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Letters to Mother [April - October 1936]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], w…

Date Range: 1936

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 100

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 / 100

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1936

Physical Description: 2.8 cm of textual records (117 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 68 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from April 12 to October 19, 1936. Topics include returning from a trip out east by train, going to Skoki for a few days in April [including updates on the new camp buildings and access road], weather, skiing and ski conditions, film-making, visits from friends and visitors, matters pertaining to the house [opening and closing it as they come and go from various trips], errand trips to Calgary, watching hockey games, going to the movies, leaving for Hawaii via Vancouver in early May [sailing on the Empress of Canada], books Catharine and Edith are reading, arriving in Hawaii and eventually getting settled at the Grand Hotel in Wailuku, Maui, visiting with friends, descriptions of meals, photography and cameras, relocating to the Moana Hotel in Honolulu in mid-May, sightseening and day trips around the islands, sketching, descriptions of other ships coming and going from the harbour, details of the trip back to Banff in mid-June, radio programs [mostly news and operas], cleaning and household chores, events and people in Concord, camping trips, maintenance and upkeep of the house and property, painting/sketching, various holidays [both Canadian and American], the Calgary Stampede, Banff Indian days, the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip [based out of Lake O'Hara] in early August, matters pertaining to the store, Edith purchasing a painting of two moose from Carl Rungius, developing photographs, a two-week trip to Lake O'Hara in late August/early September to paint and hike [also includes details of other people there, day to day activies, and the subjects painted/sketched], day trips around the national park to take photographs and hike [mostly in the Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Bow Lake areas], and preparing for a trip out to Concord at the end of October.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Some letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. 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. The first 10 or so letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the page as part of an unknown project.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; White, Annie; White, David Mackintosh (Dave); White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.); Whyte, Barbara; White, Cliff Jr.; Robb, Edith Morse; Robb, Russell, Jr.; Robb, Kitty; Caird, Jean; Owen, Mildred; Campbell, Gray; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Mather, Allan; Mather, Grace; Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Emmeline; Noble, George; Poucette, Mark; Adaskin, Murray; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, Adeline; Rungius, Carl; Smith, Adelaide; Castle, Alfred; Castle, Donald; Phillips, Walter J.; Phillips, Gladys

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Beach; Birthday; Boats; Books; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camps; Camping; Children; Community events; Community life; Construction; Correspondence; Family; Family and personal life; Films and film making; First Nations; Home; Hockey; Hiking; Holidays; Hospital; Hot Springs; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara Lodge; Leisure; Literature; Moose; Mountain; Painting; Paris Tea Room; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Post Office; Scenery; Skoki Lodge; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Trains; Transportation; Travel; Upper Hot Springs; Weather; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Bow Lake; Banff National Park; Alberta; Little Yoho Valley; Yoho National Park; Victoria; Vancouver; British Columbia; Maui; Hawaii; 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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Personal Trip Diaries

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska. Includes: M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper Nation…

Date Range: 1925-1939

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 1 - 1 to 1 - 9

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes

Sous-Fonds: M67

Sub-Series: i. Diaries

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 1 - 1 to 1 - 9

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1925-1939

Physical Description: 9.5 cm of textual records (9 volumes ; 11 x 17.7 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to nine diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1925-1939 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and Alaska. Includes: M67 / 1 - 1 : top-bound red leather diary, dated 1925 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff and Jasper National Parks organized by Caroline Hinman. M67 / 1 - 2 : black leather diary, titled Europe 1390: Can Rs 1931 on a piece of paper taped to the front cover (paper is now loose). Pertains to a trip to Switzerland and France in 1930 and the 1931 annual Alpine Club of Canada backpacking trip around the Mount Assiniboine and Kootenay National Park areas. Also includes a list of names and addresses and a poem possibly written by Gest at the back of the diary. M67 / 1 -3 : red leather diary, dated 1933 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a pack trip organized by Caroline Hinman. M67 / 1 - 4 : red leather diary, dated 1934 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover, torn in the bottom left corner. Pertains to a pack trip through Banff National Park into Jasper National Park organized by Caroline Hinman. Also includes notes on other events from the rest of the summer. M67 / 1 - 5 : black paper diary, dated 1935 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to Walking trip through glacier Park June 26 to July 5 ; Lake Magog Camp ACC July 13 to Aug 2 ; Banff Aug 2 to Aug 25 ; Fay Hut Aug 26 to Sept 1 ; O'Hara Sept 3 to 8 ; Motor trip home. Includes total milages of trips and a list of food taken on the seven day Fay Hut trip. M67 / 1 - 6 : brown leather diary, dated 1936 on a paper sticker adheared to the front cover. Pertains to a visit to Banff before driving to Edmonton and then Jasper to begin the annual Alpine Club of Canada trip. Title of insert two reads "Aplinists Will Scale Mt. Brussels" - clipping is adheared to the page and cannot be removed. M67 / 1 - 7 : brown leather diary, dated 37 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to various trips and visits made by Gest to Banff and around Banff National Park. Includes details of visits to town, hikes, climbs, and motor car trips. The diary is written on the right hand pages until Gest ran out of room, at which point she returns to the front of the book and continues on the left hand pages. M67 / 1 - 8 : black leather diary, dated 38 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips Lillian Gest took to Banff, Lake Louise, Big Bend, and the Alpine Club of Canada camp at the Columbia Icefields during the summer of 1938. M67 / 1 - 9 : brown leather diary, dated 39 in red paint (possibly ink) on the front cover. Pertains to trips to Glacier Park, Goodsir Park, and a motor car trip to Washington and Oregon during the summer of 1939. Also includes title lists for reels (possibly pictures/slide shows), as well as a list of flower names at the back of the diary. Also includes loose items, mostly consisting of newspaper clippings, Alpine Club of Canada pamphlet, and three handwritten pages of loose paper.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned. Special note: to read M67 / 1 - 7 begin reading only the right hand pages. Towards the end of the diary Lillian Gest runs out of room and continues the entries at the beginning on the left hand pages.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Environment and Nature; European travel; Family and personal life; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Lake O'Hara region; Membership; Mountaineering; Mountains; Outfitting; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Off the Beaten Track; Pack trips; Record keeping; Sports and leisure; Tourism; Trails; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Pipestone Pass; Saskatchewan River; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Jasper; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Kootenay National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; Canada