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Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- 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
1 Electronic Resource
- 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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Gourlay family and professional photographs
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- Part Of
- Gourlay family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 8 b&w prints. File pertains to Ellen Gourlay's nursing career at Brett Hospital, nurses training at the Brett Hospital, Gourlay employees, and a group of women posed at the Banff Springs Golf club. Those pictured include Gertrude Crosby, Marion Crosby, Janet Arden (Crosby), Florence L…
- Date Range
- 1914 - [ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V235 / PA - 6 to 13
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
- Part Of
- Gourlay family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V 235
- Sous-Fonds
- V 235
- Accession Number
- 5442
- 5655
- Reference Code
- V235 / PA - 6 to 13
- Date Range
- 1914 - [ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 8 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File contains 8 b&w prints. File pertains to Ellen Gourlay's nursing career at Brett Hospital, nurses training at the Brett Hospital, Gourlay employees, and a group of women posed at the Banff Springs Golf club. Those pictured include Gertrude Crosby, Marion Crosby, Janet Arden (Crosby), Florence Lonsdale, Kina Sibbald, Pear Harmon, Dell Brewster (Sibbald), Ethel Egbert, Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. McLaws, Mrs. Law, and Mrs. Traine Hunter. The following prints are contact prints made from the corresponding negative: V235 / PA - 6 corresponds to V235 / NA - 1 V235 / PA - 7 corresponds to V235 / NA - 2 V235 / PA - 8 corresponds to V235 / NA - 3 V235 / PA - 9 corresponds to V235 / NA - 4 V235 / PA - 10 corresponds to V235 / NA - 5 V235 / PA - 11 corresponds to V235 / NA - 6 V235 / PA - 12 corresponds to V235 / NA - 7
- Name Access
- Gourlay (family)
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for portion
- modern reference prints
- Creator
- Gourlay (family)
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Gourlay family Postcards
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- Part Of
- Gourlay family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 2 b&w postcards. File pertains to postcards collected by the Gourlay family depicting Mount Norquay downhill, ski jump, and slalom slopes and ski tracks in the Canadian Rockies. Photographers and publishers include Byron Harmon and Bruno Engler publish by Gowen Sutton CO.
- Date Range
- 1914 - [ca.1925]
- Reference Code
- V235 / PG - 1 to 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
- Part Of
- Gourlay family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V 235
- Sous-Fonds
- V 235
- Accession Number
- 5442
- Reference Code
- V235 / PG - 1 to 2
- Date Range
- 1914 - [ca.1925]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 2 postcards, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File contains 2 b&w postcards. File pertains to postcards collected by the Gourlay family depicting Mount Norquay downhill, ski jump, and slalom slopes and ski tracks in the Canadian Rockies. Photographers and publishers include Byron Harmon and Bruno Engler publish by Gowen Sutton CO.
- Name Access
- Gourlay (family)
- Subject Access
- Landscapes
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description for portion
- modern reference prints
- Creator
- Gourlay (family)
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Harry Cummins fonds
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- Part Of
- Harry Cummins fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 9 b&w prints, mounted on album pages. Prints pertain to Banff and area people, places, activities and facilities; also views from other locations across Canada and perhaps elsewhere. Subjects include Bow Falls, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building, Cascades of Time Garde…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-ca.1945]
- Reference Code
- V329 / PA (41 to 49)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
- Part Of
- Harry Cummins fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V 329
- Sous-Fonds
- V 329
- Accession Number
- 6670
- Reference Code
- V329 / PA (41 to 49)
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-ca.1945]
- Physical Description
- Photographs : 9 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 9 b&w prints, mounted on album pages. Prints pertain to Banff and area people, places, activities and facilities; also views from other locations across Canada and perhaps elsewhere. Subjects include Bow Falls, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building, Cascades of Time Gardens, the Cave and Basin pool, Buffalo Paddock, views of Ottawa, dogs pulling wagon on a city street, Rideau Canal, Canadian Parliament buildings, views in the Crowsnest region, and construction of the Cave and Basin pool.
- Name Access
- Cummins, Harry
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Cummins, Harry
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Harry Cummins photographs
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- Part Of
- Harry Cummins fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 40 b&w prints, some captioned. Prints pertain to Banff and area people, places, activities and facilities; also views from other locations across Canada and perhaps elsewhere. Subjects include a man fixing a radio, a young people's hike, staff shack at Breton Hall Hotel, women skii…
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-ca.1945]
- Reference Code
- V329 / PA (1 to 40)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
- Part Of
- Harry Cummins fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V 329
- Sous-Fonds
- V 329
- Accession Number
- 6670
- Reference Code
- V329 / PA (1 to 40)
- Date Range
- [ca.1910-ca.1945]
- Physical Description
- Photographs : 40 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 40 b&w prints, some captioned. Prints pertain to Banff and area people, places, activities and facilities; also views from other locations across Canada and perhaps elsewhere. Subjects include a man fixing a radio, a young people's hike, staff shack at Breton Hall Hotel, women skiing at Mount Norquay, swimming at the Cave and Basin, Mr. Barber with dog, Banff ski camp, Art Williams posed with horse, young women posed in sanitarium hotel bus, a group skating at Fenron's, Indian Days parade, Winter Carnival parade, young women riding horses, exterior of Cummins home, unidentified individuals dressed in Scottish attire at skating rink, woman feeding dear, young people posed at Cave and Basin dressing rooms, man canoeing, dog teams in front of Crag and Canyon office, winter carnival castle, men eating in cabin, Scotch curling team, woman posed in conservatory at the Banff Springs Hotel, Thomson familyposed on porch (Ken, Sandy, Bessie, Mary, Arron, and John Thomson). Individuals pictured include Jack Blackbourne, Vivian Stuart, Mary Bannerman, Ethel Bannerman, Douglas Layer, Hoyt Snelson, Betty Snelson, and Mrs. Standish.
- Name Access
- Cummins, Harry
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Cummins, Harry
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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John Adie Photographs
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- Part Of
- John Adie fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of ca. 36 b&w photographs, some captioned. File pertains to John Adie and friends and family enjoying recreational activities in the Banff area including hiking, skating on the Bow River, and the Hot Springs. Subjects also include Jane and John Adie playing tennis in Calgary, John Ad…
- Date Range
- ca.1914
- Reference Code
- V154 / PA - (1 to 36)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
- Part Of
- John Adie fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V 154
- Sous-Fonds
- V 154
- Accession Number
- 7879
- Reference Code
- V154 / PA - (1 to 36)
- Date Range
- ca.1914
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 36 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- John Adie grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario and moved to Calgary, Alberta ca.1911. Adie was a signmaker who had a workspace on 8th Avenue in Calgary and lived at the YMCA. In 1914 Adie and his three younger brothers, along with other members and residents of the Calgary YMCA joined the Canadian Army. John Adie and two of his brothers were killed in action.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of ca. 36 b&w photographs, some captioned. File pertains to John Adie and friends and family enjoying recreational activities in the Banff area including hiking, skating on the Bow River, and the Hot Springs. Subjects also include Jane and John Adie playing tennis in Calgary, John Adie in his sign painting studio, and a room in the YMCA. One print has a hiking route drawn on the print.
- Name Access
- John (Jack) Adie
- Subject Access
- Community life
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Adie, John
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Lindow Family Photographs
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- Part Of
- Lindow family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File contains 46 prints, b&w, some captioned. File pertains to various views in the Rocky Mountains and Lindow family recreational and business activities. Subjects include Banff Winter Carnival activities, Banff Kiwansi band float, award presentation at 1956 Banff Winter Carnival, Canadian Pacific…
- Date Range
- 1915 -1957
- Reference Code
- V271 / PA - (1 to 46)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
- Part Of
- Lindow family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M 155
- V 271
- Sous-Fonds
- V 271
- Accession Number
- 5670
- 5862
- Reference Code
- V271 / PA - (1 to 46)
- Date Range
- 1915 -1957
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 46 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fond level description
- Scope & Content
- File contains 46 prints, b&w, some captioned. File pertains to various views in the Rocky Mountains and Lindow family recreational and business activities. Subjects include Banff Winter Carnival activities, Banff Kiwansi band float, award presentation at 1956 Banff Winter Carnival, Canadian Pacific train on train bridge, Canadian Pacific train in Bow Valley, Bison at Banff, bathing Radium Hot Springs, Lake Louise, 1938 Banff Indian Days Parade, Sunshine Village ski runs, Winter Carnival Parade floats (1950), Sincalir Canyon, Winter Carnival activities on Bow River (1953), Don Brewster at Winter Carnival, Joan and Cal Lindow at Winter Carnival Ice Palace, foot bridge accross the Bow River, Kicking Horse River, black bear at car window, Takakkaw Falls, Natural Bridge, Mrs. Rivas house, Don Brewster's mother Iva, at Ice Palace, Mount Rundle, Fort built for Saskatchewan film, Norquay ski jump, Banff Indian Days parade (1956), mountian sheep at Radium Hot Springs, car accident on Radium road, . Photographers include Nicholas Morant, Canadian Pacific Railway, Regina Photo Supply Limited.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Employment
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Access and use restricted
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Accompanied by publications, brochures, posters, menus and artifacts transferred to library and Heritage collections.
- Creator
- Lindow (family)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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Personal and Professional Photographs
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- Part Of
- John Yates fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 b&w prints, some captioned. Prints pertain to the Yates home, Jack and Elsie in wood pile on the Yates ranch at Lac St. Ann.
- Date Range
- [ca.1905 - ca.1924]
- Reference Code
- V65 / PA - (1 to 4)
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph, print
- Part Of
- John Yates fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- V65
- Sous-Fonds
- V65
- Accession Number
- 6361
- Reference Code
- V65 / PA - (1 to 4)
- Date Range
- [ca.1905 - ca.1924]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 4 prints, b&w
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description for biological information
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 4 b&w prints, some captioned. Prints pertain to the Yates home, Jack and Elsie in wood pile on the Yates ranch at Lac St. Ann.
- Name Access
- Yates, John
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Public domain (other restrictions may apply)
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Yates, John
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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