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Letters to Mother [February - June 1960]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7492
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 68 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 3 to June 30, 1960. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, camping, construction projects around the house (mostly pertaining to the new …
- Date Range
- 1960
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 146
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Postcard
- Private record
��������Dearest Mqther,
Banff,Alberta.
Sat , Feb. 13, 196V
Wonder i f i t is easi er
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 / 146
- Date Range
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1.1 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 68 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 3 to June 30, 1960. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, wildlife, travel, camping, construction projects around the house (mostly pertaining to the new addition), events and people in Concord, weather, and returning from a trip to Concord in June. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Also includes postcards and a notecard.
- 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- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive.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. 146 - 20 has a small newspaper clipping attached to the letter.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Evans, Sam
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Brewster, Fern
- Harmon, Don
- Kaquitts, George
- Kaquitts, Frank
- Beil, Charlie
- Vallance, Doris
- Vallance, Sydney
- McCowan, Dan
- Grayson, L. Stuart
- Ward, Sam
- Moore, Edmee
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Centre
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Public Library
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Springs Hotel
- 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
- Golf Course
- Home
- Hot Springs
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Skating
- Ski areas
- Ski racing
- Ski jumping
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Sunshine Village
- Weather
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Columbia Icefield
- Bow Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Good : all pages creased throughout from being folded prior to accession, minor rips and tears along the edges of most pages. 146 - 20 : staple removed from insert, replaced with plastic paper clip.
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days parade
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51806
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of two unidentified First Nations children sitting on a travois being pulled by a horse - a crowd of people and the Banff Springs Hotel visible in the background
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1960]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 143
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 6 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Local Indigenous people and Banff Indian Days
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 143
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1960]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of two unidentified First Nations children sitting on a travois being pulled by a horse - a crowd of people and the Banff Springs Hotel visible in the background
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Children
- First Nations
- Horses
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing relations
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Banff Indian Days parade
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51816
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of two unidentified First Nations children sitting on a travois pulled by a horse at the Banff Springs Hotel - an unidentified Frist Nations person dressed in regalia stands beside the kids
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1960]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 153
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 6 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Local Indigenous people and Banff Indian Days
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 153
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1960]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of two unidentified First Nations children sitting on a travois pulled by a horse at the Banff Springs Hotel - an unidentified Frist Nations person dressed in regalia stands beside the kids
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Springs Hotel
- First Nations
- Horses
- Indigenous Peoples
- Recognizing relations
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
Images
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Banff Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51669
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Sulphur Mountain gondola with the townsite, Tunnel Mountain, and Cascade Mountain in the background - title and details on the back
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1960]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 308
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- GMD
- Postcard
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Image
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 5 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Landscapes
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 5 / PA - 308
- GMD
- Postcard
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1960]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of the Sulphur Mountain gondola with the townsite, Tunnel Mountain, and Cascade Mountain in the background - title and details on the back
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Gondolas
- Mountains
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff as seen from Mount Norquay - mountains in background
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1960]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 331
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 331
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1960]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff as seen from Mount Norquay - mountains in background
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Mountains
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff as seen from Mount Norquay - mountains in background
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1960]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 332
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 3 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Various Views of Banff and Area
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 332
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1940-1960]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Banff as seen from Mount Norquay - mountains in background
- Subject Access
- Banff townsite
- Mountains
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Avenue looking south
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53107
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of the shops along Banff Avenue looking towards Sulphur Mountain
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 671
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 671
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1885-1945]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of the shops along Banff Avenue looking towards Sulphur Mountain
- Subject Access
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Banff townsite
- Mountains
- Sulphur Mountain
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days event
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51761
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of people possibly racing horses in the grounds for the Banff Indian Days - more people on horseback visible in the distance
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950-1960]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 97
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 6 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Local Indigenous people and Banff Indian Days
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 97
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950-1960]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of people possibly racing horses in the grounds for the Banff Indian Days - more people on horseback visible in the distance
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Horses
- Mountains
- Rodeo
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days event
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51813
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group of men on horseback, possibly competing in a competition - more people on horseback and mountain range visible in the distance
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1960]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 150
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 6 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Local Indigenous people and Banff Indian Days
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 150
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1960]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of a group of men on horseback, possibly competing in a competition - more people on horseback and mountain range visible in the distance
- Subject Access
- Banff Indian Days
- Horses
- Mountains
- Rodeo
- Tepee
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Banff Indian Days grounds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51779
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of people standing around a line of tepees at the base of Cascade Mountain
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950-1960]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 115
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 6 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Local Indigenous people and Banff Indian Days
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 6 / PA - 115
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950-1960]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of people standing around a line of tepees at the base of Cascade Mountain
- Subject Access
- Automobiles
- Banff Indian Days
- Cascade Mountain
- Mountains
- Stoney
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tepee
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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