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Personal Trip Diaries
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …
- Date Range
- 1948-1957
- Reference Code
- M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
6 images
7 Electronic Resources
- 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 / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1948-1957
- Physical Description
- 7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter. M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers. M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers. M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954. M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs. M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest. Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Community
- Environment and Nature
- European travel
- Family and personal life
- First Nations
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara region
- Membership
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Outfitting
- Outfitters, trail guides and packers
- Off the Beaten Track
- Pack trips
- Parks Canada
- Record keeping
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Sports and leisure
- Stoney Nakoda
- Tourism
- Trails
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- 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
- Vancouver
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Pennsylvania
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Trail Riders news articles
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- Scope & Content
- File consists of original and scanned copies of newspaper articles pertaining to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and previous members of the organization. Includes articles pertaining to Wilf Carter, Parks Canada, Banff National Park tourism and community events; promotional travel article…
- Date Range
- [1935-1940]
- 1953
- 1956
- [1960-1970]
- 1971
- 1974-1975
- 1977-1979
- 1981-1985
- 1994
- 1997-2002
- 2005-2008
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 24 to 25
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Newspaper clipping
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M545 / V635
- Series
- M545 / III : Published records
- Sous-Fonds
- M545
- Accession Number
- 5939
- 8235
- Reference Code
- M545 / III / 24 to 25
- Date Range
- [1935-1940]
- 1953
- 1956
- [1960-1970]
- 1971
- 1974-1975
- 1977-1979
- 1981-1985
- 1994
- 1997-2002
- 2005-2008
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of original and scanned copies of newspaper articles pertaining to the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and previous members of the organization. Includes articles pertaining to Wilf Carter, Parks Canada, Banff National Park tourism and community events; promotional travel articles featuring the Trail Riders and horseback excursions; a satirical article from a 1953 Trail Riders Bulletin newsletter titled "Whoa Buttercup!"; a 1956 issue of "Focus" by the Toronto Camera Club featuring an article on the Trail Riders; and obituary articles for several previous riders and members.
- Notes
- File contains duplicates of some items
- Name Access
- Carter, Wilf
- Rostron, Barbara
- Power, Ralph
- Waite, John
- Kirk, Dora (Anderson)
- O'Donnel, Frank
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Community events
- Environment
- Membership
- Music
- Musicians
- Newspaper
- Obituary
- Organizations
- Parks Canada
- Recreation
- Packing
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff National Park
- Edmonton
- Calgary
- Ontario
- Toronto
- British Columbia
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Communications
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Travel and landscape photographs, North America and Mexico
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 photograph prints [31 b&w, one hand-coloured] pertaining to Norman Luxton's travels within Western Canada, Manitoba, Montana and Mexico City. Includes photographs of Stan Barne's property near Lake Vernon, B.C., unidentified landscape and waterfall scenes, Norman Luxton in Winde…
- Date Range
- [1900-1910]
- [1920-1930]
- 1938
- [1940-1950]
- 1948
- [1950-1955]
- 1956
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PA - 40 to 71
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PA - 40 to 71
- Date Range
- [1900-1910]
- [1920-1930]
- 1938
- [1940-1950]
- 1948
- [1950-1955]
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 32 photographs : b&w and col ; 36.5 x 14 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 32 photograph prints [31 b&w, one hand-coloured] pertaining to Norman Luxton's travels within Western Canada, Manitoba, Montana and Mexico City. Includes photographs of Stan Barne's property near Lake Vernon, B.C., unidentified landscape and waterfall scenes, Norman Luxton in Windermere, aerial views of a landing field in Great Falls, Christmas decorations [1948, possibly in the Luxton family home], unidentified dogs playing with a dog, views of Winnipeg businesses and an unidentified house in the winter, and a man herding cattle.
- Notes
- Two photographs attached to matboard/paper backing.
- Name Access
- Barnes, Stan
- Luxton, Norman
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Aerial photography
- Animals
- Buildings and memorials
- Businesses
- Children
- Christmas
- Communities
- Dogs
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Farmland
- Industry
- Landscapes
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Mountains
- Municipal views
- Personal and Family Life
- Property
- Recreation
- Travel
- Waterfalls
- Winter
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Vernon
- Manitoba
- Winnipeg
- Windermere
- United States of America
- Montana
- Great Falls
- Mexico
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Items placed in mylar
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Land, settlement and immigration
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Western Canada travel, ecology and site information booklets
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- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 12 published textual records including pamphlets, brochures and booklets. Content includes tourism and travel information, ecology, Canadian forests, and site guides pertaining to various locations in Western Canada. Topics include winter sporting events in Banff and Revelstoke, El…
- Date Range
- 1906
- 1920
- [1929-1930]
- [1930-1935]
- [1939-1940]
- 1949
- 1968
- 1974-1976
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C4 / 18
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C4 : Travel and hobbies
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C4 / 18
- Date Range
- 1906
- 1920
- [1929-1930]
- [1930-1935]
- [1939-1940]
- 1949
- 1968
- 1974-1976
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 12 published textual records including pamphlets, brochures and booklets. Content includes tourism and travel information, ecology, Canadian forests, and site guides pertaining to various locations in Western Canada. Topics include winter sporting events in Banff and Revelstoke, Elk Island National Park, the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton, and the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Advertising
- Winter sports
- Travel
- Tourism
- Tourist information
- Sports
- Wildlife
- Conservation
- Animals
- Ecology
- Geography
- Government
- Education
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- British Columbia
- Revelstoke
- Golden
- Ontario
- Ottawa
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Item with ink transference/staining has been placed in mylar to protect other materials from additional ink transfer
- Category
- Commerce and industry
- Education
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Government
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Autumn 1947 Canadian Rockies & US Auto Trip [2/2]
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, variou…
- Date Range
- 1947
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 117 to 124a
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Film
- Photograph
- Transparency
90 images
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Sub-Series
- ii.a.i Photographic material / transparencies / boxes
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / ii / a / i / NS - 117 to 124a
- Parallel Title
- R79-1 to R124-15. -- 1943-1947 V225 / NS - 4
- Date Range
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 100 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 100 35mm colour transparency slides mounted in cardboard sleeves. Includes photographs taken during the summer and autumn of 1947 in and around the Banff townsite, Lake O'Hara, and the Yoho Valley. Subjects include mountains, landscapes, the Bow River, lakes, people, horses, various camps [mostly Alpine Club of Canada camps], hiking, wildlife, the opening dedication of the A.O. Wheeler Hut, and the drive back home. Some slides missing; most explained in notebook. Titles: Reel 117 Sept 1947 2. [Wheeler Hugh Dedication] 3. group at [Dedication] 4. H.E. Sampson speaking 5. Sir Oliver Wheeler 6. Bonldew Prastice 7. [Bonldew Prastice] 8. Belaying from above 9. Roping down 11. Sid and Eric 12. Phebe and Polly on road 13. My tentmates 14. Banff Musance[?] Park sign 16. Elk on mud flats 17. [Elk on mud flats] 18. [Elk] morning 19. Elk and Roy T. 20. [Elk] overexp. 21. Elk 26. Lamb descending rocks 27. Ewe and lamb 29. Rams at Bankhead - nearer 30. [Rams at Bankhead] further 31. [Rams at Bankhead] moving off Reel 118 Sept 1947 8 pictures 6. Delphiniums good 10. Sheep in swamp fair 12. [Sheep in swamp] overexp. 20. Mt. Eisenhower good 8/2 Reel 119- Sept 1947 13. View down river 15. Dam at Seebe 8/10 18. Aileen and Mrs B. at Seebe 19. [Aileen and Mrs B.] and house at Seebe Reel 120 Sept 1947 1. Down Couloir fr. Sawback Pinnacle 7. Bear on road overexp. 8. [Bear on road overexp.] 17. House and garden near Grassi's 21. Buffalo Reel 121 Sept 1947 6. Bears at dump 13. The Bear Show 15. Goose flats - Bow R. 17. BHG. at window A-ha-hi-na 19. Mt Rundle and reflections Reel 122 Sept 22. 47 1. The Sea Cadet Races 2. [The Sea Cadet Races] Boathouses in b.g. 3. [The Sea Cadet Races] Mt. Cascade 4. Sunset on Fairholme Range 5. Goat at paddock 6. [Goat at paddock] 12. Rundle fr. Vermilion Lakes 13. Mt. Rundle and Reflections 15. Fr Bridge - moon over Bourgeau 16. At Mrs. Lyalls - C.H. and Mrs L. 18. The Wee Hoose 19. Mrs. Lyalls garden 20. Kilmorey Lodge - Dodge and C.H. 21. Waterton from P of W. Hotel Reel 123 Oct 1947 1. The road home 2. Sheep on road 3. Sheep moving off road 5. View out back of car - sheep 6. Giant Springs of great Falls, Mont. 7. Feeding dogs at Rodman Ranch 9. Mrs. Rodman and dog 10. Hayel and 2 pups - standing 11. Hayel sitting down and pups 12. Yellowstone 13. Caroline near pool - Yellowstone 14. L.G. by pool 15. Yellowstone - 16. Old Faithful and circle of people 19. [Old Faithful] no people 21. [Old Faithful] and trees and road Reel 124 Oct. 10 - 47 1. Durls Tower from foot on trail 2. [Durls Tower from foot on trail] 4. Blank 5. Durls Tower whole with trees 6. [Durls Tower] solid mass 7. [Durls Tower] fr. auto road 11. Grain fields and trees 13. [Rushmore memorial] 14. [Rushmore memorial] thru window 15. The road home - drive [illegible] 16. Wheat fields 18. BHG. on enclosed porch 19. Enclosed porch BHG. 20. 650 Hayle[illegible] ave - good of house 21. Peace Rose The last 10 slides [named 124a] depict sites around Yellowstone National Park and were most likely purchased by Lillian Gest while visiting the park. The slides' matting paper states they were manufactured by the park and all are wrapped in a thin plastic sleeve.
- Notes
- Slide numbering kept as originally organized, see SL I for more information (M67 / II / C / i / a / 51 - 1). Please note: titles listed below are only those located in this box. Some others have been romved from their original order for use in slide shows made by Lillian Gest prior to accession. Please see related material notebook SL I for full title lists. R112 - not numbered slides ; 12 omitted R113 - not numbered slides R114 - not numbered slides
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Administration
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Animals
- Automobiles
- Backpacking
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Boats
- Buildings
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Camping
- Camps
- Climbing
- Club
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Exploration
- Family and personal life
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Glaciers
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horses
- Hotels
- Landscapes
- Mountain
- Mountains
- Mountaineering
- National parks and reserves
- Organizations
- Outfitters
- Pack trips
- Personal and Professional Life
- Photography
- Prince of Wales Hotel
- Recreation
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Swiss Guides
- Tourism
- Trails
- Travel
- Wheeler Hut
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Seebe
- Kananaskis
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Great Falls
- Montana
- Yellowstone National Park
- United States of America
- Language
- NA
- Conservation
- Removed from original boxes and rehoused in slide sleeves and acid-free folders.
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [August - December 1943]
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- 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
see that they only stopped
off in ~ashington. It seems quite a lot of travel~
for them with everthing so crowded.
Bed
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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
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Letters to Mother [January - April 1940]
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- 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
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 / 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
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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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
- 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 / 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
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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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
a travel bureau. rather nice and convenient. Next time Jean goens
to Scotland she will be able to do it all
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 / 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
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [January - December 1948]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions7469
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 127 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to December 29, 1948. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, matters pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, hockey games [on the radi…
- Date Range
- 1948
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 123
- 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 / 123
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (157 pages ; 21.4 x 27.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 127 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 3 to December 29, 1948. Topics include New Years activities, day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, weather, matters pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, hockey games [on the radio and live], events and people in Concord, world news, radio programs, photography, painting, the new Greyhound Station being built behind the Mount Royal Hotel, the Winter Carnival, errand trips to Calgary, the annual Ski Championships at Norquay [February], putting together sketches to send to Ontario for an exhibition [the pictures were later sent to Concord to be shown], concerts, the death and funeral of Mark Poucette, cleaning and household chores, business and issues pertaining to the store on Banff Ave, installing a new electric stove in the kitchen, flooding during the spring [mostly in BC], Elizabeth Rummel leaving Skoki Lodge, Banff Indian Days [which included a ceremony to induct Pearl and Phillip Moore as honourary Princess and Chief], the Calgary Stampede, concerns over Pete's health, a day trip to Lake O'Hara with George Noble in September [they were given permission to drive themselves up], the opening of the White Groceteria on October 1, making the annual Christmas card, and various Christmas/holiday activities and parties. Also includes a pressed flower and the annual Christmas card, mounted on cardstock.
- 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. 123-09 has four small sketches of pictures made by Jon Whyte on the second page. 123-36 is a carbon copy of 123-35. 123-47 contains a sketch of the new electric stove.
- 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.)
- Rummel, Elizabeth
- Vallance, Sydney
- Whyte, Clifford
- Kaquitts, Tom
- Poucette, Mark
- Mather, Allan
- Greenham, Margaret
- Mills, Ike
- Luxton, Norman
- Comfort, Charles
- Harmon, Lloyd
- Rungius, Carl
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Noble, George
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- 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
- Funeral
- Hockey
- Home
- Hospital
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake Louise
- Leisure
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Royalty
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Ski racing
- Skiers
- Skiing
- Stoney Nakoda
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Weddings
- White Grocery, The
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Morley
- Calgary
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- 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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