Search Results - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Banff Springs Hotel

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53192

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Springs Hotel under construction with Sulphur Mounain in the background - taken from the Surprise Corner lookout on Tunnel Mountain

Date Range: 1914

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 755

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 - 755

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1914

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Springs Hotel under construction with Sulphur Mounain in the background - taken from the Surprise Corner lookout on Tunnel Mountain

Subject Access: Banff Springs Hotel; Buildings; Construction; Sulphur Mountain

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Banff Springs Hotel

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53193

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of construction workers posed on top of the incomplete roof of the Banff Springs Hotel

Date Range: 1914

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 756

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 - 756

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1914

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of construction workers posed on top of the incomplete roof of the Banff Springs Hotel

Subject Access: Banff Springs Hotel; Buildings; Construction

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Banff Springs Hotel

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53194

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Springs Hotel under construction - taken from below

Date Range: 1914

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 757

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 - 757

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: 1914

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the Banff Springs Hotel under construction - taken from below

Subject Access: Banff Springs Hotel; Buildings; Construction

Geographic Access: Banff; Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

[Building under construction]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51279

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a building under construction - the Fairholme Range mountains and town visible in background

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 334

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 / 2 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Portraits and Photographs of Artwork

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 334

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a building under construction - the Fairholme Range mountains and town visible in background

Subject Access: Construction

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

[Building under construction]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51280

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a building under construction - the Fairholme Range mountains and town visible in background

Date Range: ca. 1930 to ca.1960

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 335

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 / 2 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Portraits and Photographs of Artwork

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 335

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: ca. 1930 to ca.1960

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a building under construction - the Fairholme Range mountains and town visible in background

Subject Access: Construction

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

[Building under construction]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51281

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a building under construction - Fairholme Range mountains and town visible in background

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1960]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 336

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 / 2 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Portraits and Photographs of Artwork

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 336

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1960]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a building under construction - Fairholme Range mountains and town visible in background

Subject Access: Construction

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Canadian Pacific film

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55575

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Reference Code: M584 / II / 01

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Series: II : screenplay

Sous-Fonds: M584

Accession Number: 3502

Reference Code: M584 / II / 01

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File pertains to the screenplay for the 1948 film "Canadian Pacific" by Jack DeWitt. The film was made in Banff, directed by Nat Holt, and follows the construction of the line through the Rockies in the 1880s.

Notes: Record absorbed from old M48.

Name Access: Canadian Pacific Railway

Subject Access: Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Camps; Construction; Environment; Huts; Tourism; Trains; Transportation

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Yoho National Park; Glacier; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Construction

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53190

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a construction crew working on the roof of the Banff Springs Hotel with Sulphur Mountain in the background

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 753

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 - 753

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1910-1925]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back); b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a construction crew working on the roof of the Banff Springs Hotel with Sulphur Mountain in the background

Subject Access: Banff Springs Hotel; Construction; Sulphur Mountain

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Construction of Skoki Lodge

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53146

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified men working on the construction of Skoki Lodge

Date Range: [ca. 1931]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 710

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 - 710

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1931]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of three unidentified men working on the construction of Skoki Lodge

Subject Access: Buildings; Construction; Skoki Lodge

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Dam construction

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52098

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a tractor on tracks pulling a piece of machinery - dam infrastructure at left - group gathered in background [possibly at Lake Minnewanka]

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 320

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 - 320

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a tractor on tracks pulling a piece of machinery - dam infrastructure at left - group gathered in background [possibly at Lake Minnewanka]

Subject Access: Construction; Dams; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Dam construction

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52099

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a tractor on tracks pulling a piece of machinery - dam infrastructure at left - group gathered in background [possibly at Lake Minnewanka]

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 321

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 - 321

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a tractor on tracks pulling a piece of machinery - dam infrastructure at left - group gathered in background [possibly at Lake Minnewanka]

Subject Access: Construction; Dams; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Dam construction

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52101

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a tractor on tracks pulling a piece of machinery - dam infrastructure at left - group gathered in background [possibly at Lake Minnewanka]

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 323

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 - 323

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a tractor on tracks pulling a piece of machinery - dam infrastructure at left - group gathered in background [possibly at Lake Minnewanka]

Subject Access: Construction; Dams; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Damn construction

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions52100

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of a tractor on tracks pulling a piece of machinery - dam infrastructure at left - group gathered in background [possibly at Lake Minnewanka]

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 3 / PA - 322

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 - 322

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1920-1940]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of a tractor on tracks pulling a piece of machinery - dam infrastructure at left - group gathered in background [possibly at Lake Minnewanka]

Subject Access: Construction; Dams; Winter

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

[Image of overpass under construction]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions51225

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of an overpass under construction - machinery on road. Possibly the Mount Norquay exit - Mount Bourgeau visible in the distance

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1955]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 280

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 / 2 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Portraits and Photographs of Artwork

Sous-Fonds: V683

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 280

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1955]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of an overpass under construction - machinery on road. Possibly the Mount Norquay exit - Mount Bourgeau visible in the distance

Subject Access: Construction

Geographic Access: Banff

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Norquay Ski lodge construction

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions53170

Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: Image of the construction of the lodge at Norquay Ski Hill

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1930]

Reference Code: V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 734

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 - 734

GMD: Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1929-1930]

Physical Description: Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.

Scope & Content: Image of the construction of the lodge at Norquay Ski Hill

Subject Access: Construction; Mountains; Norquay Ski Hill; Ski areas; Winter

Geographic Access: Banff National Park

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on item

Processing Status: Processed

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Property Reports

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55573

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, bac…

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Reference Code: M584 / I / 01 - 07

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Part Of: Canadian Pacific Railway fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M584 / V782

Series: I : organizational records

Sous-Fonds: M584

Accession Number: 303, 304, 1471, 1086, 1544, 3288, 6740, 7071, 2021.18

Reference Code: M584 / I / 01 - 07

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Date Range: [ca.1925]

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File pertains to reports pertaining to various properties throughout the Canadian Rockies. Some of the reports were compiled by Canadian Pacific Hotels Architectural Engineer Ed Steel. Reports outline the costs of materials and goods needed for or provided by bungalow camps, lodges, tea houses, backcountry camps, huts, and hotels, as well as dimensions of new additions to buildings/camps. Properties include Banff Springs Hotel, Chateua Lake Louise, Calgary Palliser Hotel and Station, Glacier House, Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Radium Hot Springs, Moraine Lake, Lake Agnes, Plain of Six Glaciers, Mt. Assiniboine, Lake Windermere Ranch, Saddleback Rest House, Abbott Pass Hut, Sunshine Valley, Mystic Lake, Shadow Lake, Castle Mountain, Emerald Lake, and more.