7 cm, black and white, caption written on post it note. 438. [Gmoser with one hand on hip, forehead wrinkled, trees in back], n.d., 9 x 13 cm, colour. 439. “Hans Gmoser- (Left figure) Canadian Icefields Expedition 1960 Mummery 2 20 ½ %”, [Four men hiking, with mountain range behind], 13 x 17.25, black and white, caption written on back. 440. “1963 Hans Gmoser”, [Hans holding camera, with ski poles over his right shoulder], 20 x 25.75 cm, black and white, caption and cropping/resizing information written on back, matt finish. 441. [Climber using icepick, with mountain ranges in background], photograph copyright Bruno Engler, 25.5 x 20 cm, n.d., black and white, sticker on back.“Whyte Museum copy negative” [Climber using icepick, with mountain ranges in background], photograph copyright Bruno Engler, 12.5 x 10 cm, n.d., black and white. See PA-451. V68/NA-53 442. “Fred Becky (R) Hans Gmoser Aug 1969”, [Talking, with wood around], 25.5 x 20 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 443. “Freshfields Early 1960s”, [Backs of two people, walking into snowy expanse], 17.5 x 13 cm, black and white. 444. “Leaving for Mt. Robson Aug 1957 Neil Brown, Sarya Spinkova, Clair Brown, Hans Gmoser”, [Five people standing in woods with backpacks, Gmoser second from right], 17.8 x 12.7 cm, black and white, caption written on back, “Wally Adams” written on post it note. 445. “Mt. Sir Wilfred Laurier Sand Glacier 1963 Wolf Keller, Jim CcConkey, Mike Wiegele, Linda Crutchfield, Hans Gmoser”, [People walking up mountain in snow], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white. “Hans Gmoser Edmonton 1957 as Electrician” folder 446. “Hans Gmoser Edmonton 1951 as Electrician” [Gmoser sitting on electrical pole], 1951, 6.5 x 9.5 cm, black and white, textured edges. 447. [Gmoser in profile, wearing cap], 1951, 6.5 x 9.5 cm, black and white, textured edges. 448. [Gmoser sitting], 1951, 6.5 x 9.5 cm, black and white, textured edges. 449. [Gmoser sitting next to man with tool, industrial area in background], 1951, 6.5 x 9.5 cm, black and white, textured edges. 450. “Edmonton 1951 Hans Gmoser (R) Electrician”, [Gmoser sitting standing with two men, industrial area in background], 1951, 6.5 x 9.5 cm, black and white, textured edges. 451. [Gmoser sitting next to man with tool, industrial area in background], 1951, 6.5 x 9.5 cm, black and white, textured edges. 452. “Ascending to Vulture Col Between Mt. Olive-Gordon on Wapta Icefield 1960”, [Two people with poles walking towards camera], 17.8 x 12.7 cm, black and white, caption written on back, sizing captions written on back, image bent through middle. 453. “Filming at Yamnuska 1962”, [Gmoser looking up, camera on tripod], 12.7 x 17.8 cm, black and white, caption written on back, “48%” written on back. 454. “Rossland 1962”, [Hans holding camera in profile, leg in cast?], 12.7 x 17.8 cm, black and white, caption written on back, small surface rip on left side. 455. “Rudi Gertsch 1966? Bugaboo Rock School”, [Man hanging from rope], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 456. “Bugaboo Climbing Camp 1965, Margaret Gmoser (L) (Middle Unknown) Hans Gmoser (R)”, [Three people holding ropes, overlooking mountain], 25.5 x 20 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 457. “Hans Gmoser-standing Pierre Garneau on Wapta Icefield approaching Baker Col.”, [Hans looking to left, holding poles, carrying backpack, man behind with back to camera], April 6, 1990 stamped, photograph copyright Bruno Engler, 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, captions written on back. 458. “Hans Gmoser 1965/66?”, [Hans holding camera, close up looking at photographer], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 459. “Picture #1 Aspen 1962”, [Hans holding camera, close up looking at photographer], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish, “36%” written on back. 460. “Aspen 1962”, [Hans close up looking to right], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 461. “Aspen 1962”, [Hans close up looking to right], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 462. “1963/64 Hans Gmoser”, [Hans holding camera, close up looking at photographer, with skis over right shoulder], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 463. “1963/64 Hans Gmoser”, [Hans leaning over and holding camera with both hands], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 464. “Roy Hargraves Robson Ranch Hans Gmoser”, [Hargraves and Gmoser sitting beside piano], Aug 1957, 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back and on post it note. 465. “Hans Gmoser”, [Hans close up, smiling, with rope visible in bottom of shot], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, matt finish. 466. “Noel Gardner Skiing Mt. Fidelity South Run February 1964”, [Man skiing down mountain with trees and mountains in back], photograph likely by Hans Gmoser, 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 467. “Hans Gmoser, Sommer 1965 in Den Bugaboos East Post Spire”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 468. “Red Shirt Route on Yamnuska”, [Two men vertically climbing rock face, with valley visible in background], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 469. “Hans Gmoser on the Red Shirt Route, Yamnuska, ca. 1962. Credit Canadian Mountain Holidays”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face], 12 x 23 cm, black and white, caption typed and glued to bottom of photograph. 470. “Backwards photo”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face], 12.75 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 471. “Backwards photo”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face], 12.75 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 472. “Backwards photo”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face], 12.75 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 473. “Castle Mountain South Tower”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face, head leaning into rock], 12.75 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on post it note. 474. “Hans Gmoser climbing Castle Mountain South Tower”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, “V68/accn 7361 Box 1 of 5” written on back. 475. “Base of Castle Tower”, [Gmoser arranging ropes, kneeling on ground], 12.75 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on post it note. 476. “Cory Crack”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face, with valley visible below], 12.75 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 477. “Picture #4 Bugaboos On Eastpost Spire 1964 Crop as indicated”, [Gmoser standing on rock ridge, with mountain peak visible behind], 12.75 x 18 cm, black and white, caption written on back, “79%” written on back. 478. “To Hans from Art Davis – Hans at Lae des Arex Rock climbing school June, 1966”, [Hans scaling rock, in harness, with one arm extended], 10 x 15 cm, black and white, on heavy paper, caption written on back. 479. “1963/64 Hans Gmoser”, [Gmoser squatting on skis, holding camera], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back, “V68/accn 7361 Box 1 of 5” written on back.Whyte Museum copy negative: [1963/64 Hans Gmoser, Gmoser squatting on skis, holding camera], 10 x 12 cm, black and white. See V68/PA-489. V68/NA-54 480. “Sim McConney on the Canoe Glacier May 1962”, [Skier jumping, with small plane on ground, person watching in background], 25.5 x 20 cm, black and white, caption written on back, “95%” written on back. 481. [Hans and woman scaling cliff, Hans in front, woman attached by rope in back, with mountain ranges behind, and valley below], photograph copyright Bruno Engler, 25.5 x 20 cm, black and white, caption “V68/accn 7361 Box 1 of 5” written on back. Whyte Museum copy negative: [Hans and woman scaling cliff, Hans in front, woman attached by rope in back, with mountain ranges behind, and valley below], copyright Bruno Engler, 10 x 12 cm, black and white. See V68/PA-491. V68/NA-55 482. “Cory Crack”, [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face, with valley visible below], 25.5 x 20 cm, black and white, caption written on post it note. Whyte Museum copy negative: [Gmoser vertically climbing rock face, with valley visible below], 10 x 12 cm, black and white. See PA-492. V68/NA-56 483. “Mt. Baker 1965”, [Hans leaning over, adjusting pack], 8.5 x 8.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 484. “Leo Grillmair (L) Hans Gmoser (R)”, [Two men tying shoes, sitting on pole], “Foto Erwin Tontsch 1966”, 27 x 17.5 cm, black and white, “V68/accn 7361 Box 1 of 5” written on back, caption written on post it note. See O.S. Whyte Museum copy negative: [Leo Grillmair (L) Hans Gmoser (R) Two men tying shoes, sitting on pole Foto Erwin Tontsch 1966], 10 x 12 cm, black and white. V68/NA-57. 485. “Pierre Trudeau PM Hans Gmoser, On Bugaboo Spire 1972”, [Two men climbing, with mountain in background], 19 x 25 cm, black and white, “V68 accn 7361 Box 1 last env. Labeled “Hans 1960s” written on back, caption written on back. Whyte Museum copy negative: [Pierre Trudeau PM Hans Gmoser, On Bugaboo Spire 1972 Two men climbing, with mountain in background], 10 x 12 cm, black and white. V68/NA-58. See PA-495 486. [Pierre Trudeau and Hans meeting, shaking hands, with others looking on], July 1972, 25.75 x 20.25 cm, black and white. 487. “Pierre Trudeau 1972 second left Hans Gmoser Bugaboos”, [Four people standing on rock, with mountains in back, Hans pointing, third from left], July 1972, 25.75 x 20.25 cm, black and white, caption written on back. Whyte Museum copy negative: [Pierre Trudeau 1972 second left Hans Gmoser Bugaboos Four people standing on rock, with mountains in back, Hans pointing, third from left], 10 x 12 cm, black and white. V68/NA-59. See PA 497 488. [Young Hans playing zither at table, flaw in picture on left side], 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white. 489. “Jim Davies and Hans Gmoser March 1961”, [Hans and Davies standing in front of plane], photograph by Bruno Engler, 25.5 x 20 cm, black and white, matt finish, caption written on back. 490. “Hans Gmoser On Mt. Louis 1961”, [Hans looking up, sitting on rock], photograph by Clair Brown, 20 x 25.5 cm, black and white, caption written on back. 491. “Hans Gmoser Jim Davies”, [Hans and Davies standing in front of plane], March 1961 photograph by Bruno Engler, 25.5 x 20 cm, black and white, matt finish, caption written on post it note, “V68/copy neg made accn 7361 Box 1 of 5 accn 7361” written on back. Photocopy of image “NEG filed in V68/copy neg drawer” V68/NA-60. See PA-501 492. “Scott Henderson (L) Hans Gmoser Jumbo t. Bugaboo 1965 (Roving Skis Filming?)”, [Hans working on ski, next to young man], “Foto E. Tontsch 1965”, 17.5 x 27 cm, colour, matt finish.
- Name Access
- Gmoser, Hans
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Climbing
- Discovery and exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Filming
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- Professional and Personal Life
- Skiing
- Sports and recreation
- Geographic Access
- Rocky Mountains
- Selkirks
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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People - Portraits & Groups
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57412
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 114 b&w prints of various people, usually posed either on their own or in a group. Includes portraits of movie stars, mountain guides, Banff locals, various clubs and boards, Miss Australia, Princess Margaret, Piere Chretien, skiers, and more. Also includes 1 negative depicting a g…
- Date Range
- 1952-1987
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / P / ii / a / PA - 01 to PA - 114
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
25 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- ii : People, a : Portraits & Groups
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / P / ii / a / PA - 01 to PA - 114
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1952-1987
- Physical Description
- 114 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 114 b&w prints of various people, usually posed either on their own or in a group. Includes portraits of movie stars, mountain guides, Banff locals, various clubs and boards, Miss Australia, Princess Margaret, Piere Chretien, skiers, and more. Also includes 1 negative depicting a group of skaters, probably a club.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Beil, Charlie
- Vroom, Bill
- Anderson, Andy
- Gallagher, Lloyd (Kiwi)
- Strom, Erling
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- O'Brien-ffrench, Conrad
- Princess Margaret
- White, Cliff
- Wood, Sharon
- Chretien, Jean
- Gertsch, Rudi
- Gmoser, Hans
- Greene, Nancy
- Lougheed, Peter
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Banff National Park
- Banff Skating Club
- Banff Ski Club
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Cowboys
- Family
- First Nations
- Guides
- Helicopter skiing
- Helicopters
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Lake Minnewanka
- Mountaineers
- Movie Stars
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Parks Canada
- Parks Canada Warden
- Personal and Professional Life
- Portrait
- Ski areas
- Skiers
- Sulphur Mountain
- Sunshine area
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V190 / VI / P / ii / a / NA - 01
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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