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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55827
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 185 black and white negatives and includes group and individual portraits, weddings, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, and others. Includes: [1] - 2 Bill Wellman?, 1946 [2] - 12 [Mountain scenes] 1946 Nov. [3] - 14…
- Date Range
- 1945-1948
- Reference Code
- V180 / I / D / i / NA - 01 to 185
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Negative
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- I.D. Early material / arranged groups
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772
- Reference Code
- V180 / I / D / i / NA - 01 to 185
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1945-1948
- Physical Description
- 185 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12.1 x 9.9 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 185 black and white negatives and includes group and individual portraits, weddings, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, and others. Includes: [1] - 2 Bill Wellman?, 1946 [2] - 12 [Mountain scenes] 1946 Nov. [3] - 14 [Couple and baby] 1946 Nov. [4] - 15 Girl at skating ring] 1946 Dec. [5] - 17 River scenes 1946 Summer [6] - 19 [Photographer at work] 1946 Summer [7] - 20 [Two men] 1946 Summer [8] - 21 [Man golfing] 1946 Sept. [9] - 22 [Man fishing] 1946 Summer [10] - 25 [Clouds] [1946?] [11] - 26 [Interior of bus or train depot] 1946 [12] - 27 [Banff Indian Days parade] 1946 Summer [13] - 28 [Banff Indian Days events] 1946 Summer [14] - 30 [Banff Indian Days] 1946 [15] - 33 [Glass ball at Chateau Lake Louise] [1956?] [16] - 34 [Scenes at Vermillion Lakes] 1946 [17] - 35 [Banff Indian Days] 1946 [18] - 38 [Views along Canadian Pacific Railway line near Banff] 1946 [19] - 39 [Man on glacier] [1946?] [20] - 40 [Views along road near Banff] 1946 [21] - 42 [Bow Valley] 1946 [22] - 43 [Diving at Cave and Basin] 1946 [23] - 44 [Fishing] [1946?] [24] - 45 [Car along road near Banff] 1946 [25] - 46 [Banff National Park east gate and Tunnel Mountain Campground gate] 1946 [26] - 47 [Train near Banff] 1946 [27] - 48 [Cave and Basin pool] 1946 [28] - 49 [Woman at Cave and Basin pool] 1946 [29] - 50 [Rocky Mountain sheep] 1946 Spring [30] - 51 [Automobile on rails (near Banff?)] 1946 [31] - 53 [Tepees (at Indian Grounds?)] 1946 [32] - 54 [Buses at Johnston Canyon; view from near Johnston Canyon] 1946 [33] - 58 [Fishing] 1946 Summer [34] - 59 [Man on horse (at Indian Grounds?)] 1946 [35] - 60 [Mountain views from along road, some including car] 1946 [36] - 61 [Rockslide?] 1946 Summer [37] - 62 [Musicians at Banff Springs Hotel] 1946 Summer [38] - 63 [Winter scene] 1945 Winter [39] - 64 [Bow River and boathouse at Banff] 1945 Winter [40] - 66 [Walking Buffalo] 1946 Summer [41] - 67 [Deer family in Banff] 1946 Summer [42] - 71 [Train at Banff Station] [1946?] [43] - 75 [Couple hiking] 1946 Summer [44] - 76 [Swimming pool at Chateau Lake Louise] [1946?] [45] - 77 [Mountain scene] [1946?] [46] - 78 [Musicians / concert at the Banff Springs Hotel] 1946 [47] - 80 [Horseback riding near Banff] [1946?] [48] - 82 [Musicians / concert at the Banff Springs Hotel] 1946 Summer [49] - 83 [Mountain scene] 1946 [50] - 84 [People feeding bears] 1946 Summer [51] - 86 [Two men having drink] [1946?] [52] - 87 [Oil industry material] 1946 [53] - 90 [Turner Valley? oil industry material] 1946 Summer [54] - 91 Aircraft 1938? [55] - 92 Army [tank] 1944 Winter [56] - 93 Prince Albert [military equipment] 1944 [57] - 94 Edmonton, Pig Culls [packing plant] 1945 [58] - 95 Animals [bird] [ca.1945] [59] - 96 [Beaver? Investigating backpack] [ca.1945] [60] - 97 P.A. [Prince Albert military views] 1944 [61] - 98 P.A. [Prince Albert military views, mainly aircraft] 1944 [62] - 99 Mr. MacMillian, Indian Agent, Peigan Reserve, Brockett, Alberta 1945 [63] - 100 [Skiing at Mount Norquay] 1945 [64] - 103 [Winter scene] 1945 [65] - 103 [Military views, Prince Albert?] 1944 [66] - 104 [Dog team] [ca. 1945] [67] - 106 For Pete LaGrandeur, Peigan Reserve, Brockett, Alberta [ca.1945] [68] - 109 [Bow Lake? Copy negative] [ca.1945] [69] - 111 [Highway road sign at Banff] [ca.1945] [70] - 113 [Lake scene] [ca.1945] [71] - 115 [Oil industry material] [ca.1945] [72] - 116 [Bus driver and bus at Banff Indian Grounds [ca.1945] [73] - 117 [Mountain views, rock and ice] [ca.1945] [74] - 118 [Mountain views, including summit shots] [ca.1945] [75] - 119 Mink [mink farm] [ca.1945] [76] - 120 [Turner Valley, town, people, activities oil industry] [ca.1945] [77] - 121 Wild horses [horse roundup?] [ca.1945] [78] - 122 [Building, exterior and interior] [ca.1945] [79] - 123 Indian camp [people, tepees, rodeo] [ca.1945] [80] - 124 Fox culls [fox farm] [ca.1945] [81] - 125 Seebe Dam culls [ca.1945] [82] - 128 Fox [copy negatives of photograph of Bill Peyto and others on speeder in front of Banff Station] [ca.1945] [83] - 129 Yellowknife [ca.1945] [84] - 130 Tractor Train [northern post; dog sleds, moving equipment and supplies etc.] [ca.1945] [85] - 131 Turner Valley [fire in oil field] [ca.1945] [86] - 132 [Children in back yard] [ca.1945] [87] - 133 Stampede [rodeo, Calgary and other location, possibly Morley] [ca.1945] [88] - 134 Stock Yards [mainly train loading at stockyard] [ca.1945] [89] - 135 Pigs [and pig farm] [ca.1945] [90] - 136 Oil [industry] [ca.1945] [91] - 137 Ottawa [ca.1945] [92] - 138 Oil [industry] [ca.1945] [93] - 139 [Military operations, Prince Albert area?] 1945 [94] - 140 [Military operations, Prince Albert area?] [ca.1945] [95] - 141 [Lake scenes, not in mountains] [ca.1945] [96] - 142 Exercise Eskimo, Canadian Army, Prince Albert [ca.1945] [97] - 143 [Military parade] [ca.1945] [98] - 144 [Measurement scale?] [ca.1945] [99] - 145 [Camping, sailing] [ca.1945] [100] - 146 [Man feeding bear] [ca.1945] [101] - 147 [Ottawa military/social function; includes military band and personnel, dignitaries?] [ca.1945] [102] - 148 [Duke friends and family?] [ca.1945] [103] - 149 Wild horses [actually residential area of unknown city in winter] [ca.1945] [104] - 151 [Man skiing] [ca.1945] [105] - 152 [Banff house, front and back; woman in yard] [ca.1945] [106] - 153 [Vermillion Lakes?] [ca.1945] [107] - 154 Varsity Meet, Norquay 1947 Views of individual ski competitors; identified [108] - 155 [Banff Winter Carnival, parade, queen events] 1947 [109] - 156 [Interior views, living room] [ca.1945] [110] - 157 [Bow River; ice palace] [ca.1945] [111] - 158 [Ski area] [ca.1945] [112] - 159 [Skier; skiers receiving awards] [ca.1945] [113] - 160 [Skiing; teams; skiers receiving awards] [ca.1945] [114] - 161 [Baby and parents] [ca.1945] [115] - 162 [Skis and boots] [ca.1945] [116] - 163 Jack Oakie [man and woman] [ca.1945] [117] - 164 Moxie Whitney and Jack Smith [actually photographs of baby] [ca.1945] [118] - 165 Jack Smith [golfing, singing with band] [ca.1945] [119] - 166 Jack Smith [singing with band] [ca.1945] [120] - 167 [House in Banff] [ca.1945] [121] - 168 [Man with skis] [ca.1945] [122] - 169 [Winter mountain views at unknown ski area] [ca.1945] [123] - 170 [Skiers] [ca.1945] [124] - 171 [Winter mountain views at unknown ski area] [ca.1945] [125] - 172 [Man on skis] [ca.1945] [126] - 173 [Moose near Banff] [ca.1945] [127] - 174 [Winter mountain view] [ca.1945] [128] - 175 [Mount Assiniboine, buildings and mountain] [ca.1945] [129] - 176 [Food supplies laid out in cabin] [ca.1945] [130] - 177 [Girl in Girl Guide uniform] [ca.1945] [131] - 179 [Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train at Banff Station] [ca.1945] [132] - 180 [Group photograph taken by river] [ca.1945] [133] - 181 [Swimming at Banff Springs Hotel outside pool] [ca.1945] [134] - 182 [Wedding] [ca.1945] [135] - 185 [Couple at Banff Springs Hotel] [ca.1945] [136] - 190 [Winter mountain scene] [ca.1945] [137] - 191 [Kids at ice palace] [ca.1945] [138] - 192 [Winter scene, Bow River] [ca.1945] [139] - 194 [Woman] [ca.1945] [140] - 195 [Woman] [ca.1945] [141] - 196 [Woman, children] [ca.1945] [142] - 197 [Skiers] [ca.1945] [143] - 198 [Winter mountain scenes] [ca.1945] [144] - 199 [Banff Springs Hotel] [ca.1945] [145] - 201 [Women in fur coats] [ca.1945] [146] - 202 Mount Eisenhower [Castle Mountain] trip [ca.1945] [147] - 203 [Golfing] [ca.1945] [148] - 204 [Man at Mount Assiniboine] [ca.1945] [149] - 205 [Skiing] [ca.1945] [150] - 206 [Winter mountain scene] [ca.1945] [151] - 208 [Lodge at Mount Assiniboine?] [ca.1945] [152] - 210 Republic Seebe and canoe [airplane (delivering canoe?) at Banff] [ca.1945] [153] - 211 [Mount Assiniboine area in winter] [ca.1945] [154] - 212 [Ski touring, men with skis] [ca.1945] [155] - 214 [Ski touring, men with skis] [ca.1945] [156] - 217 Jack Thomas [Christmas card] [ca.1945] [157] - 218 [Mount Rundle and cloud] 1948 Sept. [158] - 220 [Man on top of ski lodge at Mount Assiniboine] [ca.1945] [159] - 221 Wally Anderson Wedding [ca.1945] [160] - 222 [Mount Norquay ski lodge and area] [ca.1945] [161] - 223 [Bus on Mount Norquay road] [ca.1945] [162] - 224 Ski Crowds, Buses at Station [ca.1945] [163] - 226 [People in house] [ca.1945] [164] - 227 [Train, tracks, other scenes, not in mountains] [165] - 228 Lift Lock at Petersborough, Ont. 1948 [166] - 229 [Racetrack, possibly Calgary] [ca.1945] [167] - 230 [People in house] [ca.1945] [168] - 231 [Dam, not in mountains] [ca.1945] [169] - 232 [People swimming in lake or ocean] [ca.1945] [170] - 233 [Blurred shots of buildings on Banff Avenue?] [ca.1945] [171] - 234 [Snow scene] [ca.1945] [172] - 235 [Winter scene, Mount Rundle] [ca.1945] [173] - 236 Carnival 1948 Feb 12-15 [174] - Varsity Meet, Banff 1948 Jan 31 – Feb 1 [175] - Carnival 1948 [176] - Drama 1948 Feb. [177] - Official Opening, Dom. Championships 1948 [178] - Ski-Jumping, Dom. Champ. 1948 [179] - Slalom, Dom. Champ. 1948 [180] - Slalom, Dom. Champ. 1948 [181] - Ski-Jumping [1948] [182] - Cross-Country, Dom. Champ. 1948 [183] - Finishing Flash [Dominion Championships] 1948 [184] - Album [skiers and buses at train station] 1948 [185] - [Various scenes; mainly Ottawa military functions, also perhaps some family material] [ca.1945]
- Notes
- Numbers without square brackets are Duke's original numbering - some do not have original numbers assigned to them. Some files may have more than one negative.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Airplanes
- Animals
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Indian Grounds
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Bears
- Bow River Boat House
- Buildings and facilities
- Businesses
- Cabins and shelters
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Cave and Basin
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Children
- Community events
- Dogsledding
- Entertainment
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Fishing
- Indigenous Peoples
- Military
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Mountains
- Musicians
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Oil
- Portrait
- Railways
- Rodeo
- Skating
- Ski area
- Ski jumping
- Skiing
- Tepee
- War
- Weddings
- Winter Carnival
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Seebe
- Calgary
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Ottawa
- Ontario
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Early Material - Arranged Groups [2/2]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55828
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 121 black and white negatives and includes group and individual portraits, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, and others. Includes: [1] - Natural Gas [gas company conference displays?] [2] - Standish Block [3] - Boe…
- Date Range
- 1938-1951
- Reference Code
- V180 / I / D / ii / NA - 01 to 121
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Negative
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- I.D. Early material / arranged groups
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- 168, 232, 1572, 1593, 1644, 1868, 2626, 3379, 5772
- Reference Code
- V180 / I / D / ii / NA - 01 to 121
- GMD
- Negative
- Date Range
- 1938-1951
- Physical Description
- 121 photographs : b&w negatives ; 12.1 x 9.9 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 121 black and white negatives and includes group and individual portraits, scenic and landscape views, wildlife, sports, activities, businesses, buildings and facilities, and others. Includes: [1] - Natural Gas [gas company conference displays?] [2] - Standish Block [3] - Boew View Lodge [4] - Alpine Gift Shop [5] - Ski Lift Room, Banff Chair Lift [6] - Wally Kelly’s Bungalows [7] - Copper Craft (James) [copper pots, kettles etc.] [8] - Jenkins Groceteria [9] - Banff Motors [10] - Milvern [Mel-Vern] Lodge [11] - George Building [12] - Drug Store [Corner Drugs] [13] - School of Fine Arts [14] - High School Year Book [15] - Mounteen Formal 1951 Nov. [16] - Mount-teen Choir and Executive [17] - High School Graduation [18] - High School Play 1951 Feb [19] - Foster [family] [20] - Banff Hockey Team [21] - Northern Hardware [22] - Group at Art School [23] - Nurses Banquet [24] - Sunshine Lodge, Cochans [Chochand? Family] [25] - Rundle United Church Choir [26] - Woodworth [27] - Eastern Star [28] - Wardell [family] [29] - Spillers [family] – [see related content I / E / ii / 16] [30] - Art School Concert [31] - Canmore Hockey Team [32] - Canadian Ski School 51 [33] - Ethiopian Group [34] - Gordie?, Lois, Norquay Positives [skiing] [35] - Copy negs, Paul Snezak, Canmore [copies of documents] [36] - Copy, Ches Biel [copy of sketch by C.A. Beil] [37] - Copy neg, Upper Terminal [Banff Chairlift] [38] - Krowchuck Copy Neg [39] - Copy neg, John Hope [40] - Copy neg, Whyte [41] - Rundle from Norquay [42] - Assiniboine [43] - Plane at Assiniboine [44] - Mountain Scne from West Road [45] - Mountain Views [46] - O’Hara [actually unidentified couple in Banff] [47] - Sheep, West Road 1950 May [48] - Lake Louise [49] - Bow Falls [50] - Eisenhower [Castle Mountain] [51] - Gordie?, Lois, Norquay [skiing] [52] - Peyto Lake [53] - Emerald and Burgess [54] - Lancaster [55] - Larry Boyd [56] - Yanos [57] - Hutcheon [58] - Layh [59] - Harbridge [60] - Peterson [61] - H.B. DeWinter [de Wynter], Western Canadian Greyhound, Calgary [62] - Gainor [63] - Hermanrude [64] - Gething [65] - Morrison / Patterson [66] - Lyxton [67] - Bruce Ashton, Longview, Alta. [68] - Mortar [69] - Geddes [70] - Adams [71] - Berles [72] - Clair Langridge, copy neg [73] - Cartlidge [74] - Brennan [75] - Hutchings [76] - McDonald [77] - Gaetz 1949 Nov. [78] - Timmy and Jimmy [79] - McCall [80] - McTrowe [81] - Chatham Girls [82] - Morrison and Grandson [83] - Gaetz [84] - Blakemore [85] - Sheila Prosser [86] - Bittorf [87] - MacKenzie [88] - Buster Boyd Kids [89] - Pass Port Pics [90] - Jackie Pass Port Pics [91] - Paul Gaetz, Pass Port Pics [92] - Marion Reeve [93] - Harris [94] - Francis Lakousta [95] - Riva [96] - Rita Ashley [97] - Liza [98] - Monica [99] - Mary [100] - Helen Montgomery [101] - Daphne Wemp [102] - Mrs. Edwards [103] - Larry Boyd [104] - Beatrice Johnson [105] - Frank Johnson 1948 Nov. [106] - Betty-Jean Johnson [107] - Art Kaleta [108] - Barbara Spillar [109] - Maxine Genereaux [110] - Chair Lift [construction?] [111] - Chair Lift [towers, animals] [112] - Lightning Ground, Tower 2, Chair Lift [113] - Survey Line, Norquay [114] - Banff Carnival 1951 [115] - Ski jumping [116] - C.P. Train Wreck [117] - Insurance Company Prints [street, damaged vehicle] [118] - Baily Bridge, Spray [119] - [Rodeo event, Calgary Stampede] [120] - Aerial shots [Banff; also skiers and views at Mount Assiniboine – related material in I / E / ii / 12]
- Notes
- No original numbers assigned. Some files may have more than one negative.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Airplanes
- Animals
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Buildings and facilities
- Businesses
- Cabins and shelters
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Environment and Nature
- Family and personal life
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Assiniboine Lodge
- Mountains
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Photography
- Portrait
- Railways
- Rodeo
- Ski area
- Ski jumping
- Skiing
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Wing Family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound…
- Date Range
- 1949 - 1953
- Reference Code
- V781 / A / PD – 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
3 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Wing Family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M558 / V781
- Series
- V781 / A: Wing Family: Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V781
- Accession Number
- 2015.8408
- Reference Code
- V781 / A / PD – 1
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1949 - 1953
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album : 1 photograph album (235 photographs; b&w and col.).
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 1 album with 226 b&w photographs and 9 colour photographs depicting everyday scenes of the Wing family around Banff. Includes photographs of the two eldest Wing children (Carole and Paul) as babies and young children. Album has 1 colour print of the Bow valley on front and is bound with black cord. Plastic lacing around edges of album is broken in some parts. Images mostly adhered with photo corners.
- Name Access
- Wing, Edith
- Wing, Carole
- Wing, Paul
- Wing, Fred
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Asian
- Banff townsite
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Banff Winter Festival
- Bow Falls
- Bow River
- Bow Valley
- Buildings
- Businesses
- Cascades of Time Garden
- Castle Mountain
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Children
- Christmas
- Clothing and dress
- Columbia Icefield
- Dogs
- Dominion Cafe
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Glaciers
- Holidays
- Home
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Lake Louise
- Marriage
- Personal and Family Life
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Picnics and picnicking
- Portrait
- Swimming
- Takakkaw Falls
- Winter Carnival
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Vancouver
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
Electronic Resources
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Letters to Mother [August - December 1943]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7462
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 61 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 2 to December 27, 1943. Topics include Catharine's activities while Pete is posted in Vancouver, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, Pete's work as part of the RCAF, weather, military pa…
- Date Range
- 1943
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 116
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- 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 / 116
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1943
- Physical Description
- 1.9 cm of textual records (102 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 61 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 2 to December 27, 1943. Topics include Catharine's activities while Pete is posted in Vancouver, day to day life, news pertaining to the war, Pete's work as part of the RCAF, weather, military parades and concerts, going to the movies and live shows [mostly operas and the ballet], radio programs [including operas, news, sports, and a program called Quiz Kids], visits from friends, cleaning and household chores, moving back to Victoria in mid-August, painting/sketching, visiting various parks around Victoria, events and people in Concord, various holidays [both Canadian and American], Pete getting posted to Tofino in late August, details pertaining to the various modes of travel around Vancouver Island [5 hours by sailboat from Vancouver to Victoria; 2 days by train and boat from Victoria to Tofino], details on the different kinds of rations, Catharine spending September in Banff while Pete looks for a house in Tofino [time in Banff includes upkeep on the house, visiting Mount Temple Chalet, sketching, visits with friends, and Pete arriving for his 2-week leave], wildlife, moving to Tofino and getting settled [Pete worked at an Air Force base outside of town, but spent his nights at home with Catharine], walks on the beaches near town, new routines and friends, Christmas in Tofino, and travelleing to Banff for New Years Eve.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on hotel 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. A few letters have red numbers written at the top of the page from an unknown project. 116-40 includes a sketch of the Tofino apartment floorplan.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Sinclair, Christine
- Jessen, Chris
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Trono, Louis
- Rungius, Carl
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Beaches
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Boats
- Books
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Hotel Devonshire
- Hotel Sussex
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- War
- War Artists
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Victoria
- Vancouver
- Port Alberni
- Tofino
- British Columbia
- 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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Letters to Mother [January - April 1940]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7454
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 47 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2 to April 29, 1940. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], print-mak…
- Date Range
- 1940
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 108
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
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sfarkles .
The animals ,ve saw were foose
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- 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 / 108
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (71 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 47 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 2 to April 29, 1940. Topics include New Year's Eve celebrations and activities, day to day life, weather, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], print-making, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, day trips to Lake Louise, wildlife, cleaning and household chores [including the instillation of storm doors/windows and a veneer partition in the front room], the opening of the new base ski lodge at Norquay, discussions and opinions about modern art and artists [including Picasso], trips to Mount Temple Lodge to ski [Pete and Catharine also helped with chores and general repairs to the Lodge and facilities], skiing, the Winter Carnival, updates on Dave White's health, watching hockey games and curling matches, errand trips to Calgary, painting/sketching, books Catharine and Edith are reading, descriptions of meals, the death and funeral of Pete's maternal grandfather in mid-March, a trip to Vancouver and Victoria in late March, news pertaining to the war, various holidays [both Canadian and American], another long visit to Temple in April, and leaving for a trip to Concord at the end of April.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most typed letters are written on a single side of paper, hand-written letters are mostly double-sided. 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Simpson, Margaret
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Highlanders
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Cinema
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Skating
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skoki Lodge
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Yoho National Park
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - December 1946]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7467
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
- Date Range
- 1946
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 121
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- 5 / File
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Elk meat as they are killing a lot in the park to give the
other animals a chance at the feed . I
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- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
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- 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 / 121
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (139 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 115 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 4 to December 29, 1946. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, the Winter Carnival, cleaning and household chores, Catharine working with the Red Cross and instructing a weekly art class, skiing on Sulphur between the Upper Hot Springs and the river, Pete making posters for various organizations, community events and programs, painting, gardening and yard word, errand trips to Calgary, judging an art show at the Auditorium sposored by the Horner Co. in June, Catharine's brother Russ and his family coming to visit in late June-late July [included stays at Skoki, Bow Lake, Lake O'Hara, and Temple], the Governor General touring Banff in July, Banff Indian Days, driving up to Sunshine Lodge and beyond to the edge of Porcupine Valley as part of a survey crew with Fern Brewster, the Calgary Stampede, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, trips to Bow Lake and Temple Mountain [usually for a week at a time], matters pertaining to the store, moving a shed from behind Annie White's house closer to the river [used to store cars and later a stagecoach], Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-November to mid-December], making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties [including Pete and Catharine's first Christmas tree since before the war].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand people of colour (especially black people) used throughout is outdated and offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Graves, Syd Brewster
- Whyte, Barbara
- Jaeggi, John
- Jaeggi, Edith Ashton
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Robb, Russell III (Rusty)
- Robb, Gale (Guild)
- Brewster, Fern
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Rungius, Carl
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Funeral
- Garden
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney Nakoda
- Sulphur Mountain Tea House
- Sunshine area
- Sunshine Lodge
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Upper Hot Springs
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - December 1947]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7468
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and phot…
- Date Range
- 1947
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 122
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
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- 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 / 122
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 2.4 cm of textual records (142 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 119 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to December 31, 1947. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, hockey games [on the radio and live], curling, skiing, cameras and photography, events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, painting [including making sketches for a show in Montreal next year], Jim Brewster's death and funeral in February, ski races and ski jumping at Norquay, the Winter Carnival, Catharine working with the local Red Cross, business pertaining to the shop and apartments on Banff Ave, cleaning and household chores, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, gardening, day trips around Banff National Park for sketching and picnics, Banff Indian Days [including helping Norman Luxton by handling the financials], the Calgary Stampede, going to Calgary for a few days in August for Pete to see an ear specialist [they stay at the Hotel Paliser], beginning construction of a ski lift at Norquay and of the new Banff Art School [Banff School of Fine Arts], Gray & Eleanor Campbell moving to their ranch in Cowley, minor renovations to the house [mostly pertaining to water lines and the roof], expansion of Num-Ti-Jah Lodge [adding the dining room, entrance hall, and second floor], construction of the new Hudson's Bay Store and a new hotel on Banff Ave [possibly the King Edward], the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, errand trips to Calgary, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters have small notes written in pencil, possibly by Edith or Pete. 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. 122-01 contains quotes from two letters [September 12 & August 7, 1947] written by an unknown author. 122-57 contains a few interesting anecdotes about life in Anthracite.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Campbell, Gray
- Campbell, Eleanor
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Phillips, Walter J.
- Brewster, Jim
- Luxton, Norman
- Greenham, Margaret
- Greenham, Henry
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Strom, Erling
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Bearspaw, David
- Poucette, Mark
- Goon, Yuk Soy
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Canadian Pacific Hotels
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Christmas
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Flowers
- Funeral
- Garden
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Anthracite
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - June 1941]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7456
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for th…
- Date Range
- 1941
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 110
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- 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 / 110
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (84 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 62 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 22, 1941. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, day to day life, weather, painting/sketching [particularly Pete working on a piece to be auctioned in a fundraiser for the construction of a new Spitfire plane], books Catharine and Edith are reading, visits from friends and visitors, radio programs [mostly operas and the news], kitchen appliances and descriptions of meals, news pertaining to the war, updates on the construction of the new Lake Minnewanka dam, photography and cameras [including colour photography], Pete participating in drills as a reservist in the RCAF, ski trips to Mount Temple Lodge throughout February and March [includes helping improve ski runs and getting a sleigh for the tractor, guests at the lodge, evening conversations, clothing, and food], the Winter Carnival [including swim races by Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Air Force members at the Cave and Basin], errand trips to Calgary, events and people in Concord, Edith's involvement with the Red Cross, wildlife, going on a road trip to Victoria in April [staying in Calgary, Creston, Grand Forks, and Vancouver on the way there and Lytton and Revelstoke on the way back], cleaning and household chores, and preparing for Edith and Mildred Owen to arrive for a visit at the end of June.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some 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. 110 - 39 contains sketches of the 2-storey privy at a hotel in Cowley [?] and a corner decoration in their hotel room in Grand Forks.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Owen, Mildred
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Boyce, Jim
- Noble, George
- Strom, Erling
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Automobiles
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Birds
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Cave and Basin
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Construction
- Correspondence
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Home
- Hospital
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Minniwanka
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Literature
- Mountain
- Mountain School
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Skating
- Skiing
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skoki Lodge
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Tunnel Mountain
- War
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Revelstoke
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [January - June 1945]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7465
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Ca…
- Date Range
- 1945
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 119
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- 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 / 119
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1.3 cm of textual records (82 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 73 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to June 29, 1945. Topics include New Years Eve activities and parties, Pete being officially released from the Air Force [January 5], day to day life, photography and slide-making, weather, Catharine's involvement with the Red Cross, going to the movies, watching hockey games, radio programs [including operas, news, and sports], visits from friends, digging a cellar beneath the kitchen and moving the furnace underneath it, cleaning and household chores, Cam and Lila moving to Vancouver, errand trips to Calgary, wildlife, Banff events, painting, extending the second floor to create a new master bedroom above the living room, events and people in Concord, news pertaining to the war, birthdays, various holidays [both Canadian and American], deaths and funerals [Hermann Gadnew, President Roosevelt], the end of the war in Europe [also includes special radio broadcasts and community celebrations], gardening and yardwork, and short drives [usually to Lake Louise and the Lake Minnewanka area].
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Many typed letters have hand-written notes and post scripts added throughout. Some letters written on RCAF 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.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- White, Annie
- Morant, Nicholas (Nick)
- Morant, Willie
- Whyte, Jon
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- Whyte, Barbara
- Ward, Sam
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Stockand, Cameron
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Gadner, Hermann
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Birds
- Bird watching
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Deer
- Family
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Funeral
- Gardening
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mount Temple Chalet
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Red Cross
- Royal Canadian Airforce
- RCAF
- Scenery
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- VE Day
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- World War II
- WWII
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- Calgary
- Alberta
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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Letters to Mother [July - December 1941]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7457
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 63 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 27 to December 31, 1941. Topics include details of things immediately following Edith and Mildred Owen's visit to Banff, day to day life, weather, visits from friends, Pete and Catharine sorting ou…
- Date Range
- 1941
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 111
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
animals, or o·.I' at-out the ore at t e <-e.,. lls tt t ! s to 'ie m11.de ~Vf.r
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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 / 111
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1.4 cm of textual records (78 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 63 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from July 27 to December 31, 1941. Topics include details of things immediately following Edith and Mildred Owen's visit to Banff, day to day life, weather, visits from friends, Pete and Catharine sorting out their plot in the cemetery, trips to Bow Lake [Num-Ti-Jah Lodge] and Lake O'Hara for sketching/painting and hiking throughout August, events and people in Concord [including Russell's activities in the US Army], updates on war-time rations [mostly on food items and gasoline/coal], books Catharine and Edith are reading, wildlife, painting/sketching, photography, errand trips to Calgary and Lake Louise [the latter mostly to help Jack with matters pertaining to the Mount Temple Lodge], radio programs [mostly operas and the news], matters pertaining to the the store and apartments on Banff Ave [mostly consisting of settling the affairs and estate following Dave's death], the sudden death of Margaret Simpson in September, installing a partition screen/wall in the front room to make it smaller and easier to heat, cleaning and household chores, Pete participating in drills as a reservist in the RCAF, various holidays [both Canadian and American], news pertaining to the war, installing a stoker for the furnace, construction of the new dam at Lake Minnewanka, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7 and America's subsequent entry into the war [also included Canadian reserve forces being placed on 2-hour call to mobilize], putting together slides, and Christmas activities and parties.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoplesand Japanese people used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are typed and hand-written. 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. 111 - 25 contains a sketch of the new partion in the front room.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Owen, Mildred
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Phil
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Jr.
- Simpson, Mary (Hallock)
- Simpson, Margaret
- White, Annie
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Ward, Sam
- Ward, Louise (Cis)
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Strom, Erling
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Rummel, Lizzie
- Greenham, Margaret
- Twoyoungmen, Jacob
- Rungius, Carl
- Vaux, Mary
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- Birthday
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- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
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- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
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- Lake Minniwanka
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- Leisure
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- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
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- Robb Whyte, Catharine
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